On 20 Mar 2003, Jeremy Newman wrote:
Hey all. I've spent a bit more time on the redesign of the website. I'm looking to get more comments from you.
Very nice! I love the new look, maybe we should do a poll on which one should become the default! :)
I've sent you this privately, but I'm reposting it here so that people can comment on the idea as well. Here it goes:
I was looking at the main page of the new WineHQ, and I was thinking of the following changes: 1. The menu at the bottom of the main "About" box is mainly duplicating the the left-side menu. Let's get rid of it. 2. Move the theme selector somewhere else, like another box on on the left, below "Developemnt" 3. In place of the "Change Theme" box, let's have an "Announcements" box (like the KDE/GNOME/etc pages) where we can place the latest and greatest things, such as Wine releases, News releases, interviews, etc. This way, we can maybe just have the "Latest Release" as one of the announcements, and get rid of the little "Latest Release" box which is a bit dry and uninspiring. Also, the current "Change Theme" box is way too big and proeminent for what it does. Is it the intetion of having the ability to change themes in production as well?
First off, You'll notice I am *toying* with the idea of placing a banner ad on the web site. WineHQ generates a large amount of traffic. About 6,000,000 page hits a month. All I simply want to do, is try to allow CodeWeavers to make up for some of that by placing our ads on the site. I won't be taking any offers to put "Click the Monkey" ads. I will happily put up banners for other Wine related companies. If enough object I will cheerfully take them down. This is my idea, so I'll take the brunt of the flames here. I just wasn't getting enough clicks on the "Hosted By CodeWeavers" link to satisfy me.
Since I was the first to complain, I'll be the first to say that they actually look cute. In short, I like them, and they can stay, as far as I can say. Also, if the CW people think they are helpful, so much the better. If we do keep them around, maybe we can also have a "Donate" ad, similar to the one on Slashdot. I'm sold.