add "Getting Started" page to dlang.org

[zachthemystic]

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14088

[CyberShadow]

win32.mak too please.

OT: why is your screenshot so brighter than the site?

[zachthemystic]

Don't know. I used the built-in Mac partial screenshot feature "CMD-SHIFT-4". I don't have much experience, but it looks perfect on my screen.

I can't test the win32.mak, but I did what I could.

[CyberShadow]

I can't test the win32.mak, but I did what I could.

LGTM. A simple algorithm is you can grep the name of a page in the same category, and then add the new page in every list the existing page figures.

Is there an existing discussion regarding the proposal of adding this page? If not, maybe a forum thread would be appropriate.

[zachthemystic]

Thread: http://forum.dlang.org/post/omklmlntzphuwbibxcan@forum.dlang.org

My pull: http://forum.dlang.org/post/jmudotcstqibtngvqolw@forum.dlang.org

[quickfur]

This looks good! We absolutely need something like this. I would even put the "Getting started" link on the left navbar above the changelog link. Nobody cares about the changelog unless they're already invested in the language; what new visitors want to know is how they can try out this interesting new language so that they can decide whether or not the other stuff (like changelogs) are worth their time.

[zachthemystic]

@quickfur I was thinking incrementally!!! My next suggestion was to just remove the changelog and keep the link to it on the Download screen. But one thing at a time!

[CyberShadow]

Nobody cares about the changelog unless they're already invested in the language; what new visitors want to know is how they can try out this interesting new language so that they can decide whether or not the other stuff (like changelogs) are worth their time.

I disagree! For people who use D but do not follow the forums, or are simply curious about D's development, the changelog is highly interesting.

I just checked - changelog.html is the number 4 most visited page on the website. Let's leave it in the sidebar, please.

[quickfur]

I didn't mean to remove the changelog entirely, just to put the "Getting started" link above it.

[CyberShadow]

just to put the "Getting started" link above it.

OK, I don't disagree with that.

[zachthemystic]

Ok, I put Getting Started above Changelog now.

[zachthemystic]

Okay, I figured out how to squash some commits. zachgit += 1.

[quickfur]

Looks good to me!

ping @andralex

[andralex]

The gsoc2012-template doesn't need to be part of the built files.

[CyberShadow]

This is not an addition, gsoc2012 just got shifted to a different line.

[andralex]

lgtm modulo that one nit. Thanks!

[CyberShadow]

I'm going to merge this since the nit does not apply, thanks :)

[zachthemystic]

Thanks. Btw, @CyberShadow : I couldn't find the code for the look and feel of the Wiki page in: https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14115, which I wanted to try editing.