[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Chris Fields]

On Sep 21, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Dave Messina wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> Thanks for taking on this (much needed) refresh.
>
> I think your current version is substantially better than what we  
> have now.
> Still, I'd argue that something much more concise like the Biopython  
> page
> would make a bigger impact on visitors' ability to find what they're  
> looking
> for.
>
> It's not that the details you have under each section shouldn't be
> available, but rather that they could be clicked through to instead  
> of being
> on the front page.
>
> The About section is a good example. I would bet most visitors to the
> BioPerl website skip over the About section because they already  
> know what
> BioPerl is, and that section has the most valuable real estate on  
> the page.
> Those who don't know and are curious will probably be able to find  
> it (the
> word About on the front page of a website has become an idiom for  
> "click her
> to read the details about this").
>
>
>
> Dave

How about this version (it's on my talk page):

http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/User_talk:Cjfields

chris