[Gmod-help] GMOD web site menu

[Wes Barris]

Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk wrote:
> Hi Wes,
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to send us feedback.  I admit I hadn't
> thought of any of your excellent points.
> 
> Here's a proposal:
> * Rename http://gmod.org/wiki/GMOD_for_the_Biologist to "Overview" and
> make "Or, GMOD for the Biologist" be a subtitle.

Using the title "Overview" would be much better.  I don't like the use
of "GMOD for the Biologist" as a sub-title for the same reasons I don't
like it being used for the main title.

> * Make http://gmod.org/wiki/Pages_for_the_Biologist be a redirect to Overview.
> * Change the "documentation" section of the left menu bar so that

Yup.

> "Overview" is listed at the top.

Yes, if it is named "Overview" it make sense to put it at the top.

> Wes, would this address your points?  Scott (and anyone else), do you
> have any opinion on that?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave C
> 
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Wes Barris <wes.barris at csiro.au> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ever since I started using the newer GMOD web site (must be more than
>> a year ago now), something has bothered me.  I had the hardest time
>> finding where the documentation was on this new site.  After much
>> searching, I found it under the title "For the Biologist".  The reason
>> it was hard for me to find was because I am not a biologist and I saw no
>> reason to look for something that was specifically for a biologist.
>>
>> The other menu items on the home page tell what will be presented if
>> one clicks on the link (FAQs, HOWTOs, News, Mailing Lists, etc.).
>> However, this one link "For the Biologist" is an exception.  Instead of
>> stating what the link "contains", it assumes it knows who should
>> (and shouldn't) click on it -- Biologists only please.
>>
>> Would a better name for this link be something like "Core Documentation",
>> or "Component Docs", or something along those lines?
>>
>> Thanks for listening.
>> --
>> Wes Barris (not a biologist) <wes.barris at csiro.au>
>>
> 
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Wes Barris <wes.barris at csiro.au>