Re: Potential improvements to the homepage?

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Paul (et al.),

> I think the contents of the home page could use some changes as much or more 
> than style.

Maybe as much… but not more than.  ;)

> I'd say the home page should focus on new visitors.

+1

> Simple things could go a long way, like moving the examples 
> (http://lilypond.org/examples.html) to the home page.

+1

> The long list of news could be moved to its own dedicated page
> or minimized to a list of headlines on the home page that link to the full 
> entries, etc.

+1

> The news doesn't change enough to be so prominent

That’s a problem that’s quite easy to solve — enough that it would become 
prominent, and deserve a place on the homepage: in addition to 
application-specific news (e.g., releases, new features, etc.), we should (IMO) 
actively advertise the presence of Lilypond “in the wild”. For example, I have 
multiple performances each month and multiple commissions per year which 
feature Lilypond engraving exclusively. I would offer that new users might be 
interested — and potentially swayed — by seeing that Lilypond is not just a 
hobbyists’ application, but is actually used daily in real-world music-making.

Best regards,
Kieren.
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