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Source files for CC Open Source website
https://opensource.creativecommons.org/
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[Feature] Redirect end users to the main site for licenses/tools #793

Open briandominick opened 1 month ago

briandominick commented 1 month ago

Problem

People may stumble on this site while looking for CC license/tools and become very confused about what CC is or does. There are no prominent links to the main site.

Description

On the homepage, we should add a third button to the hero section that points to https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/ and is labeled something like "Share your work using our licenses/tools".

There should be a section somewhere near the top of this page clarifying that this site is for developers looking to contribute, but anyone can use CC tools to share their works.

Consider a notice like this on every page of the site in the theme, or at very least in the footer.

Alternatives

We could do this with a modal pop-up or some other more in-your-face feature for first visits, dropping a cookie when they dismiss it. The problem is this will really annoy developers who may not appreciate its importance.

Implementation

TimidRobot commented 1 month ago
  1. Updating the theme to use the current creativecommons/vocabulary implementation will add the Explore CC drop down menu to the top of the page
  2. Agreed that the home page needs text providing purpose and context
  3. Agreed that modal / pop-up / in-your-face features are annoying (and I would like to avoid them)