RFC Production Center requests and requirements for new web presence

Front page should include:

• Menu Bar (on all pages, actual details TBD)
• About Us
  • Diagrams w/ links
  • Contact Us
• About the Series
  • What RFC governs the process
• Search function
• Link to site map
• Activity Stream (something dynamic such as what RFCs have been published today)
• RSE stuff
  • wiki
  • blog if I ever have one
• Independent Submissions stuff
• Easy access to queue
• Footer / Related Groups

Also on site:

• History of the RFC Editor
• Associated mailing lists
• Author info pages
  • Style Guide
  • Quick Ref
• Related Group info (RSAG, RSOC)
• RFC @ IETF
• News (What's new in the world of RFC Ed)
• Errata
• Consolidated terminology
• FAQ
• Various Indexes
• Download page
• Stats & reports
• Other repository lists (incl. translations)
• Note well, Copyright, IPR

Look and feel notes:

• Better use of space
• Consistent look & feel
• Remember “over-40” eyes
• No video
• Remain largely text-based
• Make sure to customize 404 errors

SEO notes

• a focus on following WCAG 2.0 guidelines will assist in improving the site's indexability by webcrawlers
• make sure to submit appropriate site maps to Google, Bing
• follow technical guidelines for inclusion in Google Scholar

Sites to avoid looking like:

• tools.ietf.org (info too hard to find)
• www.rfc-editor.org (poor use of white space, hard to find info, too flat a structure)