Hello, Danny and All,
Thank you for your opinion. ("Opinions keep the community healthy and
wealthy" ... Oh, this is my opinion, also ;-)
There seem many points of view in analyzing, reviewing and
evaluating the top page
1. Total size (byte)
2. Keywords
3. Number of links
4. Look and Feel
5. Consistency
From the point of view #1,
<1> http://jakarta.apache.org/ (now)
HTML: 32841byte Images: 8584byte Total: 41245byte
<2> http://jakarta.terra-intl.com/index.en.html (proposal)
HTML: 42956byte Images: 8584byte Total: 51540byte
From the point of view #2,
<1> 1081 words (Approximately)
<2> 1310 words (Approximately)
This is often used as an indicator of the search engine
optimization.
From the point of view #3, #4 and #5
<1> has self-contradiction in itself, because the related-projects and
jakarta-projects co-exist in the same table and separated in the
left side navigator (Apparent in JAMES). This inconsistency
triggers some sorts of confusions to the beginners of jakarta-world.
However, if we remove JAMES from the top page's table (explanations)
to keep the consistency, I think it is apparant that JAMES' top page
views would be gradually decreased.
(Java beginners do not know what JAMES is, so not be
inspired, motivated to click the left side navi's JAMES' link)
<2> keeps the consistency and keeps the JAMES' top page views
from the standpoint of nature conservation ;-)
/* Maybe its' top page views will be rather increased, because the users
tend to click the links in 'TOP' or 'BOTTOM' .. statistics show */
Also, the top page of jakarta would be a portal of the most
of Java users and developers, as far as the related-projects
are explained in detail and it is arranged properly.
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I had come to the conclusion that <2> is better than <1>,
given careful consideration to these points above totally.
Any thoughts??
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On Fri, 6 Jun 2003 20:45:17 +0100
"Danny Angus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My own opinion is that the home page should be kept small, and we
> should use links to direct people to other pages with further
> information on them. Call me old fasioned but I thought this was the
> point of HTML,
>
> I dont want to have everything in one big page that no-one will
> scroll right down.
>
> Have big pages further in, but IMO keep the homepage as introduction
> and TOC for the site.
>
> d.
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