[zeromq-dev] Website -- separating newbies from the community

Martin Lucina mato at kotelna.sk
Thu Oct 21 17:34:06 CEST 2010


ph at imatix.com said:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Martin Lucina <mato at kotelna.sk> wrote:
> 
> > 1) Move "start" on www.zeromq.org to "community".
> > 2) Move "start" + it's dependencies (3 pages AFAICS) from www.zeromq.com to
> > www.zeromq.org
> >
> > Why does that create a maintenance problem?
> 
> It's just more complex than two separate sites, since the .com site
> has a different CSS, no side bars, etc.  There are other dependent
> pages (templates) that have to be merged too.  It's just a bit more
> painful, not a maintenance problem. :-)
> 
> What it will also mean for visitors is that the single site will
> change appearance depending on what category you visit.

Well, the "newbie" category is minimalist; looking at the current .com site
it's just the front page and "Get the software"; Join the community might
as well go straight to the existing site, no?

-mato



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