[dlang.org] getting the redesign wrapped up

[Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d]

On 10 January 2016 at 22:14, deadalnix via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Sunday, 10 January 2016 at 17:17:44 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/16 10:23 AM, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>> On 10.01.2016 16:11, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>>> Do you have a PR in place yet?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here we go:
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1187
>>>
>>
>> ...aaaaaand we're live. Congratulations and many thanks to the folks who
>> worked on this! -- Andrei
>>
>
> That's awesome. Now :
>  - I have no idea what the code sample is doing. The code sample is not
> for me or anyone that already knows D, but for newcomer that wonder what
> the hell D is about. If I can't understand it at first glance, then it is
> missing it's goal BY FAR.
>  - Learn barely make the cut on my 15' monitor. That's way too low. If one
> doesn't know D, one doesn't care about news, community or whatever.
>  - Widget are still broken on https.
>  - The download button is small while surrounded by wasted grey area. BIG
> FAT DOWNLOAD WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE.
>  - Please don't make me click on the menus. You can also make them work
> with pure CSS using :hover
>  - A light touch of green would make the page much nicer (complementary
> color, all that good fun).
>  - Look and feel of packages and forum need to follow.
>
> While I complains like a grumpy old man, I'd like to congrats people that
> makes this happen. This is very good for D. Good job.
>

I echo this, and would add a further point that you should have tested all
sub-domains before uploading.  Release archive is not looking well.

http://downloads.dlang.org/
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