Website message overhaul

[Robert Clipsham]

On 14/11/2011 01:50, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter and I have been working on the website for a while. We want to
> crystallize a clear message of what the D programming language is.
>
> Please take a look at http://d-programming-language.org/new/. The work
> is content-only (no significant changes in style, though collapsible
> examples and twitter news are a new style element).
>
> Feedback is welcome.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

Another point, partially based on things others have said that I've now 
read:

As I mentioned in another post, myself (and many, many others I'm sure) 
have the ability to look at a page and automatically find what we want 
without reading anything. People visiting dpl.org will be in one of two 
groups:

  - Potential D users
  - D users

What they want to see:

= Potential D users
  i  ) Sample code
  ii ) Reasons to use D
  iii) Download/try/setup links
  iv ) How to find out more

= D users
  v   ) Download links
  vi  ) How to get help
  vii ) Language reference
  viii) Library reference
  ix  ) News/things of interest
  x   ) Current version (Do I have the latest and greatest? This will be 
less important as the language continues to mature)
  xi  ) Changelog (see above, less important with time)
  xii ) How to get involved.

This is a lot of information to get onto one page, but it can easily be 
simplified with a simple bit of knowledge - D users have seen the page 
before.

Related note: I can't find any of these by looking at the D front page, 
despite having seen it hundreds of times (yes, I know most of it is in 
the sidebar, that's not something I see without thinking about it 
though, I automatically assume it's just part of the background).

-- 
Robert
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