On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM Peter Koch Larsen via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
I will begin by stating that I truly appreciate that work is being done on boost and its documentation. The current website is not ready for publishing, though. Andrey Semashev already mentioned that documentation does not work, but a lot of information is also wrong or incomplete. Examples: If you take a look at news->news, the latest entry is from april 2024. If you look at libraries, describe is marked as C++03. The front page had a link to a video about mp11. It can not be found on the videos-page with only four(!) videos and it can not be found on the documentation page for the library, On the videos tab, te first video, Boost LEAF in embedded systems, turns out to be a one-minute presentation of Khalil Estell and to top it up, his named is spelled incorrectly. This was found spending just ten minutes browsing. For the usability - and this is subjective of course - I am also disappointed. Using a lot of screen estate for not so much information is a no go. What are all those cute cartoons with animals doing in boost site? I also do not understand why libraries like mpl have such a prominent place. Is it not outdated and not to be used unless you are forced to use an antique compiler?
/Peter
Hi Peter, Thanks for the feedback! Working on updating the spelling of "Khalil Estell". boostorg/describe: the headers can be included under C++03 and C++11, not just 14. The developers may comment further. "only four videos"... The news section of the website is dynamic content where developers and end-users may submit articles also. Even 0 videos on the very first day might be expected. Upload some video posts! In terms of the featured video on the homepage, that specifically is html, you could send a pull request to modify the webpage templates/homepage.html in boostorg/website-v2. Do you have a featured video idea for the homepage? Send it over.