Google Summer of Code 2024 Proposal: Enhancing libvirt's Website and Documentation
Dear Libvirt Team, I had a deep look at your website and believe there is significant potential to enhance its user experience and reach. My proposal focuses on delivering the following improvements: Website Enhancements: User Interface and Functionality: •Implement user login and logout features for authorized administrators to manage the website, specifically for posting blog content. •Ensure responsive design across mobile, tablet, and laptop devices for seamless user experience on any platform. •Consider incorporating modern design elements, using neon colors cautiously and strategically, to create a more visually engaging website. •Integrate a statistical dashboard displaying user engagement metrics and positive feedback to showcase the website's impact. Documentation Improvement: •Develop a comprehensive "How to Get Started" guide to aid new contributors and users. •Enhance the documentation with all necessary information, ensuring clarity and ease of access. •Integrate a dedicated "Documentation" tab within the website for easy access to all relevant information. Accessibility Features: •Implement multi-language support for the website, including French, Spanish, German, and other relevant languages to expand its reach and inclusivity. •Integrate search functionality within both the website and documentation for efficient information retrieval. •Explore the feasibility of incorporating animated code snippets within blog posts for interactive learning and engagement. Additional Support: •I am also interested contributing to future website updates and enhancements as needed beyond the scope of this proposal. I am proficient in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node js, Sql, MongoDB, React and also I've done projects and Open Source work and possess a strong understanding of user-centered design principles. I am confident that my skills and dedication will allow me to deliver impactful contributions to your project. I understand the importance of aligning my proposal with your organization's specific needs and priorities. Therefore, I would be grateful for the opportunity to discuss my proposal further and explore how it can best benefit your organization. I am available for a call or email at your convenience. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Gowreesh PS: My project idea isn't listed in the given project ideas for 2024. So, I would like to propose the above idea. Please let me know your opinion. Thanks
On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 18:23:17 +0530, Gowreesh Simhadri wrote:
Dear Libvirt Team,
I had a deep look at your website and believe there is significant potential to enhance its user experience and reach. My proposal focuses on delivering the following improvements:
Website Enhancements:
User Interface and Functionality: •Implement user login and logout features for authorized administrators to manage the website, specifically for posting blog content.
Libvirt web is static and should remain static. Content management is done exclusively trhough patches. Everything the page provides MUST work via gitlab-pages which basically mandates static content. We don't want to engage in any form of sysadmining of the host necessary to run the dynamic backend nor want to spend resources into acquiring the infrastructure or anything that would incur any long-term maintenance burden on the team.
•Ensure responsive design across mobile, tablet, and laptop devices for seamless user experience on any platform. •Consider incorporating modern design elements, using neon colors
Neon colors are a straight no from me.
cautiously and strategically, to create a more visually engaging website. •Integrate a statistical dashboard displaying user engagement metrics and positive feedback to showcase the website's impact.
See above.
Documentation Improvement: •Develop a comprehensive "How to Get Started" guide to aid new contributors and users. •Enhance the documentation with all necessary information, ensuring clarity and ease of access. •Integrate a dedicated "Documentation" tab within the website for easy access to all relevant information.
Accessibility Features: •Implement multi-language support for the website, including French, Spanish, German, and other relevant languages to expand its reach and inclusivity.
Unfortunately we don't have the content in multiple languages. The main part of the content is the XML documentation which is massive and any updates are likely just to update the english version. The API documentation is generated from code thus there's even less chance for multilingual support.
•Integrate search functionality within both the website and documentation for efficient information retrieval. •Explore the feasibility of incorporating animated code snippets within blog posts for interactive learning and engagement.
Animated snippets?
participants (2)
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Gowreesh Simhadri -
Peter Krempa