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Improving the C-R website

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sarabellei commented

Here a draft document with the https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nDg-13cJD-6a2H05dDD97A4qvpxbD8WBcKRc4CkGu0U/edit

You can find the draft, a trace of the discussion we had about it, and a description of what needs to be improved.
More in detail:

  • menu should be changed to: (Research) (Projects) (Applications) (Resources) (Team) (Careers)
  • HOMEPAGE: add Compiler-Research Logo on the Homepage.
  • HOMEPAGE: change headline and sub-headline. Proposal in the document shared above.
  • HOMEPAGE: on the right side of the homepage, link to: upcoming events/upcoming meetings/view all past events.
  • HOMEPAGE: (this is just an idea) link to: subscribe to upcoming events.
  • RESEARCH/INTERACTIVE C++: needs to be rewritten.
  • RESEARCH/COMPILER_AS_A_SERVICE: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
  • RESEARCH/AUTOMATIC_DIFFERENTIATION: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
  • PROJECTS/CLING: should we refer to the read the docs Cling webpage?
  • PROJECTS/CLANG-REPL: we need to think what page we will link here.
  • RESOURCES: see proposal in the document shared above.
  • CAREERS: see proposal in the document shared above.
QuillPusher commented

Current Statuses

  • menu should be changed to: (Research) (Projects) (Applications) (Resources) (Team) (Careers)
    - Change Openings (under Join Us) to Careers PR169
    - Skip Resource/ Links (not enough data)
    - Moving the Application/Impact to a separate issue: issue 170
  • HOMEPAGE: add Compiler-Research Logo on the Homepage.
  • HOMEPAGE: change headline and sub-headline. Proposal in the document shared above.
  • HOMEPAGE: on the right side of the homepage, link to: upcoming events/upcoming meetings/view all past events.
    - New timelines added to homepage, linked to pages with details
  • HOMEPAGE: (this is just an idea) link to: subscribe to upcoming events.
    - This functionality doesn't exit yet. Can use a free Newsletter service like MailChimp, but newsletter maintenance and publishing requires a lot of periodic effort.
  • RESEARCH/INTERACTIVE C++: needs to be rewritten.
    - Exists but is outdated
  • RESEARCH/COMPILER_AS_A_SERVICE: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
    - Exists but is outdated
  • RESEARCH/AUTOMATIC_DIFFERENTIATION: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
    - Moved to its own PR - #163
  • PROJECTS/CLING: should we refer to the read the docs Cling webpage?
    - Linked to ReadTheDocs
  • PROJECTS/CLANG-REPL: we need to think what page we will link here.
    - Linked to Clang-REPL doc on LLVM, including CR's Execution Results Handling features.
  • RESOURCES: see proposal in the document shared above.
    - The Google Doc mentions "webinars, case studies, scientific publications, etc.", but these are already covered in Project Meetings, Presentations and Publications sections.
  • CAREERS: see proposal in the document shared above.
    - PR169
QuillPusher commented

Recently Completed Items from above checklist

Pending Issues moved to separate issues (from above checklist and in linked Google Docs):

vgvassilev commented

Can we close that issue in favor of the newly created ones?

QuillPusher commented

@vgvassilev yes, we can close #63 since all pending tasks within it have been broken down into more manageable smaller issues listed above

vgvassilev commented

Thanks a lot, @QuillPusher!

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