Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:01:12 -0800 From: Bean <bean@freebsd.org> To: <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Review of the FreeBSD advocacy site Message-ID: <B8BF5FE8.CACA%bean@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20020321094917.4401f1dc.chip@wiegand.org>
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I think the entire FreeBSD project site needs work... And I've been given
the go-ahead to start working on it in my free time (what's that?!), with
final approval from the core of course. Do you guys have any suggestions on
features/design you'd like to see in a redesign?
-Bean
> From: Chip Wiegand <chip@wiegand.org>
> Organization: Homenet
> Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:49:17 -0800
> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Review of the FreeBSD advocacy site
>
> Well, it looks like Gerardo <gerardoparedes98@yahoo.com> opened his big
> mouth again, on Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:11:23 -0600, and spouted out this:
>
>> I think the site is fine, a bit outdated in my opinion, but is a
>> start. Maybe you could add some business cases from companies using
>> FreeBSD, i would like to hear and official statement from the people
>> at Yahoo telling the world their love story with FreeBSD in this days,
>> add some links to benchmarks and reviews from some websites, a gallery
>> showing how some everyday users smack their systems, maybe some
>> pictures from the commiters machines, put some stuff like that and i
>> think the site will be a complete success.
>> Gerardo
>
> I agree whole-heartedly with Gerardo. My first impression was, hmm,
> nothing new here, not too attractive, why would I want to come back? I
> think the site definately needs new (and maybe even exciting)
> information. Dressing it up a bit wouldn't hurt, even the text browsers
> can view fancier sites just fine. I think it's a good start, but with
> some work could be a site I would recommend to my non-*nix friends to
> visit. Regards,
> Chip W
> www.wiegand.org
> chip@wiegand.org
>
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