Re: [gnugo-devel] web page reorganization

[Paul Pogonyshev]

Arend Bayer wrote:
> 
> I would like to suggest a reorganization of the our web pages. I suggest
> split them up into several smaller pages, that are being navigated
> through with a menu.

I'd say, go on with it, we can always fix mistakes later.  I approve the
idea.

> devel.html would get split up into 
> - devel.html, containing development versions download, and other
>   information for interested would-be developers
> - patches.html, containing everything _we_ need on a daily basis (list
>   of patches, link to NNGS games archive, rank graph, regression views)
> - links.html (joined with the link list from the main page)
> 
> gnugo.html:
> - gnugo.html, only containing some introductory information and an
>   overview over the web pages
> - download.html 
> - tournaments.html: GNU Go tournament results
> - free_go_software.html, the free go software directory
> - links.html (see above)

I miss `gnugo.html' in the tar-ball.  It doesn't matter much as long as
you don't fail to upload it to Savannah though :)

> I have attached a tar-ball of how it would look like. The menu would get
> added to all pages except patches.html, as I think for us it is more
> annoying than useful. Colors are still ugly, some links don't work (as I
> haven't attached everything to save space), and probably style sheets
> should be used. But I think it is clear enough how it might look like,
> so I would like to invite comments.

I don't think we should change the color scheme as long as we live at
`www.gnu.org' for consistency sake.  (And I don't think colors are ugly,
they are simple and not outstanding, but for me "ugly" is green on pink
or something).  I noticed that you messed up with logo's dimensions so
it became stretched.

As for menu, I like the one on `http://www.gnu.org/'.  Very simple yet
stylish with captions in boxes and items on the page white background.
Completely along the purist lines of GNU website design :)

Alternatively, since we have just a few items in the menu, we can make
it horizontal, like I have on Quarry pages: `http://home.gna.org/quarry/'.

> P.S.:
> I don't like frames (and almost all web pages as of today avoid them),
> and so I would suggest to just add the menu by hand into all the pages
> that need them. (There is no sane way to include one .html-file into
> another AFAIK.) Only in the rare cases where we change the overall
> structure we would have to make a change to all files.

Agreed absolutely.  Frames are a Bad Thing and for our case they are a
complete overkill.  Also, it is good to highlight the current page name
in the menu (and make it text, not a link) and that is not something
you can do with frames.  Or if you do that with frames, they lose their
meaning completely.

Paul