XSF Discussion - 2021-09-18

As I'm not a web designer, I'd like to hear comments on https://github.com/xsf/xmpp.org/pull/964

takes up too much space imo, but columns would probably fix that. I'd be willing to do a followup pr for that or discuss how to do it at some point if you'd like

I tried to make columns using a short-code, but turns out shortcodes don't nest, and all I got was ``` <h2 id="new-xeps">New XEPs</h2> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> ```

https://cerdale.zash.se/s/nBtVm_7OfwSsRCHT/87795481-8847-47e2-95fd-333694f8676e.png

Sure looks nicer

(manually edited the DOM)

Zash, they do nest :) check https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/website/-/blob/master/content/en/_index.md

or you could put the whole shortcode block into a row + three columns

I suppose

I did a shortcode that iterated over its inner block, and shortcodes in there produced "raw HTML omitted"

There are two kinds of shortcodes, one does markdown (so html gets stripped, one does html (more or less, you have to mark it as safe). It's very confusing.

but they do nest

https://cerdale.zash.se/s/GnMpFzl6kSPcDujN/7dcc319e-e09b-4a70-b67e-5248e1fbc36a.png

Zash: nice!!

Looks a bit ... unrendered

Another thing, why isn't there a big flashing link to the extensions list on the front page?

I had a hell of a time finding it from the front page the other day

Or, maybe a big flashing link to the latest compliance suite would be better, with a non-flashy link to the full list below.

> I had a hell of a time finding it from the front page the other day You mean it's reachable in a finite number of clicks? ✏

Ah. Menu--About--Specifications.

Still, a person seeking for extensions _specifically_, would be lost

Probably hard to find the correct balance between targeting users, developers and managers or whatever seems to be the primary target of the current index page

So... maybe a good idea to split the site by these categories instead of how it currently is? Or just pick a different default. There are (probably) more devs than executives, and are more users than devs. ✏

Having the main page be some sort of multiple choice thing? user? go here (getting started) developer? here's the specs. executive? have some delicious marketing nonsense! :)

Pretty much :)

Isn't private group conversations on Xmpp spoken without verification?

I think some things need to be clicked on.

Zash: maybe we could put something like the specifications summary you proposed on the index page as well + a button linking /extensio ns