[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Chris Fields]

Brian, Mark,

Agreed about the italics; there's a lot more that can be done with  
tables if needed:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Table

I say go ahead and pull the trigger.  No need to wait 'til 1.6.1 on  
this, the sooner it's fixed the better.  We can tweak the rest (add  
News updates, etc) along the way.

chris

On Sep 25, 2009, at 9:42 PM, Brian Osborne wrote:

> Mark,
>
> I don't love the italics in the version that Chris made but that's  
> just personal preference. He's right in thinking that putting more  
> in the top of the page is good: less scrolling.
>
> One could color the backgrounds of his tables, that might look nice.
>
> Either way, or a combination of both, is preferable to what we have.  
> There really is no need to wait since the current page is abysmal. I  
> can say that freely since I'm probably one of its authors!
>
> One thought though: move the "search" up to a center-left location,  
> below "main links". The Wiki search is pretty good at finding pages  
> so if someone doesn't find what they're looking for in the main  
> section they might be drawn to search for it.
>
> Brian O.
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:22 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>
>> Cheers, Brian-- I am becoming swayed now by Chris' whack at it, on  
>> his talk page. My thought is that we'll hammer out the final  
>> version after the release, then pull the trigger-- Your thoughts?
>> MAJ
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Osborne" <bosborne11 at verizon.net 
>> >
>> To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
>> Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
>> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal
>>
>>
>>> Mark,
>>> Really nice, and a significant improvement over the existing.
>>> You've gotten good feedback, you've considered these thoughts and   
>>> incorporated them - is it time to move the beta to Main? Yes. In  
>>> my  opinion your 'beta' is far superior - just do it.
>>> Brian O.
>>> On Sep 21, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Mark A. Jensen wrote:
>>>> A nearly completely minimal solution is at Main Page Beta
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Messina" <David.Messina at sbc.su.se 
>>>>  >
>>>> To: "Mark A. Jensen" <maj at fortinbras.us>
>>>> Cc: "BioPerl List" <bioperl-l at lists.open-bio.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 1:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
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