Re: website: showcase or list videos and slides, sources of all talks

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

sirgazil <address@hidden> skribis:

> On 20/12/17 17:32, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> Am 19.12.2017 um 17:15 schrieb ng0:
>>>>> It should be here:
>>>>>
>>>>>    https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/tags/talks/
>>>>>    https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/blog/tags/papers/
>>>> This doesn't work really well to discover them, like on
>>>> a submenu page in the head menu, leading to these pages
>>>> or dedicated (non-blog, non-markdown) pages.
>>>>
>>> +1 for linking them from a more prominent page on the main website.
>>>
>>> Blogs are like a diary, but not good for documentation an important content.
>>
>> sirgazil, WDYT?  :-)
>
> Well, I think we could convert the current Blog item in the website
> menu into a Media item with the following subitems:
>
>   Blog
>   Papers
>   Screenshots
>   Talks

I like it; perhaps I’d leave “Blog” as a separate menu item though.

> Just like screenshots and blog posts, some talks could be highlighted
> in the home page. These changes could make it easier for people to
> find them, I think.

Could be nice.

> We can design the new pages and update current pages so that people
> browsing the summaries of posts, talks, etc. know if the full content
> of a given item contains video, slides, etc.
>
> With these changes, which I think I can start designing right now, I
> think it would not be necessary to list talks and papers in the Help
> section again. What do you think, Mark?

I prefer the idea of a “Media” menu, but perhaps you’re suggesting to do
both?  That would be great.

Thanks,
Ludo’.