[Clipart] PR for 0.16

[Stephen Silver]

Christopher Ellison wrote:

> I want to echo some of those comments.  As of now, www.openclipart.org 
> has a developer-ish look----meaning, it doesn't look clean, simple, and 
> designed for the user.  But perhaps that is what is needed/desired right 
> now.
> 
> Has there been a discussion on design? For instance, the "Incoming Clip 
> Art" panel is nice...but it isn't something that I would consider 
> essential (as in front page material) for a website aiming towards the 
> general user---actually, I found it somewhat distracting/confusing.  
> Overall, I am wondering:  Where is the white space? It seems kinda busy.
> 
> Anyway, I look forward to any responses.

I think the main thing is to make the page better for newcomers.
With this in mind, here are some suggestions:

* Remove the list of incoming clipart, as you suggested.  There should be
  a link to the incoming page in the sidebar.

* Remove the news.  Instead, have a separate page for news, and link
  to it in the sidebar.

* Remove the Google search.  This is confusing, and anyone who wants to
  search openclipart.org using Google can do so using Google directly.

* Remove the screenshot.  Speaking as someone with a dial-up connection,
  this is just plain annoying.  There is already a link to the
  screenshots page in the sidebar.

* Remove the submit form.  There is already a link to the submission
  page in the sidebar.

* Have a somewhat more detailed description of the site, rather than
  just the two short paragraphs we have at present.  This extended
  description should also contain links to some of the more important
  pages for newcomers, such as the clipart browser, download page,
  submission page and incoming folder.

-- 
Stephen Silver