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Bug 143145

Summary:	Starter Orientation Section
Product:	Community	Reporter:	Ralph Mueller <ralph>
Component:	Website	Assignee:	phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	helpwanted
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Whiteboard:

Description Ralph Mueller

2006-05-23 02:31:01 EDT

following feedback from various folks that tried to familiarize themselves with the Eclipse project I propose that we create an 'Orientation Section'. The orientation section gives
a) a brief overview over the Eclipse Project
b) a brief overview over the typical usage
c) some hints where to go next

Examples: 
  Apache FAQ
  PHP Intro

Comment 1 Eclipse Webmaster

2006-05-24 16:31:15 EDT

Perhaps this Orientation section could be hosted on the Wiki?  Everyone could contribute to it.

Comment 2 Ralph Mueller

2006-05-24 16:43:48 EDT

(In reply to comment #1)
> Perhaps this Orientation section could be hosted on the Wiki?  Everyone could
> contribute to it.
> 

Sounds like a good idea!

We just need to have a reference to it on the main page, so that new folks can easily find to it.

Comment 3 Eclipse Webmaster

2006-05-24 16:49:57 EDT

> We just need to have a reference to it on the main page, so that new folks can
> easily find to it.
 
I'm sure that can be arranged.  Let's wait for a page to have a good amount of content.  Are you going to get the ball rolling?

D.

Comment 4 Denis Roy

2008-05-28 13:50:20 EDT

Closing as fixed.  We have http://www.eclipse.org/home/newcomers.php