Re: to make newbie more comfortable and easier to glance: suggestion on change frontpage of gap

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Hi Riccardo,

I second Zhang's view. A short description would give visitors - who  
aren't gnustep old stagers - an idea what "GAP" and all the other  
stuff on that page is about. Even if the frontpage is considered just  
a quick acces page.

I think it would also help with regard to search engines which then  
would be able to display a short text in their search results.

The non released project should get a label that says "coming soon"  
or similar IMHO.

Take for instance a website like http://unsanity.com/ who also offer  
(although commercial) software (this is only an example of how such a  
page can be done, not an advertisement for them). They have a similar  
setup like GAP. Their frontpage has a *detailed* 'news' section so  
that regular visitors get a quick impression what happened. Their  
'products' page http://www.unsanity.com/products/ lists not only the  
names of the apps they're selling, but also a short description of  
those. Or would you have known what for instance their "silk" or  
"mighty mouse" is for without having a *short* introduction first?

regards,

        Lars


Am 06.05.2009 um 05:44 schrieb Riccardo Mottola:

> Hi Zhang.
>
> I occasionally dub as webmaster too. The team of active GAP  
> developers has
> shrunk a bit...
>
> I understand what you want to change and appreciate your effort,  
> but it is
> confusing to me. I prefer without the descriptions. Furthermore,  
> imagine
> when new applications will be added! A real mess! In the future  
> maybe some
> kind of categorization will be needed.
>
> The links on the fron tpage need to serve as quick-access to the  
> sub-pages.
>
> If you want a page that acts more of a guide with short  
> descriptions, a page
> were a whole "GAP based"  environment setup is descripbed is more
> appropriate, so the user can read, pick what he needs and go in to  
> deeper
> details.
>
> I also disagree with hiding non-released projects, they are maybe not
> dormant, just unreleased. For example the Browser Vespucci had  
> quite some
> talk, so it should be correctly represented on the front page.
>
> Actually, some of our projects miss a page and some screenshot,  
> I'll work on
> that.
>
> Thanks in any case for your intrest in the GNustep Application  
> Project.
>   Riccardo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zhang Weiwu" <zhangweiwu@realss.com>
> To: "GNUstep general" <discuss-gnustep@gnu.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:21 PM
> Subject: to make newbie more comfortable and easier to glance:  
> suggestion on
> change frontpage of gap
>
>
> > I did not find how to contact the webmast in the gap website so I  
> > just
> > post it here. I'd propose small change on the index page to make  
> > it less
> > confusing for newbies like me.
> >
> > What I did is to add short description to alive projects and hide the
> > hibernating projects. Maybe there should be a link to a special page
> > where all hibernating projects are listed, but they should not be  
> > on the
> > front page to attract unnecessary attention.
> >
> > Before:
> > http://emerson.realss.com/index.html
> > After:
> > http://emerson.realss.com/index:1.html
>
>
>
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