On Dec 8, 2007 6:28 AM, Simon Chappell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 7, 2007 8:13 PM, maddiin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I took the erlang-logo as an inspiration, thats where the red color > > scheme came from and why the logo was lowercase, to match the "e" of > > the logo. I agree the contrast was a bit too heavy, here is the second > > shot on the layout, a blueish one: > > http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6808/erlywebbluedj5.png > > Very nice layout and I like the blue colour scheme. I could be happy > with other low-contrast colour schemes as well, I'm quite partial to > green, but the blue is nice.
Thanks again, this is a nice improvement. The main suggestion I have is to put the ErlyWeb logo in the top left. > > > I hope you like this one better, else I would need some examples of > > layouts you like to get the idea. > > This layout is fine by me. The layout looks good. I may want to tweak the final design but overall it looks nice. By the way, in case it wasn't obvious, if I use this design there will be a link at the bottom to the designer's site. > > > The order of the content can of course be changed to what you > > suggested, I just copied the content for a first reference, also the > > headline is just a placeholder because the slogan is in the logo, so > > what you see is not what you get in the end. q:] > > I like the sequence. When visiting the home page of a project, I > expect to have the project described and the reasons why I'd want to > use it right there front and centre on the home page. This layout does > just exactly that. I think this kind of layout targets newcomers but is rather static for repeat visitors. The Django site does a pretty good job at balancing out the new and static content I think, but it may be a bit too busy. > > *snip* > > Regarding the documentation, I follow Simon´s opinion. There should be > > documentation from the start off, how to build a page from scratch > > with all necessary stuff like the installation, setting up > > controllers, views, templates (best way for structuring and reusing > > parts of a layout, e.g. header, main-content, sidebar, footer), urls > > configuration, syndication and what not. So beginners can start > > reading in the morning and have a basic app with essentials running > > some hours later. The magic stuff from the musician example is nice, > > but its not helpful to get the idea how erlyweb really works and > > should be used and no one would be running a website this way, at > > least i wont. > > Agreed. > > Permit me to give you my story. I have been following the Erlang list > for years and have been trying to find time to work through > Programming Erlang since I started receiving the beta copies as PDFs. > I was aware of erlyweb (ErlyWeb?) from the start and tried it back in > the 0.2 days, but was unable to get it to install properly. I asked > for help on the list, but while I did get answers, they didn't seem to > help me. > > I am busy to the max with work and also pastor in my "spare time", so > I need very straight-forward, almost boringly and insultingly, > straight-forward set of directions or tutorials. I would even be happy > to beta test any tutorials that others write or, if you could put up > with my stupid questions on the list, I could try writing something > myself by just diving in and trying to get going and screaming for > help every time I get stuck. > > While my exact circumstances are perhaps unusual, I strongly suspect > that my needs in the documentation area are very typical. It might be > worth noting that while this list is as friendly as you could wish it > to be (thanks for that folks) the secret of the success of languages > like Perl and Ruby are often noted to be the extreme lengths that > folks will go to to help the newbies. Some really good newbie > documentation would take great strides towards making erlyweb/ErlyWeb > a beginner friendly framework. > > Thanks for listening. > > Simon Thanks for the suggestions. I agree that beginner documentation is very important. I have meant to do it for a while but I've been short on time and haven't been able to get to it (I admit I was also secretly hoping someone else would do it :) ). Are there any volunteers that may want to write the ErlyWeb for beginners tutorial? Thanks, Yariv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "erlyweb" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/erlyweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
