On 10 Mai, 01:46, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf <lars.sonchocky- [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Riccardo, > > I second Zhang's view. A short description would give visitors - who > aren't gnustep old stagers - an idea what "GAP" and all the other > stuff on that page is about. Even if the frontpage is considered just > a quick acces page. > > I think it would also help with regard to search engines which then > would be able to display a short text in their search results. > > The non released project should get a label that says "coming soon" > or similar IMHO. > > Take for instance a website likehttp://unsanity.com/who also offer > (although commercial) software (this is only an example of how such a > page can be done, not an advertisement for them). They have a similar > setup like GAP. Their frontpage has a *detailed* 'news' section so > that regular visitors get a quick impression what happened. Their > 'products' pagehttp://www.unsanity.com/products/lists not only the > names of the apps they're selling, but also a short description of > those. Or would you have known what for instance their "silk" or > "mighty mouse" is for without having a *short* introduction first?
That reminds me what the GNUstep Software Index is showing as content (in a different layout). http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/ Maybe, it should be more part of the GAP Web Page? If it would help, we could add a database checkbox "GAP" so that it shows only the GAP projects. > > regards, > > Lars > > Am 06.05.2009 um 05:44 schrieb Riccardo Mottola: > > > Hi Zhang. > > > I occasionally dub as webmaster too. The team of active GAP > > developers has > > shrunk a bit... > > > I understand what you want to change and appreciate your effort, > > but it is > > confusing to me. I prefer without the descriptions. Furthermore, > > imagine > > when new applications will be added! A real mess! In the future > > maybe some > > kind of categorization will be needed. > > > The links on the fron tpage need to serve as quick-access to the > > sub-pages. > > > If you want a page that acts more of a guide with short > > descriptions, a page > > were a whole "GAP based" environment setup is descripbed is more > > appropriate, so the user can read, pick what he needs and go in to > > deeper > > details. > > > I also disagree with hiding non-released projects, they are maybe not > > dormant, just unreleased. For example the Browser Vespucci had > > quite some > > talk, so it should be correctly represented on the front page. > > > Actually, some of our projects miss a page and some screenshot, > > I'll work on > > that. > > > Thanks in any case for your intrest in the GNustep Application > > Project. > > Riccardo > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Zhang Weiwu" <[email protected]> > > To: "GNUstep general" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:21 PM > > Subject: to make newbie more comfortable and easier to glance: > > suggestion on > > change frontpage of gap > > >> I did not find how to contact the webmast in the gap website so I > >> just > >> post it here. I'd propose small change on the index page to make > >> it less > >> confusing for newbies like me. > > >> What I did is to add short description to alive projects and hide the > >> hibernating projects. Maybe there should be a link to a special page > >> where all hibernating projects are listed, but they should not be > >> on the > >> front page to attract unnecessary attention. > > >> Before: > >>http://emerson.realss.com/index.html > >> After: > >>http://emerson.realss.com/index:1.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > > [email protected] > >http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
