Re: Announcing the book on the website

[Tait <gnu...@t4...>]

> I have set up two mock-ups of the current
> home page with info about the book included.
> Please take a look.

I'm a little at a loss why the book belongs on the Gnuplot front page
to begin with. It would seem to rightly be placed on the "Tutorials,
learning, help" page. In that location, there may be less sensitivity
about how much space is consumed by the book advertisement.

Release of a new book about Gnuplot qualifies as "news" (for a while,
anyway) but the current homepage doesn't appear to offer any news on the
front page. The current homepage seems to have three purposes: 1) What's
Gnuplot? 2) Where do I get it? and 3) Links to more information. Adding
4) Look! Here's a book! doesn't seem to fit with the other three.

Or maybe we want to change what's offered on the home page to include 
more than just 1, 2, and 3? For instance 4) Recent News springs to mind 
as a possibility. That will probably violate Ethan's 1-page rule, though.
I agree most users visiting the home page want to know 1 and 2, so those
should be visible without scrolling. Adding additional information like 
news below the first screen wouldn't seem to hurt anything, though.

(While we're on the subject of the home page, is there a reason Gnuplot,
which would seem to be a proper noun, is not capitalized?)

Tait