[Zope-dev] Re: Let's fix the damned website

[Martin Aspeli]

Alexander Limi wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:52:07 -0700, Martin Aspeli <optilude at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> Now we need people to help contribute content, review the content that's  
>> already there and tie up a few loose ends.
>>
>> You can see current state of play here: http://zode01.lovelysystems.com.
> 
> Awesome! It looks great, and is a fantastic starting point.
> 
> Some quick feedback from my initial browsing of the site, do with it what  
> you want. ;)
> 
> - Try not to be too clever with the "Taste"/"Get" and other links. People  
> actually scan for links that are similar from other projects, and having  
> to interpret/understand them is confusing. I would definitely switch  
> "Taste" to "Examples", and possibly "Get" to "Download" (as a bonus, you  
> get a bigger click target ;).
> 
> - The list of companies using Zope includes several examples that look  
> very out of place (i-Gift?), and even some that went bankrupt 7 years ago  
> (Storm Linux). Try to narrow it down to either global brands that anyone  
> will recognize (Red Hat, NASA, GE), or — where this is not possible — go  
> for a market leader in that particular area (plone.org for example lists  
> Oxfam — while not necessarily known by the average person, everybody in  
> the non-profit space know who they are).
> 
> - The icons for the "Key Features of Zope" look very out of place.  
> Underwear for standards? Donuts for community? Makes no sense to me, at  
> least. :)
> 
> - I assume the front page text is still being worked on, but "Zope is an  
> open source framework for building web applications" is repeated 3 times  
> on the front page.

Thanks Alex!

All the text is indeed very much draft. I really hope we get a few more 
volunteers so that we can get it to be more complete.

Cheers,
Martin

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