[Gmod-help] GMOD web site menu

[Dave Clements, GMOD Help Desk]

Hi Wes,

I've updated the website.

Thanks again for taking the time to send us this feedback.  We very
much appreciate it.

Dave C.
GMOD Help Desk

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Wes Barris <wes.barris at csiro.au> wrote:
> 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>
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