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Offline hpenvy

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Great design. The potential client knows almost immediately what their company is providing.
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Cass have you considered using Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com/ + https://github.com/middleman/middleman instead of Jekyll? I did some extensive research earlier in the year and tried both. I settled on Middleman for my static sites and am really glad I did. It rocks. Jekyll's roots in blogging show and I'm not sure it's always the best fit, unless you are in fact just building a blog.


Didn't notice before, will definitely look into! It works with ERB, doesn't it?

Yep has ERB support + SASS & HAML too. It also uses the Tilt library and so it supports a whole stack of different templating and markup standards for templates and partials.  (Slim, Less, Markdown etc.) Have a look at the bottom of this page for a list:

http://middlemanapp.com/basics/templates/


I tend to mix an match ERB,HAML, SASS and Markdown. If you don't have a strong preference for Jekyll then I'd go with Middleman. Plus if you do I'll be more likely to be able to help out if you ever need a hand with anything  ;D

Pro tip: If you decide to use Markdown use the Kramdown library in your Gemfile and config.rb instead of the others. It's basically a superset of Markdown and gives you more options and much more flexibility vs standard Markdown.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2014, 10:07:49 pm by pseudoscops »

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..having to scroll through several "pages" on each page, I don't like.

+1

If we do end up going with an "intro" keep it to 3 or less slides.


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For BitShares.org/investors, I was in favour of the main page using an updated version of the new BitShares logo surrounded by the most popular BitAssets, superimposed over a dulled background graphic indicative of a decentralised network.

So an updated version of this, using the words 'BitGold' and 'BitUSD' etc.





I would place it over a dulled and lightly blurred background image that is indicative of a 'global, network, decentralised' etc. Some examples of the type of background...








One good image like that that communicates BitShares, BitAssets and that they're part of a decentralised, globally accessible network is the kind of direction I'd take for the main investor image.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2014, 09:47:34 pm by Empirical1.1 »

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The website definitely needs to be more mobile friendly. I would have a separate design that is mobile friendly and you can just use a script that detects whether or not they are using a mobile device. A lot of internet traffic is mobile so making the website easy to use for mobile users is extremely important.

I am not a huge fan of the scroll down pictures with one sentence per picture. I think we should add something with more substance to it.

I would not use this vault picture: http://bitshares.org/#5 It just looks fake to me. A big turn off personally. A lot of the photos need to be changed in my opinion.

I really like the design of this section http://v3.bitshares.org/index.php#industries with showing all the different industries bitshares can be applied to. Maybe we could use part of it for our investors page?

The blog currently has a lot of articles which is good. However the font color of the articles is light grey which I really hate as it makes it hard to read.
The images on the articles also seem to be unprofessional and blurry. Example: http://bitshares.org/the-value-proposition-of-bitsharesx-part-i-core-technology/

All the references to BTSX, AGS, PTS, and BTS XT need to be replaced with BTS. New users will get really confused with all of these old product references.

We need videos! Videos are important to getting new users to use bitshares. I would make a nice overview video of bitshares for the home page. Then  you could have a video for the merchant page, developers page, investors page, and users page. It might also be a good idea to have a few tutorial videos for new users on how to setup their account.

I also think that once the website is redesigned the forum could use some work in organizing it better, and maybe changing the design of the forum.

Just my 2 cents. I might post some more feedback later. :) Hope that helps.

I agree with just about all of what islandking said. Also, personally I think this template looks stylish, but is a bit difficult to use. having to scroll through several "pages" on each page, I don't like.

In contrast, this website http://www.google.com/about/company/ is highly functional, but not stylish.

I suggest looking at other websites, especially ones in the same field and ones of established successful companies and taking hints from them. No reason to reinvent the wheel, but also don't necessarily jump on the bandwagon. By jump on the bandwagon I mean use the trendy template just cause everyone else is. It's not necessarily the best

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Wire is a nice looking site, I agree completely that bitshares.org needs a updated and very glad to see this action is in progress.  For me, credibility falls through the floor with the stock photos we currently have - especially the vault.

