To: pgadmin-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
From: Thomas Landauer <thomas@landauer.at>
Subject: Suggestions for website improvements
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 18:28:23 +0200
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Hi,

Akshay Joshi told me at 
https://redmine.postgresql.org/issues/6278#note-36 to post suggestions 
to this mailing list.

1: Integrate the "Download" page into the home page.
(In detail: Move its content between "Latest Videos" and "News", then 
remove the "Download" page)
Reasons:
* Sooner or later, anybody will need the download. The earlier you show 
it, the better.
* The "News" on the home page are not that important, since first and 
foremost you need to inform *new* users what this is all about. Existing 
users will find out the news anyway...

2: In that newly created Download section on the home page, include 2 
questions from the FAQ right away:
"What is pgAdmin 4?"
"What are Server Mode and Desktop Mode?"
Reasons:
* Those 2 questions are fundamental to *any* user, not just to *some* 
users (like e.g. the Master Password question).
* Having 2 modes for a program is uncommon. Sooner or later this will 
cause new users some confusion, so it's better to address it upfront.

3: Merge the "FAQ" into "Latest Docs":
The distinction between these two seems somewhat arbitrary. The entire 
"Troubleshooting" section from FAQ could become a new heading in the 
docs - and for the few other questions we can certainly find a place too.

4: Long-term: Get rid of the "Quick Links" column, and merge it into the 
top navbar.
I only now realized that these are not the same! But I don't have a 
quick solution for this. In other words: I'd rather wait for some 
feedback if you're interested in changing anything at all, before 
writing even more... ;-)


Cheers,
Thomas