Suggestion: change "Documentation" to "Learn" as the second main button on julialang.org

sylvaticus · November 8, 2022, 12:46pm

My personal opinion: the second button after “Download” should point to “Learn” rather than directly to the “Documentation”. Reasons:

interested users know how to go there already from the menu on the top (or directly typing docs.julialang.org/…)
for “explorer” visitors it may be too intimidating… that documenter-built page is at odds with the design of the rest of the site… better that explorers reach it after they digest a bit of the site, e.g. from “Learn” and then “getting started”…

jling · November 8, 2022, 1:52pm

feel free to make a PR

github.com

JuliaLang/www.julialang.org/blob/288c2d28c9bb8e95bfaed9a2cae9b405a43172ab/_layout/navbar.html#L19


      
            <span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
          </button>
          
          
  <!-- MENU: DOWNLOAD | DOCUMENTATION | BLOG ... -->
          <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
            <ul class="navbar-nav mx-auto">
              <li class="nav-item  {{ispage /downloads/*}}active{{end}} flex-md-fill text-md-center">
                <a class="nav-link" href="/downloads/">Download</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item flex-md-fill text-md-center">
                <a class="nav-link" href="https://docs.julialang.org">Documentation</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item  {{ispage /learning/*}}active{{end}} flex-md-fill text-md-center">
                <a class="nav-link" href="/learning/">Learn</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item {{ispage /blog/*}}active{{end}} flex-md-fill text-md-center">
                <a class="nav-link" href="/blog/">Blog</a>
              </li>
              <li class="nav-item  {{ispage /community/*}}active{{end}} flex-md-fill text-md-center">
                <a class="nav-link" href="/community/">Community</a>
              </li>

sylvaticus · November 8, 2022, 2:35pm

yep, that’s what I did: Changed second main link from "Documentation" to "Learn" by sylvaticus · Pull Request #1775 · JuliaLang/www.julialang.org · GitHub

jd-foster · November 9, 2022, 5:06am

See also an existing issue: The "Documentation" button on the home page should link to the "Learn" tab · Issue #1675 · JuliaLang/www.julialang.org · GitHub