[tor-bugs] #21946 [User Experience/Website]: Architecting a torproject.org with portals with the subsite design pattern

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#21946: Architecting a torproject.org with portals with the subsite design pattern
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 Reporter:  linda                    |          Owner:  linda
     Type:  task                     |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium                   |      Milestone:
Component:  User Experience/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                   |     Resolution:
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Parent ID:  #21222                   |         Points:
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Description changed by linda:

Old description:

> = Objective =
>
> To define the structure of the new website: specifically, to decide how
> many pages/subpages there will be, how the main site will interact with
> its portals/subsites, and deciding where to host content (prioritizing
> important things first, leaving lesser important things in harder-to-
> reach pages).
>
> = Definitions =
>
> * the subsite design pattern looks like this:
>
> [[Image(subsites-design-pattern.png, 400px)]]
>
> This structure is good for organizations with lots of separate
> topics/responsibilities. This is one of many design patterns, which you
> can see [http://adellefrank.com/blog/review-information-architecture-
> patterns here].
>
> = Methodology =
>
> The website will be architected to have a main page (torproject.org) and
> three portals/subsites: 1) dev.torproject.org, 2) support.torproject.org,
> and 3) outreach.torproject.org. The purpose of the main site would be to
> redirect people to the appropriate portals, and the portals will host
> portal-specific content and will not cross-link.
>
> Once we have decided what content will need to be hosted on each page, we
> will architect the website to host the appropriate contents in this
> design pattern.
>
> = Results =
> ''Linda will update this after she's done architecting.''

New description:

 = Objective =

 To define the structure of the new website: specifically, to decide how
 many pages/subpages there will be, how the main site will interact with
 its portals/subsites, and deciding where to host content (prioritizing
 important things first, leaving lesser important things in harder-to-reach
 pages).

 = Definitions =

 * the subsite design pattern looks like this:

 [[Image(subsites-design-pattern.png, 400px)]]

 This structure is good for organizations with lots of separate
 topics/responsibilities. This is one of many design patterns, which you
 can see [http://adellefrank.com/blog/review-information-architecture-
 patterns here].

 = Methodology =

 The website will be architected to have a main page (torproject.org) and
 three portals/subsites: 1) dev.torproject.org, 2) support.torproject.org,
 and 3) outreach.torproject.org. The purpose of the main site would be to
 redirect people to the appropriate portals, and the portals will host
 portal-specific content and will not cross-link.

 Once we have decided what content will need to be hosted on each page, we
 will architect the website to host the appropriate contents in this design
 pattern.

 = Results =

 [[Image(tpo-new-sitemap.png, 600px)]]

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