CLUG Website

[simon andrews (BI)]

simon andrews (BI) wrote:

> > I've therefore had a go at putting together such a page.
> >
> > www.proteo.me.uk/clug/


> Dom Latter [dom at latter.org] wrote

> Excellent.
>
> Some suggestions (hey, I'm a techie, I'm supposed to quibble):
>
> "used on everything from Desktop PCs and servers to toasters"
> not forgetting supercomputers, Google, etc.  Which does raise
> the question - what's the audience?  I'd be tempted to slip in
> "you already use Linux - you just don't know it".

Fair enough - I've expanded the range a bit!

> I'd surmise that most Linux users will just go ahead and sign up
> anyway; therefore the gloss should be aimed at the typical PC user.

I suspect that anyone ending up on that page was probably looking for 
us anyway.  Our main job would be to not put them off!

> Also how about something like:

<snip suggestions>

> I realise that the above contains a fair amount of my own personal
> philosophy which may not be shared by everyone here.  Is it over the
> top?  It's very important to shy away from "religion": nobody likes
> being told that they're stupid because they still run Windows...

I don't disagree with what you wrote, but I'm concious of trying to keep the front
page as succinct as possible.  I expanded the introductory paragraph along the
lines you suggested.


> Lastly:
> "people from Cambridge" - perhaps "connected to Cambridge"?
> I am not from Cambridge, and these days I spend most of my
> time elsewhere.  But I'm still a Cluggy.

Now you're getting really picky :-)  I changed it to people from 'around Cambridge'
would seem to be generally true.


> And really really lastly - it could probably be tarted up a bit
> with some judicious CSS.  It's the sort of webpage *I* like -
> clean, fast, minimal - but I'm not the typical user.  I use Linux.

Maybe some animated gifs and a flash welcome screen?

Something a bit more specific than 'judicious CSS' would be useful.  It already has
91 lines of shining CSS - how many did you want?

I make no claims to be a graphic designer, so if anyone has concrete suggestions
for improvements (or better - patches!) then please feel free to get stuck in.

I should stress that I'm not touting this as the best web pages we're ever likely
to get - just something we can put in place which won't age and which will
act as a placeholder until someone is willing to put the time/energy into putting
something more comprehensive together.

Simon.