[ocaml-infra] Redesigning OCaml.org

[Anil Madhavapeddy]

On 6 Aug 2013, at 10:46, Christophe TROESTLER <Christophe.Troestler at umons.ac.be> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the work Philippe !
> 
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 09:53:22 +0100, Anil Madhavapeddy wrote:
>> 
>> Feedback on the design would be most useful, as we can do a few iterations with the company that did the HTML/CSS/logo work and make sure we're all happy with the final result.  Personally, I love the new front page.
> 
> Maybe one can discuss first the front page.  Here are a few questions.
> 
> - Where should all the links of the current page go?  On sub-pages or may some of them (which ones) appear below "Learn",...?  If we move them to separate pages, what text must be put on the side of the four boxes?
> 
> - Do we want the top menu stay as it is or offer drop-downs?  The latter reduces the number of clicks but one may prefer to always land on the dedicated pages.

I personally prefer no dropdowns since it's more usable on touch devices.  Nothing more annoying than trying to get a dropdown working on a tiny iPhone!

> - Is the current distinction between more permanent news (managed by hand) and RSS feeds enough?  Also, one would certainly like to add "Preliminary program is available" under "OCaml 2013".
> 
> - Do we want a "Read more" button under "OCaml is an industrial..."?  Or rather a "What is OCaml?" under "Learn"?

Or have the "Learn More" below the "Download" link, perhaps?

> - In the "Packages" table, do we really want an "author" column?  The "Package" column is already not wide enough.  One could also think about putting in a tooltip the single line describing the package.  Finally, I do not think OPAM has a "Category" field ATM.

I agree that the Author field isn't needed.

-anil