[BioRuby] A question for BioRuby newbies

[Naohisa GOTO]

Hi Michael, Pjotr and all,

I've put current website contents of http://bioruby.org to GitHub.
(excluding archives directory)
https://github.com/ngoto/bioruby.org-webpage

Please send new web contents with your idea.

Due to the server-side restrictions and mirroring to
http://bioruby.open-bio.org/, only static files are allowed.
(CGI and server-side dynamic contents cannot be used.)

Thanks,

Naohisa Goto
ngoto at gen-info.osaka-u.ac.jp / ng at bioruby.org

On Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:47:51 +0100
Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public14 at thebird.nl> wrote:

> Dear Toshiaki and Naohisa,
> 
> I believe Michael has a very valid point. How about defining a
> project (potentially SoC), where we lay out the functionality we want
> from such a web presence? 
> 
> Pj.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 03:52:57PM -0500, Michael Barton wrote:
> > I think making the homepage simpler would be very
> > beneficial. For instance I think the two most important
> > links (Tutorial and Sample codes) pages should be given much
> > greater prominence. These are the two pages which most
> > beginners will want to get started with. Compare with the
> > Sinatra page which has only six links on the front page
> > pointing to the most significant parts of the project.
> > 
> > I think the Tutorial and Sample codes pages could do with
> > some love also. These pages do not match the visual layout
> > of the bioruby home page, one is in a separate domain while
> > the other is a wiki page. I think these pages deserve
> > attention to make them simpler and more accessible. A common
> > CSS theme also provides a unified front to the BioRuby
> > project.
> > 
> > Compare with the Sinatra intro and documentation pages:
> >   * http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro
> >   * http://www.sinatrarb.com/documentation
> > 
> > My opinion is that the BioRuby website should head in this
> > direction. I am not a web designer but I am happy to
> > contribute effort to writing web copy and BioRuby recipes. I
> > also think that bioruby should also have its own web address
> > too.
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