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EstebanLM

about a new pharo site

Hi,

I would like to discuss something about a complete redesign of the site because right now, while it was good some years ago, now is old and confusing...
I would like something clean and easy, more or less like the ruby on rails site: http://rubyonrails.org

ideas?

Esteban

ps: this is a brainstorm for a change that will take time, do not expect too much too soon :)

Camillo Bruni-3

Re: about a new pharo site

I like this
http://vagrantup.com

and I think you have to immediately address the users by letting them chose

I am new => show how to download details and everything
I am pro => directly show raw links / discussions ...
I am a company? :D

of course one should not exclude the other, but we should optimize for the
targeted audience

On 2013-03-28, at 11:49, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to discuss something about a complete redesign of the site because right now, while it was good some years ago, now is old and confusing...
> I would like something clean and easy, more or less like the ruby on rails site: http://rubyonrails.org
>
> ideas?
>
> Esteban
>
> ps: this is a brainstorm for a change that will take time, do not expect too much too soon :)

Esteban A. Maringolo

Re: about a new pharo site

The Vagrant site is cool. The RoR is nice too, but a little old these days.
But I agree the Pharo site needs to be better, and modern.

You don't have to leave the Smalltalk community to find a simple site:
Amber-lang.net
It has all, what I think, a newcomer would expect: an intro, a few
FAQs, a code snippet, links to download it or to its Github repo. The
same goes for the Node.js webiste.

Python and Django on the other hand have more complex websites.

Regards!

Esteban A. Maringolo

2013/3/28 Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]>:

> I like this
> http://vagrantup.com
>
> and I think you have to immediately address the users by letting them chose
>
> I am new => show how to download details and everything
> I am pro => directly show raw links / discussions ...
> I am a company? :D
>
> of course one should not exclude the other, but we should optimize for the
> targeted audience
>
> On 2013-03-28, at 11:49, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to discuss something about a complete redesign of the site because right now, while it was good some years ago, now is old and confusing...
>> I would like something clean and easy, more or less like the ruby on rails site: http://rubyonrails.org
>>
>> ideas?
>>
>> Esteban
>>
>> ps: this is a brainstorm for a change that will take time, do not expect too much too soon :)
>
>

philippeback

Re: about a new pharo site

https://lastpass.com/
http://www.atlassian.com/
http://belighted.com/

A common fixture is at the bottom with the footer including a ton of
links under the fold.

And a call to action just in the face of visitors (get it, download it etc)

And a damn product packshot. (screen shot for non ad junkies).

FWIW, notice that there is a ton of social proof in there in the form
of logos, testimonials etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_proof

Social proof is the best thing ever for us humans, we do have a herd
mentality, even if the ST community still evades this somewhat.

Phil

2013/3/28 Esteban A. Maringolo <[hidden email]>:

> The Vagrant site is cool. The RoR is nice too, but a little old these days.
> But I agree the Pharo site needs to be better, and modern.
>
> You don't have to leave the Smalltalk community to find a simple site:
> Amber-lang.net
> It has all, what I think, a newcomer would expect: an intro, a few
> FAQs, a code snippet, links to download it or to its Github repo. The
> same goes for the Node.js webiste.
>
> Python and Django on the other hand have more complex websites.
>
> Regards!
>
> Esteban A. Maringolo
>
>
> 2013/3/28 Camillo Bruni <[hidden email]>:
>> I like this
>> http://vagrantup.com
>>
>> and I think you have to immediately address the users by letting them chose
>>
>> I am new => show how to download details and everything
>> I am pro => directly show raw links / discussions ...
>> I am a company? :D
>>
>> of course one should not exclude the other, but we should optimize for the
>> targeted audience
>>
>> On 2013-03-28, at 11:49, Esteban Lorenzano <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I would like to discuss something about a complete redesign of the site because right now, while it was good some years ago, now is old and confusing...
>>> I would like something clean and easy, more or less like the ruby on rails site: http://rubyonrails.org
>>>
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> Esteban
>>>
>>> ps: this is a brainstorm for a change that will take time, do not expect too much too soon :)
>>
>>
>