Improvement of Web2py site design

[Phyo Arkar]

Dear Massimo;

I think you should improve design of Web2py site. So you can attract more users. 
I show a friend of mine , a web designer . but he saids Its looks a little bit crude to him in terms of design so hmm , he is a little bit distracted .

How about redesign of your  site , with full power of web2py ?

[Massimo Di Pierro]

I will welcome any help I can get on a new design! I am just not good
with css.

[Timbo]

http://www.oswd.org/ might be a good place to start. I've used
templates from their site for three public-facing websites. I'm
decent with CSS, but let's face it, CSS is what sucks about browsers
more than anything else.

I would probably pick one of these two for a site like web2py:
http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3577
http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3485

[voltron]

Actually, the present layout is not all bad, its just that it so
cluttered. There are no clear rubrics and leess would have been more
in some places

On Sep 10, 1:51 pm, Timbo <timnje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.oswd.org/might be a good place to start.  I've used

> templates from their site for three public-facing websites.  I'm
> decent with CSS, but let's face it, CSS is what sucks about browsers
> more than anything else.
>

> I would probably pick one of these two for a site like web2py:http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3577http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3485

[Timbo]

I agree with Voltron, the current design isn't bad but is cluttered.
Sometimes it takes a redesign to get to a cleaner page (because that
requires more rethinking).

When I saw http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3485 it reminded me
of an older ubuntu homepage where it just hit the high points of using
Ubuntu. Consider www.rubyonrails.org; it has 4 big icons for the
things that people are generally interested in when they come to the
webpage. For web2py, our target audience is prospective and current
users and developers. The motivation for these people to come to the
site would be (I didn't just use 4 intentionally because RoR does):

- learn about why they want to use web2py (features and comparisons)
- learn how to get it, install it, configure it (although it almost
needs no configuring), run it (download, installation guides)
- learn how to use it (manual, recipes, quick reference, forum and
wiki links)
- web2py developer stuff (how to checkout the source, submit a patch,
communicate with other devs)

Just some food for organizational thought.

On Sep 10, 6:56 am, voltron <nhy...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Actually, the present layout is not all bad, its just that it so
> cluttered. There are no clear rubrics and leess would have been more
> in some places
>
> On Sep 10, 1:51 pm, Timbo <timnje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> >http://www.oswd.org/mightbe a good place to start.  I've used

> > templates from their site for three public-facing websites.  I'm
> > decent with CSS, but let's face it, CSS is what sucks about browsers
> > more than anything else.
>

> > I would probably pick one of these two for a site like web2py:http://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3577http://www.oswd.org/design/...

[mdipierro]

I agree, the web page can be improved but this is not a priority for
me. Moreover this is one of those issue where it is impossible to get
everybody to agree. If somebody wants to submit a new welcome app or
simply a new index page + layout ready to be use without any strings
attached (i.e. no license because I need to be able to redistribute it
with web2py), we'll put it to a vote.

Massimo

On Sep 10, 8:43 am, Timbo <timnje...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree with Voltron, the current design isn't bad but is cluttered.
> Sometimes it takes a redesign to get to a cleaner page (because that
> requires more rethinking).
>

> When I sawhttp://www.oswd.org/design/preview/id/3485it reminded me

> of an older ubuntu homepage where it just hit the high points of using

> Ubuntu. Considerwww.rubyonrails.org;it has 4 big icons for the

> things that people are generally interested in when they come to the
> webpage. For web2py, our target audience is prospective and current
> users and developers. The motivation for these people to come to the
> site would be (I didn't just use 4 intentionally because RoR does):
>
> - learn about why they want to use web2py (features and comparisons)
> - learn how to get it, install it, configure it (although it almost
> needs no configuring), run it (download, installation guides)
> - learn how to use it (manual, recipes, quick reference, forum and
> wiki links)
> - web2py developer stuff (how to checkout the source, submit a patch,
> communicate with other devs)
>
> Just some food for organizational thought.
>
> On Sep 10, 6:56 am, voltron <nhy...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Actually, the present layout is not all bad, its just that it so
> > cluttered. There are no clear rubrics and leess would have been more
> > in some places
>
> > On Sep 10, 1:51 pm, Timbo <timnje...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> > >http://www.oswd.org/mightbea good place to start. I've used