[BioRuby] A question for BioRuby newbies

[Pjotr Prins]

Dear Toshiaki and Naohisa,

I believe Michael has a very valid point. How about defining a
project (potentially SoC), where we lay out the functionality we want
from such a web presence? 

Pj.

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 03:52:57PM -0500, Michael Barton wrote:
> I think making the homepage simpler would be very
> beneficial. For instance I think the two most important
> links (Tutorial and Sample codes) pages should be given much
> greater prominence. These are the two pages which most
> beginners will want to get started with. Compare with the
> Sinatra page which has only six links on the front page
> pointing to the most significant parts of the project.
> 
> I think the Tutorial and Sample codes pages could do with
> some love also. These pages do not match the visual layout
> of the bioruby home page, one is in a separate domain while
> the other is a wiki page. I think these pages deserve
> attention to make them simpler and more accessible. A common
> CSS theme also provides a unified front to the BioRuby
> project.
> 
> Compare with the Sinatra intro and documentation pages:
>   * http://www.sinatrarb.com/intro
>   * http://www.sinatrarb.com/documentation
> 
> My opinion is that the BioRuby website should head in this
> direction. I am not a web designer but I am happy to
> contribute effort to writing web copy and BioRuby recipes. I
> also think that bioruby should also have its own web address
> too.