[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Mark A. Jensen]

Johnathan, Dave and Dave -- thanks for these helpful comments-
I'm beginning to think there is a happy medium for this medium.
MAJ
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Messina 
  To: Dave Clements 
  Cc: bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org ; Mark A. Jensen ; Chris Fields 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:37 AM
  Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal


  I think either Chris' version or Mark's earlier, slightly more verbose version would work well and fulfill the goals of reducing clutter and making it easier to find what you're looking for for visitors new and old.


  I do like the idea of a newsfeed, which summarizes what's been going on lately and let's new users know the project is active. Embedding the BioPerl twitter feed would be an easy solution.




    The GMOD.org home page also includes a list of new and recently updated wiki pages.  This achieves both goals, by showing what's happening, and by giving people a slight reward for updating the wiki by placing a link to the page on the wiki.



  I like this idea too.




  Dave