"Vladimir Prus" <ghost@cs.msu.su> wrote in message news:da3f6p$r41$1@sea.gmane.org...
Beman Dawes wrote:
While the redesigned Boost home page is informative and visually attractive, it doesn't seem to me to have much marketing punch because it doesn't give a viewer any idea of how useful and successful Boost has become.
Thanks to stylesheet help from Rene Rivera, I've drafted a new section (currently entitled "Mini-FAQ") that is supposed to convey the marketing message that Boost is a success and useful to a lot of people.
See draft version at http://www.esva.net/~beman/boost-home/index.htm
Comments?
I would say that this "Mini-FAQ, probably reformatted and without header, should be placed immediately after:
The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries.
sentence. IMO, the remainder of the current "Welcome to boost.org" section, while correct, presicely lacks "marketing punch".
Ah! Good idea, IMO. The remainder of the current "Welcome..." section (everything after the first sentence) could be given a new section title "Goals". Take a look at http://www.esva.net/~beman/boost-home/index-mod-a.htm and let me know what you think. (But ignore spacing and boxes on the right - those are beyond my limited stylesheet knowledge. Once the content is agreed upon, perhaps Rene can help make it all look good.) Thanks, --Beman