Re: Announcing the book on the website

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

Alright. I'll try again.

On Sunday 23 March 2008 21:32, you wrote:
> On Sunday 23 March 2008 19:43, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> > Ok, here is another attempt, based on Ralf's
> > comment.
> >
> > 	http://philipp-janert.com/gnuplot/www/index4.html
> >
> > At least on my screen, this does not wrap.
>
> It does on mine.
>
> I understand you are excited about getting a book published.
> But the rest of the world has no particular reason to read your
> Table of Contents on the gnuplot home page.  From the point of
> view of someone visiting the gnuplot page, what is gained by
> having the book's table of contents there?
> Maybe if they were live links...
>
> How about removing the ToC and restorgin the remaining
> two table entries to being side-by-side, as they were
> originally?
>
> 	Ethan
>
> > Best,
> >
> > 		Ph.
> >
> > On Sunday 23 March 2008 18:24, you wrote:
> > > I agree with Ethan--if you do not go to page to read
> > > but to go somewhere else from there, having to scroll
> > > is annoying.
> > >
> > > That said, I like your design. There a few things that
> > > could be trimmed (e.g., leave out the ToC, shorten the
> > > about-Gnuplot-blah, remove one of plots on the top).
> > >
> > > Ralf
> > >
> > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2008, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> > > > Thanks for taking a look!
> > > >
> > > > I hear you, but I don't think I agree with your
> > > > criterion for a home page: I don't mind the
> > > > scrolling, but I want a (single) page that tells
> > > > me what's going on without having to click a
> > > > link and to wait for a second page to load.
> > > >
> > > > Here is a compromise design:
> > > > 	http://philipp-janert.com/gnuplot/www/index3.html
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > 		Ph.
> > > >
> > > > On Sunday 23 March 2008 15:02, you wrote:
> > > >> On Sunday 23 March 2008 12:09, Philipp K. Janert wrote:
> > > >>> I have set up two mock-ups of the current
> > > >>> home page with info about the book included.
> > > >>> Please take a look.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> One is very close to the current design:
> > > >>> http://philipp-janert.com/gnuplot/www/index1.html
> > > >>>
> > > >>> The other one is a bit more contemporary,
> > > >>> featuring a standard left-navbar:
> > > >>> http://philipp-janert.com/gnuplot/www/index2.html
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Let me know what you think. I'd like to get
> > > >>> something up on the webpage very soon.
> > > >>
> > > >> Both of these fail my basic test for a homepage:
> > > >> "Must fit on one screen without having to scroll".
> > > >>
> > > >> I'd rather just have something like this:
> > > >> http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/people/merritt/gnuplot/gphome/homep
> > > >>age. htm l
> > > >>
> > > >> 	Ethan
> > > >>
> > > >>> (If we decide to go with version 2, I am
> > > >>> volunteering to update the other pages
> > > >>> accordingly - i.e. to include a navbar, etc.)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Best,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 		Ph.
> > > >>>
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