Hi,
Please see the proposed new website announcement:
http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org
As this is the most prominent text on the page, and we can't assume that
every visitor to the website is already familiar with PostgreSQL, a
description of PostgreSQL has been incorporated into the announcement.
Also note that instead of listing the names of everyone who worked on
the website, the announcement links to a (yet to be written) news
article, "About the new website." It does not seem appropriate or
relevant to be listing names on the front page: when 8.0 is released,
would you be putting "Thanks to Marc, Bruce, Jan, Tom, Josh, Peter, etc,
etc" there? None of the previous release announcements have listed
individuals. While it's important to acknowledge everyone's hard work on
the website, it would be more appropriate to give full credit to
everyone involved in a longer news article, and not fill the front page
of the site with a long list of names.
On the topic of giving credit to those involved with the website,
perhaps a listing of "website contributors" could be added to the
developer profiles page, as it seems the most appropriate place on the
site. Any thoughts on this?
Regarding the elephant image, it was designed to be used for important
announcements (you'll notice it's a trumpeting elephant), and seems
ideal to herald the release of 8.0. It's fine to use it to announce the
new website, and it's been added back in. However, this means that when
the release of 8.0 comes around in a couple of weeks, the elephant will
have already been used to "announce" the new website, and the same image
will have to be reused (i.e. nothing would change on the front page to
announce 8.0, apart from the "Out Now!" text). The elephant won't have
the same impact that it would've had if it was just used for the 8.0
release, which is IMHO the more important announcement that the
community is waiting for. Just something to consider.
We *can* have different elephant-themed images for different types of
announcements (to keep the site looking fresh for major announcements).
However, it's worth noting that the current stock photo cost $100.
Therefore, it's probably best if we try to use that image for maximum
impact by reserving it for only the most important announcements, such
as the 8.0 release. Unless anyone on this list would like to fund a
library of elephant stock photography, that is ;)
Emily