Re: Website update

[Sebastian Schöps]

Alex Krolick wrote
> Hi Kai,
> 
> Thank you for taking the time and porting over the website repository to
> Mercurial. I am biased since I laid out the first draft, but I prefer the
> previous iteration of the page design [1]. That design was inspired by the
> recent relaunch of the GNU Guile website [2] which was well-received by
> the
> community and really gave a new face to the language.
> 
> In particular I'd like to see:
> 
>   * Prominent calls-to-action on the page (download, docs, etc.)
>   * Skimmable page sections/headings
>   * Screenshots that showcase the GUI and graphics system
>   * Detailed page footer with expanded navigation view
>   * Better documentation for the Forge package ecosystem
>  
> [1] https://alexkrolick.github.io/octave-web/
> [2] https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/

My 2 cents: I'd agree, that Alex' proposal [1] looks fresher and feels
lighter while [2] is already much better that the current page but still
rather old fashioned. 

Are we ready to publish the new website along with the new 4.2 release? That
would be cool!

Seb.



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