Problem/Motivation

There is a great deal of confusion about what Drupal Forge is. Many people are unaware that Drupal Forge is a community project and think it is company. The templates are not organized. Information about the project is not clearly laid out.

Proposed resolution

The home page should clearly state that it is our demo platform rather than our entire project. We should highlight that this is a Drupal community project. Templates should be grouped by category. There should be links to pages of templates curated by sponsors. The navigation should include an About link to information about the project. FAQ and contact pages should be under the About link. A Contribute page should explain how to submit a demo. Links to donate, volunteer, and sponsor should be under the contribute link.
Home page layout image

Remaining tasks

  1. Get input from users.
  2. Create merge request.
  3. Test on dev site.
  4. Deploy to production.

User interface changes

  • Information about the project goes in the navigation.
  • We add a welcome message to the top of the page.
  • Templates are organized in rows by category.
  • We have a row for sponsor pages.
  • The footer explains our use of the Drupal trademark.

Data model changes

Templates will need categories.

Comments

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Added a row for specialty demos to the mockup.

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If sponsors are going to be a big part of what makes DrupalForge possible, then prime real estate should be provided on the home page for sponsor logos and links, IMHO.

-mike

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Updated wireframe with feedback from our last meeting. Mike, can you attach an example of what you consider prime home page real estate?

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Feedback:

  • Would love to see some simple explainer text stating what Drupal Forge is and how it makes money.
  • What does "Express Launch" launch?
  • "Free for a limited time" ... does that mean that we can pay to keep it up longer? Is that the business module?
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Thanks, mherchel.

  • Drupal Forge does not make money. The platform is kept running by donors and sponsors who believe in our mission, which is to help non-technical users build businesses with Drupal. Would it be clear enough if we added the word non-profit to Drupal community project in the footer and had full details on another page?
  • Express launch launches Drupal CMS.
  • It will be possible to purchase hosting from third party sellers. We will take a cut to cover the cost of running the platform.
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Title: Update home page layout » Organize home page
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ultimike, I added a thank you section for sponsors, inspired by the Experience Builder demo.

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Issue tags: +Drupal Forge, +Vienna2025
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Issue tags: -Vienna2025