Redesign of dlang.org

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/23/15 4:59 AM, deadalnix wrote:
> First question first, how do one create a template from a design so that
> ddoc can generate using it ?

I don't understand this question. Ddoc is just pure macro expansion so 
you can use it in many ways, including to generate a verbatim copy of 
the input 
(https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/blob/master/verbatim.ddoc) 
or a text-only version of the input 
(https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/blob/master/plaintext.ddoc).

> Also, the home page may be one of these that justify going off road. You
> often want something more out of the ordinary there as goals are
> different from the usual doc page. Is that possible to have a custom
> html (or whatever else) for the home page and keep using ddoc for
> everything else ?

Yah. Overall I think a redesign is needed simply because it's time. 
Second I think the particular redesign discussed here is nice in many 
ways. Third I think I'm being reasonable if I ask to introduce new or 
custom technology dependencies only with good reason.


Andrei