One example of where the current site is a bit weird is the "Documents" section. The users document section has nothing apart from the matrix which should probably have a more prominent position somewhere.
Since the website was designed we have also gained a number of new clients (galaxie and parsek). As they start doing public releases the current website configuration is going to get more confusing. On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 23:51 +1200, Lee Begg wrote: > I like the idea, but I think it still needs some more work. I have added a > little to the wiki page and added some questions/comments as well. As I mentioned on the wiki page, I've been thinking about the following There are three types of users, - The new user, one who doesn't know what Thousand Parsec is. - The "ghost" user, somebody who knows what Thousand Parsec is not contributing. - The developer/player, a user who is actively developing/playing Thousand Parsec. What the website has to do for the new user is inform them of what Thousand Parsec is about. This is really a one time thing, once a user knows about Thousand Parsec they are unlikely to need the information again. The website also has to show the new user that the project is active and progressing and encourage them to try out the software. It is also likely the user also has some idea what the project is because they have come from other websites. What the website has to do for the second and third users is to keep them informed with up to date and current information. It also has to encourage users to start participating and continue participating. This is why our current default page is the news page. The page also includes all the side widgets which are suppose to give an impression of an active and thriving project. > Please add your ideas/feedback. What do you like about our website? What > would > make it better? What would make it easier to find things in the website? > People who have just joined or just found us in particular, because we need > to make it easy for new people to find the information they need on our > website. These are just my ideas, if others have a good theories about this, please put them forward. As Lee suggests, newer users/developers are a good source of knowledge. Us older developers already use to the strange bits so don't find them difficult. I'm specifically looking at you, SoC students! > Later > Lee Mithro _______________________________________________ tp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/mailman.php/listinfo/tp-devel
