Re: New website for the PHP project

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Monday, February 4, 2019 2:32 PM, Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net> wrote: > Hi, > > I could nitpick on most of the proposed plan, but I really only wanted > to reply to this: > > > > - A new home page, not a "news" page, but a page simply showing the PHP > > > Logo, a code example maybe and > > > the download link [3]. > > > > > > > > > [...] > > > [3] > > > https://camo.githubusercontent.com/762e5d9fcaaa4ecf645343350a91929f99f452e9/68747470733a2f2f692e696d6775722e636f6d2f584477675261662e706e67 > > I just hate those useless landing pages. > > Yes, it looks neat and clean, but after the initial "OMG so pretty" > phase it just becomes annoying - noone cares about the code example > and I for one never know what "Get Started" means. PHP isn't some > consumer desktop software; nobody would just stumble upon php.net and > "get started" with it, whatever that means ... > > I'm all for a modern look and all, but let's please keep the news on > the index page. Personally, I only go to php.net to look for the news, > changelogs and to search the docs. This image suggests that I'd need > to do an extra click for each of those things and I'm sure I wouldn't > be the only one unhappy about that. > > Cheers, > Andrey. The landing page is meant for the new comers to PHP, when people search for php, the home page is the first to appear. it make sense to show a sample and a straightforward button to get started with using PHP ( introduction, installation and tutorial ) You can see the mock up repository for what the "Getting Started" page would look like. if you usually visit the website for documentation, you would just type php..net/documentation in the url bar instead of php.net or php.net/blog for changelogs and articles.