Debian Website BoF on DC18
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Answer questions:
 1. am I in the right place?
 2. does it feel good?
 3. where do I go next?

Never forget the audience. For example, to answer 3 a DD would use the links to find what they want.
A *user* will go straight to the search box, so removing the search box because DD's don't use it
is forgetting the audience.
 
compare with other distribution websites
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lists to compare: centos.org, linuxmint.com, getfedora.org, gentoo.org,
                  opensuse.org, 

Most websites' approach:
Try to attract people on the first glance of the website.

Arch and Gentoo's approach:
Provides package update information directly on the first glance of the website.

Video from the Cambridge MiniDebconf with the topic:
https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2017/mini-debconf-cambridge/building-a-05m-business-on-debian.vp9.webm (from 0:36:30)

What's wrong with the Debian main website?
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- probably too much information on the starting site
- also too much weblinks on the site
- Security Information are missplaced on the start page

mwei:
https://screenshots.firefox.com/z3dDKKxnwSIlbP2M/www.debian.org
The first glance of Debian website is kept not updated and looks old for a long time?

Thomas first idea of a cleanup (only to show the home page)
https://informatik.uni-koeln.de/public/lange/debian-homepage/

valessio:
https://s8.postimg.cc/g2yesf5vn/Captura_de_tela_de_2018-07-31_15-18-48.png?dl=1
Valessio commented on simple changes to the current style of KallesDesign and the possibility of convening a call for proposals / contest to a new design to webpage.


What can or should be done?
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- create patches for changing the main web site, also include a screenshot
- adding some kind of picture of a desktop on the page
- news could have pictures, too (e.g. Debconf announce/information below News
  with a group picture)
- search.debian.org is the second place the user uses when the information on the homepage couldn't be found

* first step evolutionary changes (reducing links, simplify page, less text, keep
  user in focus)
* second step "revolutionary" change with designer help?

What's was already done?
- discussion

Actionable items (Thomas)
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- go the the web DC18 web BoF on Friday
- cleanup the Homepage
- organize websprint with professional web designer(s)