Hey guys, Philippe had some interesting points about the website:
1. Keep the home page simple with all content fitting within 1280 x 1024 2. Use a catchy design (need some help here) 3. Accentuate that Camping is about Ruby (maybe also include the ruby logo somewhere) 4. Have a brief note about the connection to _why and a link to a page explaining the history of Camping with further links to _why's other sites 5. Encourage people to try it by capitalizing on some of Camping's strengths: - Fast to learn - requires only basic Ruby skills - Much simpler than Rails but more structure than Sinatra/Padrino - Lightning fast and memory efficient allowing fast and efficient sites - Can evolve from simple file to organized directory structure - Can layer in more features later using persistence and choice of view engines 6. How about using some kind of an animated (auto advancing) slideshow to highlight some of the benefits? See an example at: http://blog.monnet-usa.com/?p=276 7. How about a page on learning with a link to the book as well as a list of links for other tutorials or short explanations on key topics (e.g. how to do migrations, how to use include/extend, how to use different view engines, etc.)? 8. How about a page about plugins with some brief description of their intent? 9. I would love for us to include _why's cartoons in some of the sub pages ;-) Now, the more I look at this list (and my own thoughts about the new camping site) I realize that we're talking about two different things: * A site to attract new users * A site to inform regular users It looks like my attempt (http://whywentcamping.judofyr.net/) tries to target the latter, while Philippe targeted the former (http://rubycamping.monnet-usa.com/). Both sites serves a purpose and I believe both are equally important. -- Here's what I propose: We split the site into two parts. We turn what I've created into a wiki. Everyone are welcome to edit and add their own content. Then we take Philippe's ideas/design/site and turn it into ruby-camping.com or whywentcamping.com or whatnot. It probably doesn't need to be more than a single page. What'd ya think? // Magnus Holm _______________________________________________ Camping-list mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/camping-list
