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Bug 143145

Summary: Starter Orientation Section
Product: Community Reporter: Ralph Mueller <ralph>
Component: WebsiteAssignee: 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   
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Description Ralph Mueller CLA 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 CLA 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 CLA 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 CLA 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 CLA 2008-05-28 13:50:20 EDT
Closing as fixed.  We have http://www.eclipse.org/home/newcomers.php