Suggestion: New D front page

[Robert Clipsham]

On 29/01/11 12:56, Christopher Bergqvist wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have been putting some free time into creating a "design skeleton" for
> a new http://d-programming-language.org
> <http://www.d-programming-language.org/> front page:
> http://digitalpoetry.se/D%20website/D%20overview%20design.png
>
> My main concern is presenting newcomers with an inspiring and relevant
> first impression of D. I think there is lots to gain by having a more
> alive front page not based on Ddoc (the rest of the site could still be
> based on it).
>
> I have not attempted adding any visual style to the design myself since
> its not one of my strengths. It should be made to fit better with the
> overall theme of d-programming-language.org
> <http://d-programming-language.org> (although IMO it's currently a bit
> too dark and foreboding).
>
> I must confess to being heavily inspired by http://ooc-lang.org
> <http://ooc-lang.org/> and http://cobra-language.com
> <http://cobra-language.com/>.
>
> As creating this would take a significant time investment, I suggest
> that some more complex sections of the page could be released after the
> initial version. I have some background in web development but have been
> almost exclusively doing professional C++ games development during the
> last 4 years. I would not mind putting some more work into this but am
> also hopeful that some others in the D community desire to contribute.
>
> Constructive feedback with a minimum of bikeshedding is welcome.
> (Please avoid discussions about specific textual content for now, its
> just placeholders).
>
> Cheers,
> Chris

I like it! Definitely a few tweaks needed to it, that page is far more 
welcoming than anything D has currently though.

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Robert
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