Steffen Möller writes ("Re: When do we update the homepage to a modern design? (was Re: Moving away from (unsupportable) FusionForge on Alioth)"): > And there is a confusion over "dynamic web sites" (maybe problematic) > with "non-static content" (must have).
I don't know what these terms mean. I see four kinds of ways in which a website might be `dynamic' as opposted to `static': * Content which is updated fairly frequently and relates to recent events, such as news stories, blog posts, and testimonials. I have no objection to this kind of thing and I can see how it might make our website seem more exciting. * Websites which reorganise themselves through CSS and/or JavScript to try to produce a better selection of visibloe bits depending on the screen size. I find these mildly annoying, but I don't use a smartphone and apparently smartphones are terrible at laying out ordinary web pages (because wtf?). I don't really object to this kind of approach so long as all features remain accessible (perhaps through extra clicks) even on small screens, and there is sensible fallback if JavaScript and/or CSS are not supported. * Websites with elements which, when you move the mouse, pop up menus, change shape or colour, etc. etc. I find these intensely irritating. Often they are buggy too. * Websites with elements which move even when you don't touch the computer. This is an outrage - an outrage, I tell you! That web browsers even honour this kind of thing by default is a travesty. Rant rant rant. Can some webby person please tell me the conventional names for these four levels of dynamism ? > We should vividly demonstrate on our home page that we are just that - > alive and developing. If we could have users contribute success stories > like "I switched my Granny from Windows to Debian and she likes it" or > "We autoconfigure our HPC cluster in the cloud with Debian and Ansible, > saving us 30 grand this year" then we have enough to get people hooked > and invest to dig deeper into the site, I tend to think. That sounds like it would be nice, but it shouldn't take away from the navigation parts of our site. We have a lot of information; the problem I find is that it can be difficult to find. Ian.