[Pydotorg-redesign] Beginners thoughts

[Matt Goodall]

Steve Holden wrote:

>To my mind the most important point is that we should definitely be
>targetting newcomers to the language, given that people who are already
>familiar with the site don't need so much handholding, and that existing
>Python users could be expected to have a higher level of motivation to
>find what they want!
>
Absolutely! I don't think for a second that Steve is implying the 
following but I don't see why the site should be any more difficult for 
experienced users anyway. Effective navigation combined with a good 
search facility is the key.

>Lots of pointers to good stuff that would be immediately useful would be helpful.
>
Yes, but there's a fine line between providing enough information and 
overwhelming people with too much. I would point to the Newbies page as 
a possible example of this - lots of great links but how is a newbie 
supposed to know which one or ones to actually read? Highlighting two or 
three *great* tutorials and listing the rest nearby would probably be 
better. Having said that, Liz liked having lots of links to tutorials.

>I've experimented in the past with expanding/tree-like navigation
>features, and I'm now much more in favor of a fixed set of top-level
>navigations elements, with variable second-level links in a separate
>(though hopefully related) position on the page.
>
Yep, I'm with you on that Steve. I'm not all that keen on the expanding 
menu mockup that Tim put together ... sorry Tim ;-).

Cheers, Matt

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