Description
A task force team has been working on a new iteration of Wikimedia's Developer Portal (see draft project page). We're planning to conduct a round of usability testing with prospective users of the platform and that, of course, includes anyone accessing the portal today to locate documentation.
We'd like to suggest adding a temporary banner to the Developer portal site as soon as possible to support recruiting technical volunteers for research projects and the v2 exploration in particular, which is planned for the current month (July 2026).
Proposed solution
Quickly checking Material for MkDocs' documentation, it looks like announcement bar (with a dismiss button) would be the exact component we need to display the call-to-action banner.
Here's a mock-up for reference (check in Figma):
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Notes:
- Copy used is a suggestion: Any feedback on how to improve clarity or directness will be really welcome.
- Duration: Keeping the banner/announcement bar up for a couple of weeks would be ideal to increase our chances of getting sign-ups without annoying recurrent visitors.
- Button's specs are available on Codepen: https://codepen.io/Sarai-Sanchez/pen/yygEBOZ
- Button's href URL: https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/271757?lang=en
