Re: Potential improvements to the homepage?

[Paul Scott]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 05:51:26PM +0200, Jacques Menu Muzhic wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Would a CMS like WordPress be a good candidate for a complete rewrite? I 
> don’t know what is needed behind the scenes to satisfy the needs of such a 
> web site.

No.

Paul

> JM
> 
> > Le 23 août 2016 à 16:18, Federico Bruni <address@hidden> a écrit :
> > 
> > Il giorno dom 21 ago 2016 alle 11:19, Andrew Yoon <address@hidden> ha 
> > scritto:
> >> I'm wondering if there might be room to discuss some improvements to the 
> >> lilypond.org homepage -- in my personal experience in the past its typical 
> >> GNU-style dated appearance was a little off-putting, and I suspect for 
> >> many other composers and musicians who are a little more timid around 
> >> technology it doesn't give a very reassuring welcome. I don't know if 
> >> anything like this is in the works already, but is there room for 
> >> discussing this? I'd be more than happy to help. Nothing dramatic or 
> >> web3.0 style of course.
> > 
> > I have the feeling that it would be easier to rewrite it from scratch (both 
> > text and style) and with another tool, but this is not a "popular" position.
> > 
> > Since this is a frequent discussion that returns every few months, I wonder 
> > if there's anybody in this list willing to work together to improve the 
> > website. I'd also be interested to know if there's someone who'd like to 
> > help but it's blocked by something he/she feels wrong/uneasy.
> > 
> >> On a related note, I think it might be really fantastic if we could figure 
> >> out a way to set up a REPL on the website somewhere where newcomers can 
> >> give Lilypond a guided try in their browser before committing to the 
> >> sometimes-arduous process of installing and getting it running locally. 
> >> See for example the Haskell homepage https://www.haskell.org/ or the 
> >> http://tryruby.org website.
> > 
> > This was discussed some time ago:
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/4200/
> > 
> > 
> > 
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