A 'competitor' site I think has done a really good job as well is: XAPO

Yes I agree the stock photos need to go.
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Wire is a nice looking site, I agree completely that bitshares.org needs a updated and very glad to see this action is in progress.  For me, credibility falls through the floor with the stock photos we currently have - especially the vault.

A 'competitor' site I think has done a really good job as well is: XAPO

Part of the reason I really like the xapo site is they have actual videos of the product in use for their background.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2014, 08:51:18 pm by G1ng3rBr34dM4n »

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Cass have you considered using Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com/ + https://github.com/middleman/middleman instead of Jekyll? I did some extensive research earlier in the year and tried both. I settled on Middleman for my static sites and am really glad I did. It rocks. Jekyll's roots in blogging show and I'm not sure it's always the best fit, unless you are in fact just building a blog.


Didn't notice before, will definitely look into! It works with ERB, doesn't it?
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I think using a static site framework for the basis of BitShares sites that are not that dynamic is an extremely good idea. The codebase for the site and the content can then live on git(hub) and it makes it trivially easy for people to fork and contribute their ideas. This will be especially true if Markdown partials are used for text content. Localization will become trivial in comparison to using Wordpress I think. IMHO we should ditch WP as fast as possible where practically possible.

Cass have you considered using Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com/ + https://github.com/middleman/middleman instead of Jekyll? I did some extensive research earlier in the year and tried both. I settled on Middleman for my static sites and am really glad I did. It rocks. Jekyll's roots in blogging show and I'm not sure it's always the best fit, unless you are in fact just building a blog.

Either is a good strong choice though. Just through I'd throw my experiences out there.

For the record Jekyll definitely holds the #1 spot for Ruby based static site generators, but Middleman holds the number #2 spot and has been around for nearly as long as Jekyll - over five years.

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I think using a static site framework for the basis of BitShares sites that are not that dynamic is an extremely good idea. The codebase for the site and the content can then live on git(hub) and it makes it trivially easy for people to fork and contribute their ideas. This will be especially true if Markdown partials are used for text content. Localization will become trivial in comparison to using Wordpress I think. IMHO we should ditch WP as fast as possible where practically possible.

Cass have you considered using Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com/ + https://github.com/middleman/middleman instead of Jekyll? I did some extensive research earlier in the year and tried both. I settled on Middleman for my static sites and am really glad I did. It rocks. Jekyll's roots in blogging show and I'm not sure it's always the best fit, unless you are in fact just building a blog.

Either is a good strong choice though. Just through I'd throw my experiences out there.

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Check out https://www.wire.com/

Simple and elegant, but get's the point across.

Yea i like that site. Looks smart.
I think BitShares really needs to have a smart website - first impressions count if we're trying to get mass adoption.

 +5% I also really like the design of wire.com. The website team should look into getting a similar template for bitshares.org
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Check out https://www.wire.com/

Simple and elegant, but get's the point across.

Yea i like that site. Looks smart.
I think BitShares really needs to have a smart website - first impressions count if we're trying to get mass adoption.
« Last Edit: December 03, 2014, 04:14:56 pm by mike623317 »

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I would stop using Wordpress entirely.  It's clunky and IMO somewhat unprofessional.

Check out https://www.wire.com/

Simple and elegant, but get's the point across.

Yes using wordpress is not a good idea. It is unprofessional and wordpress can also be easily hacked.

Wordpress just looks cheap, no matter how much you dress it up with fancy templates.

https://www.wire.com/ looks really great on mobile too.  I really recommend checking it out and modeling that UI.


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I would stop using Wordpress entirely.  It's clunky and IMO somewhat unprofessional.

Check out https://www.wire.com/

Simple and elegant, but get's the point across.

Yes using wordpress is not a good idea. It is unprofessional and wordpress can also be easily hacked.
I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party. - Satoshi

Offline wasthatawolf

I would stop using Wordpress entirely.  It's clunky and IMO somewhat unprofessional.

Check out https://www.wire.com/

Simple and elegant, but get's the point across.