Thread: Interesting comment on the home page
WWW Folks, From Bruce's blog: ============ I would put a simple description on the most visible part of the page, currently occupied by "PostgreSQL updates released". Ok, that is important, but to a newbie it looks like "hmm... I don't know what PostgreSQL is but I need to upgrade it already?" I would put a link to the latest documentation (and to the Tutorial and Installation sections too) on the homepage. Currently the shortest path to Tutorial is 4 click away. The documentation of the PostgreSQL project is one of it's strongest sides, and it should easier to access. I would put direct links to the latest packages. The current "Latest Releases" section is quite baffling - there are links to the notes, but not to the source/packages? I guess I'm not complete, but that's what I would do at first glance.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > WWW Folks, > > From Bruce's blog: > > ============ > > I would put a simple description on the most visible part of the page, > currently occupied by "PostgreSQL updates released". Ok, that is important, > but to a newbie it looks like "hmm... I don't know what PostgreSQL is but I > need to upgrade it already?" Not sure what can be done about that with the current layout. > I would put a link to the latest documentation (and to the Tutorial and > Installation sections too) on the homepage. Currently the shortest path to > Tutorial is 4 click away. The documentation of the PostgreSQL project is one > of it's strongest sides, and it should easier to access. 1 click to the documentation index, one to the desired version, and one to the tutorial section. It's only a difference of 1, but I don't think we can put everything on the front page. > I would put direct links to the latest packages. The current "Latest > Releases" section is quite baffling - there are links to the notes, but not > to the source/packages? There is a bold 'Download' link, directly under the list of current versions. Because we have different types of packages for different platforms for each version, there's no easy way to do per-version links to 'source/packages' - doing so would lead to horrendous clutter (believe me, I've tried). Instead, the download link (as well as the one on the top level navigation menu) links to the carefully thought-out downloads page which guides people to exactly what they need. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 19:12 +0000, Dave Page wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote: > > WWW Folks, > > > > From Bruce's blog: > > > > ============ > > > > I would put a simple description on the most visible part of the page, > > currently occupied by "PostgreSQL updates released". Ok, that is important, > > but to a newbie it looks like "hmm... I don't know what PostgreSQL is but I > > need to upgrade it already?" > > Not sure what can be done about that with the current layout. > > > I would put a link to the latest documentation (and to the Tutorial and > > Installation sections too) on the homepage. Currently the shortest path to > > Tutorial is 4 click away. The documentation of the PostgreSQL project is one > > of it's strongest sides, and it should easier to access. > > 1 click to the documentation index, one to the desired version, and > one to the tutorial section. It's only a difference of 1, but I don't > think we can put everything on the front page. We shouldn't. If anything we should look at things to take off the front page. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL - XMPP: jdrake@jabber.postgresql.org Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997