[Lazarus] Lazarus Webpage

[Martin Frb]

On 05/12/2013 09:15, Danny Weldon wrote:
> Maybe we need a bit more information on the Lazarus home page about it.

> Perhaps this should link to a wiki article with more information about
> the modern features of Free Pascal and answer common objections.
>

There are links to the wiki, at the bottom. But the main page should not 
go to the wiki. It's content should be reviewed before publishing.

However contributions to the text of the page are welcome. Assuming that:
- the kind of content was agreed (CHECK FIRST)
- the text is in an objective style. There is NO  "Hey dude, this is cool"
   The style should be "Lazarus/FPC can do this" instead of "You can"
- page size (see below)
- Most welcome: Additions to the "tip of the day"

So, if you have additional points, or rewrite, even replacement of some 
of the page, then bring it forward.

This is about the text content. I am not going to react to style 
discussions (neither the above wording rules, nor layout or color). 
Simply because I do not have the time. If you find another developer who 
will, then that is fine.

Due to time restrictions, I will not be able to sort and merge (or argue 
about) hundreds of small patches. So contributions should either:
- have some substance (not just one sentence added)
- corrections of errors (spelling/content/fixing punctuation [currently 
not following a single style (argh)]) This will obviously be small.

*** Also, I have no plan to discuss, some of the rules listed here. ***
That was done on the forum once, with the effect of getting 100 
different opinions, with very few arguments. I have no time to repeat this.

Maintaining the web page, is actually not on my list, but in some cases, 
I squeeze some of it in. I will only react, to corrections, or serious 
new content proposals.
For content, I will either:
- agree, that I will look at your patch (once you produced it) and add it
- Tell you, that I will not look at that idea (that is not a rejection, 
but a "not me"). Then you need to find another developer. I will not 
enter an discussion on how I prioritize my time.


> There is a "Why use it?" link that goes here:
>    http://lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?page=whyuse
> but it mainly talks about Lazarus with a only short mention about
> Free Pascal.
>

This is generally ok. Fine with listing fpc language features too.

But need some thought about, what goes on the feature, and what goes on 
the Why_use page.

Also measure the page of the main page. It is already quite long 
(height). Other pages should not grow indefinite (then they need sub 
pages, or links to wiki (marked as such)).
Rule of thumb: Add another 30% to current main page height: That is the 
absolute limit. Prefer not to reach it.