On 7/14/2010 7:39 PM, Daniel Carrera wrote: > > So, what do we do? Well, I don't really know. It takes time to think > about these things. If good design was easy, everyone would do it.
I agree, a lot depends on the audience and the message. Moving the developer related links to the Development page with a single tab in the sidebar seems good to me. Similarly, the documentation could be consolidated but maybe the FAQ should be in the sidebar as it could have links to Tutorials and other commonly sought, juicy PDL tidbits. I think it is key that a new or potential new PDL user can *easily* get started with PDL. These questions must be answered: what is PDL, where to get it, how to install it, how to use it. It was pretty ironic that with the now, much improved, web site, the quick start for new users slipped off top billing and the user had to post on the mailing list to get started. 3-5 responses later that he was able to follow and he was good to go. > One idea that I am considering is putting a few prominent links on the > front page, rather than the sidebar. For example, look at > http://scipy.org. I like the icons on their front page. Here is one > way we could adapt this to the PDL site: > > * Remove 'Download' and 'Contact Us' from the sidebar. > * Add big prominent icons/links to the front page: Download, > Installation, Getting Started, Support > > Maybe remove Bugs and Patches and merge the Development block with the > About PDL block... I'm not sure. I'm going to experiment a little and > see what I get. Looking forward to it. Cheers, Chris _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
