[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #3046: WordPress.org/about page outdated

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#3046: WordPress.org/about page outdated
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 Reporter:  melchoyce                     |       Owner:  obenland
     Type:  task                          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  high                          |   Milestone:
Component:  General                       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  neso ui-feedback ux-feedback  |
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Comment (by mapk):

 Replying to [comment:71 samuelsidler]:
 > I disagree with only having the Logos page in the handbook. Those pages
 serve different audiences, with the main page being much easier to find by
 potential violators and by PR agencies / news outlets. If we're expecting
 those audiences to go from the homepage to About to Get Involved to Make
 WordPress Design to the Handbook to the specific page on logo guidelines,
 we've already lost. Having a page that's easily findable and accessible is
 important to preventing fauxgo and other violations in the future.

 You bring up a great point! Right now the "Logos and Graphics" page is
 largely outdated and unhelpful as it stands. So maybe just a refresh of
 that page is needed. Let's keep it, but simplify and update it. Keep the
 fauxgo stuff and just add the logo info from the Handbook.

 >
 > * In the Bill of Rights at the bottom of the page, it's worth linking to
 the GPL again. I know it's linked to as a subpage further up, but this is
 the relevant section, so a second link makes sense.
 > * Same with the Our Story section and History subpage.

 Good idea. Let's link the text "General Public License" and "GPL" from
 those sections to the GPL page.


 > * The subpage template is very narrow. Have you considered using the
 layout [https://wordpress.org/plugins/developers/ from the plugin
 directory]? In most cases this doesn't matter because the pages are short,
 but the Security page (for example) is quite long and the narrow page
 width makes it harder to read (for me anyway).

 The ideal line-length is 45-75 characters. We're breaking at about 65-70
 characters with those narrow columns. In my opinion, what makes the
 security page difficult to read are all the various sizes of headings.
 They are really mixed up and difficult to focus on. If we can go through a
 clean those up, it will be much better.

 Also the Plugin page width isn't right. It should be narrower.

 > * I noticed that different subpages use different header styles (or
 maybe just different header levels). Comparing Security with Philosophy,
 for example. Would be good to standardize there.

 I totally agree here. Reducing the larger first paragraph on the security
 page and dropping the logo from that page could help a lot.

 > * It would be good if there was a way to get back "out" of a subpage.
 I'm sure there's future work planned to improve those pages (especially
 text!) but in the mean time, breadcrumbs would be helpful at the least.

 This is on me. I need to provide @obenland with a subnav to move around
 these pages easily.

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