[Pythonmac-SIG] First stab at new MacPython website

[Bob Ippolito]

I don't think that strange typography ( re: http://www.python.org/ ) 
would work, what would you suggest as an alternative?  What's wrong 
with the snake?  Windows has the snake, pygame has a snake :)

-bob

On Friday, Jul 25, 2003, at 17:37 America/New_York, Bugbee, Larry wrote:

> If there is any chance of a nice logo that does NOT have the snake, I 
> and a few others would appreciate it.
>
> Tx,
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Ippolito [mailto:bob at redivi.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 2:34 PM
> To: Jack Jansen
> Cc: pythonmac-sig at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] First stab at new MacPython website
>
>
> On Friday, Jul 25, 2003, at 16:57 America/New_York, Jack Jansen wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>> I've created a first stab of the new MacPython website. Please have a
>> look at it,
>> and send comments to the mailing list so we can discuss them. You can
>> find it at
>> <http://www.cwi.nl/~jack/newmacpython>.
>>
>> I think I have all the information from the old web page covered, and
>> all the new stuff
>> that is essential. But I would like comments on everything (and, don't
>> worry,
>> you'll be hard-pressed to hurt my ego, so fire away:-), including:
>>
>> - Organisation
>
> Is it necessary to have a side bar and a top bar?  There doesn't seem
> to be enough sections to justify this.  Also, the top bar is GIGANTIC
> due to the alignment with the really big and ugly icon.  It's time to
> get rid of the paperweight and get a sexy icon.  I'll talk to some of
> my friends and see if I can con one of them into making a new logo.  I
> don't think anyone understands what the 16 ton icon means (anymore?),
> and it obviously wasn't designed to be displayed at that size.
>
>> - graphic design, fonts, colors, etc
>
> The "Special topics" section should behave like the top navigation..
> meaning, if you're at a particular section, it should remain in the
> navigation but no longer as an anchor tag.
> In Safari 1.0, there does not appear to be a right margin on the page.
> "MacPython is the port "... should probably be stated as "MacPython is
> the official port..."
> Exits doesn't seem terribly useful, especially cause it's not
> consistently there and generally just points to python.org.. Also
> Community is terse enough to be part of Home, especially since the
> c.l.py newsgroup and mailing list is mentioned there where the
> Pythonmac-SIG is more likely to be relevant to a MacPython user.
>
>> - errors, dead links, links going to the wrong place
>
> http://python.sourceforge.net/ (Developers section)  is deprecated, and
> should be http://www.python.org/dev/
>
> MacPython Documentation should point to http://www.python.org/doc/
> (Documentation) .. perhaps even more specific sections such as
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/mac/mac.html
>
>
>> - missing information
>
> Package Manager!
>
>>
>> The latter is especially open for discussion. I was thinking of adding
>> at least a section
>> on GUI programming, but I'm open to sugestions on other things. Also,
>> should I add the MacPython Help files here too, so people can get a
>> quick idea?
>
> -bob
>
>
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