Originally Posted by drgibbon

The layout doesn't bother me too much, but the website as it stands definitely gives the casual browser an impression that Slackware is finished. Last news release in 2016, and a bunch of completely out of date things. For example, statements like "The site is designed to be viewed with at least a 640x480 display", support links like this and this (and perhaps other defunct businesses being listed), a link to freshmeat.net (an old site which since changed to Freecode and shut down in 2014), various references and links to the dreaded Slackware store, a link to Slack S/390, badly outdated FAQ section, etc etc. One would have to look at the changelog to know that it's still an active project!

Discussions of the design aside, it's hard to argue that the content of the site is doing Slackware any good as a project. No doubt there's plenty of people around willing to help, but the website appears to be in full zombie mode for whatever reason. That's unfortunate since it creates an impression contrary to the distribution itself, which is still rolling and works great.

Originally Posted by drmozes

The site is on one of the Slackware servers, so it can be edited but it's not that straight forward presently.
I was thinking about the layout. One of the issues (apart from the stale content) that I see, is having the "news" as the front page. I think that unless there's a regular change, it's going to be perceived as being outdated quickly.

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

We (Mark Post and myself with the help of others in the team) setup a whole new web site based on an off-the-shelf CMS back in 2012, with the possibility to post articles and looking almost identical in layout to the current site, but that was eventually not accepted by Pat for reasons I do not recall. I doubt that control over the web site will be delegated this time.

Originally Posted by frankbell

Frankly, I like the simple old-school layout, but it would be nice to see broken and invalid links remedied.

Originally Posted by GazL

Even a single page of completely static HTML 2.0 would make a better impression than what it is now. The important thing is that it be up to date information.

The site doesn't need to be fancy, in fact it's better IMO if it isn't, as that mirrors the no nonsense character of Slackware itself.

Originally Posted by drmozes

The site is on one of the Slackware servers, so it can be edited but it's not that straight forward presently.
I was thinking about the layout. One of the issues (apart from the stale content) that I see, is having the "news" as the front page. I think that unless there's a regular change, it's going to be perceived as being outdated quickly.

Originally Posted by zeebra

Agree completely.




The page is easy to navigate and use and it has a minimalistic sense to it. I'd rather they spend their time on Slackware than the website. It's perfectly fine as it is and you can easily find what you want there. I like the look of the page as well. Clean and simple.

Sure, the broken links could be fixed and updated info on "supporting slackware" could be added, but more than that is not really needed.

I look forward to seeing the announcement on Slackware 15 there, and I know the news section will not be cluttered.



Or a sense of being the stable center of calm in the middle of the storm. I'd rather be there than in the storm swooshing around.

Many websites and even software try to "renew" themselves for no reason with very poor results, a continual decline into very poor websites where you miss the old versions. bbcnews.com comes to mind as a recent example.