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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/05/11 20:51, Anders Logg wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 08:24:29PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 23/05/11 19:28, Anders Logg wrote:
>>> The plan is to make it the default branch at the time of the release
>>> of 1.0.
>>>
>>
>> Do we have to wait so long? It would be good to get an updated web page
>> online sooner.
> 
> I'd like the page to be ready before it's launched so we can say: look
> at our new web page.
> 

OK. For me it's more important to have an improved page online as soon
as possible/now to replace the holding page that we've had up for a long
time.

Garth

> I'm sure there will be a couple of iterations before everything is
> ready and I don't expect it to be ready long before the code is (if
> that doesn't drag out).
> 
> Things that still need fixin for the web page:
> 
> 1. Newsfeed: Harish will fix
> 
> 2. Download button: Harish will work on the sniffer, need to
> coordinate with Johannes to connect to the right download links
> 
> 3. Get documentation in place: Marie is working on this
> 
> 4. Get new design in place: I'm meeting with the designer I hired on
> Thursday to evaluate some proposals
> 
> 5. Add missing information on pages: break up installation page in
> smaller pieces / separate pages, complete citing page
> 
> 6. Add a "featured item" on the front page. My idea (originally from
> Harish) is to dedicate the upper left corner of the front page to a
> featured item which will occupy the page for a number of weeks. This
> will showcase interesting results obtained with FEniCS, and other
> "articles" related to FEniCS.
> 
> --
> Anders