Re: Reorganization of the main page

["Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Alan Stone
<software.list.1es9s@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Patrick Gundlach <patrick@gundla.ch>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>> Missing the wiki-only search feature though.
>>
>> OK, you're number two. I'll think about it.
>
> Here's why Patrick: a wiki being a source of documentation, that's where I
> look for next
> when not finding something in the paper manuals and texshow. If I don't find
> it there,
> digging deeper through the mailing archive is useful. Having everything
> mixed up through
> one google search blurb is oftentimes confusing due to the lack of
> structure.

You can choose to only search the wiki pages with google.

> - A clearly visible (colored ?) banner or link on top of the main page
> saying something like "If you're new to ConTeXt, click here to get started
> fast..." which redirects to the main page "Getting Started section" might be
> useful.
>
> - http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals
> The Minimals are an attempt to provide the same functionality as the current
> Pragma's minimal ConTeXt distributions in the zip files. Etc...
>
> This is quite confusing for a newbie: "If I install the ConTeXt Minimals,
> what will I be missing what's in the Pragma's minimal distribution ?"

Hans has updated the zips on Pragma recently, so I'm not so sure any
more what's still missing.

> Better might be to say something like: "In order to provide you the easiest
> and most current ConTeXt installation and updates, the ConTeXt Minimals are
> the recommended installation", or whatever else is currently most relevant.

They still don't work quite the way I would like them to work.

Mojca
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