On 01/29/2011 01:56 PM, Christopher Bergqvist wrote:
Hi!
I have been putting some free time into creating a "design skeleton" for a
new http://d-programming-language.org<http://www.d-programming-language.org/>
front
page:
http://digitalpoetry.se/D%20website/D%20overview%20design.png
My main concern is presenting newcomers with an inspiring and relevant first
impression of D. I think there is lots to gain by having a more alive front
page not based on Ddoc (the rest of the site could still be based on it).
I have not attempted adding any visual style to the design myself since its
not one of my strengths. It should be made to fit better with the overall
theme of d-programming-language.org (although IMO it's currently a bit too
dark and foreboding).
I must confess to being heavily inspired by http://ooc-lang.org and
http://cobra-language.com.
As creating this would take a significant time investment, I suggest that
some more complex sections of the page could be released after the initial
version. I have some background in web development but have been almost
exclusively doing professional C++ games development during the last 4
years. I would not mind putting some more work into this but am also hopeful
that some others in the D community desire to contribute.
Constructive feedback with a minimum of bikeshedding is welcome.
(Please avoid discussions about specific textual content for now, its just
placeholders).
A great improvement!
Still needs some talk about the welcome page structure, content, & organisation.
Maybe a short paragraph on top about the language itself: what it wants (not)
to be.
All more specific info should be placed on dedicated pages pointed from there
--including announcements & commits: that is not what newcomers /first/ wish to
find; for others, it's only one click away. Pointers to presentation,
introduction, tutorials, should be in good, obvious, place; inside "Get
Started" probably. Pointers to language & library refs should also be present
for advanced programmers or language designers wishing a more technical
description.
+++ for code sample, "Zen of D" (complementary to short paragraph evoked
above), & "Featured Projects".
I'd see:
====================================
D prog lang
-- motto
... short presentation paragraph ...
--- --- ---
| code sample | Zen of D |
--- --- ---
--- ---
| Get Started |
--- ---
--- --- ---
| pointers | Feat. Projects |
--- --- ---
logos
legal thing
====================================
May not be so "squarely" laid out ;-)
Then only, discuss about actual contents and style.
Denis
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