Re: The index page [Revamp of the www.ietf.org website]

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> On 26 Jul 2017, at 23:32, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 26/07/2017 21:22, Tim Chown wrote:
> ...
>> Well, if it’s “one click away”, participants will just bookmark or go directly to that page, and not www.ietf.org. I know I will.  Just like I sometimes also go directly to the datatracker. 
>> 
>>> For added bonus, maybe the most recent last
>>> call / most recent blog article / most recent call for
>>> hotel reservations opening or the like were to be also
>>> displayed, the front door would give me an added
>>> benefit of possibly stumbling on information that I
>>> needed.
>> 
>> Put all that on a one screen, participant oriented “index” page that we can go directly to.  Leave www.ietf.org to be the public shop window.
> 
> I seem to see a lot of people saying roughly the same thing: we need
> an index page for active participants which is
>  - static content only
>  - very low on graphics
>  - a typical font size (legible but not enormous)
>  - displays in several columns on a laptop/desktop screen
>  - displays in one column on a smartphone**
>  - has links to the stuff we use daily
> 
> ** which possiibly means making two versions.
> 
> And for me the exemplar is still https://www.ietf.org/content.html,
> updated with links to the new site.

Yes, that page is a great example. 

Tim




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