Re: [PHP-WEBMASTER] Home Page Mock-up

On 4 January 2011 03:12, Christopher Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 01/02/2011 11:38 AM, Stewart Lord wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> I have attached a mockup for the front page. It is a work in progress, but
>> I thought it was a good time to get some feedback on the look and layout.
>> Let me know what you like/dislike about it. Keep in mind I am not a
>> designer...

Really good work. I like it a lot.

> I think having the title "Downloads" near the download links will help
> disambiguate what that area is for.  It will also aid visual and
> machine searches. Visually I think having the three (5.3, 5.2 and
> Windows) download fonts and descriptions identical would help unify
> that section.  The different arrow orientation is not immediately
> understandable (nor will most folk care whether the link is local or
> not) so I suggest just making them all point down.

I actually like having the newest stable branch be in a bigger size.
It's a constant battle to get users to upgrade from old branches, and
that sort of thing helps reinforce it.

If the Windows download link is retained (more on that in a moment),
then I'd probably be inclined to change the arrow to a highly stylised
version of the Windows logo. I could mock something up quickly if
desired.

> If someone has more time, it would be good for the downloads area to
> be simplified to just two links "PHP 5.3.4" and "PHP 5.2.16", with the
> download page then giving options for bz2/tgz source, Windows etc.

Agreed; I think reorganising the way we list downloads in general to
group by version first, then platform and download type
(source/binary) would be a nice improvement.

Adam