Tim Ansell pravi: > 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.
I'd put users like so: - new users (to TP and to 4X) - users who know what TP is and maybe even play it - contributors (programmers, artists, bug reporters) > 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. Agree. > 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. Also agree. I would only put an additional sentence or two on the very top of the page which clearly/visibly states the mission of Thousand Parsec. So that it is not too long, users quickly see that it is free and open source and what it is about. I also think that this helps search engines, which could pick this sentence and make the page rank higher. Just take my simple page for Parsek as example: http://www.holodeck1.com:8080/parsek Welcome states the mission shortly, and if you search for "parsek 4x" in Google it already comes on top and somehow Google picked the first sentence of the mission statement for the description of the page. If I search for "free 4x game" it is also on the first page of Google. I think this is not bad for a site that is so young and that I haven't even advertised anywhere yet. I guess it also helps that META content description tag and the mission statement on page have the same wording. And if keywords for page also include matching words it probably also helps. > 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! Agree, don't be shy, tell us what you think. -- JLP's Blog - http://jlp.holodeck1.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ tp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/mailman.php/listinfo/tp-devel
