Add about page

[braver]

You can mostly ignore the related layout changed and focus on the about.md. The goal for this document is twofold:

• Explain to anyone visiting the site on their own, or once we start to expose it more widely, why this site and the new crawler exist next to packagecontrol.io. This explanation is probably temporary and might eventually find its way to the documentation.
• Create a place to clearly communicate the new channel.json URL (and to make it a short URL served by the site instead of via GitHub release assets - many reasons for which already given by deathaxe on Discord).

Fixes #4

Any feedback, proof-reading, spotting typos, etc. all very much welcome.

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[michaelblyons]

Commas. So many commas.

[deathaxe]

Does it make sense to prepare a structure for multiple static doc-like sites by organizing md files in a pages/ sub directory or something along those lines or do you plan to put descriptions about how to submit packages etc. to docs.sublimetext.io?

[braver]

or do you plan to put descriptions about how to submit packages etc. to docs.sublimetext.io?

I’ve gone back and forth about this but I think that’s ideal. It puts all relevant documentation for package authors in one place. So this website should have only one about page, and a short one at that.

[deathaxe]

Than the about page should probably link to those pages once they exist or main page provide a link to them.

[deathaxe]

Maybe add a link to navigate pack home?

[FichteFoll]

Maybe add a link to navigate pack home?

Clicking on the page title on the top left navigates to home from every page (since it exists on every page). I don't think we need another dedicated link for this.

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Will review the actual PR later.

[deathaxe]

Clicking on the page title on the top left navigates to home from every page

This wasn't to obvious to notice, yet.

[braver]

Clicking on the page title on the top left navigates to home from every page

And it works that way on basically every single website out there. Still, people always ask for a clear and explicit link to the homepage, and I’m not against giving it to them.

[deathaxe]

Low priority. When starting with sublimetext.io landing package to navigate to packages, the question actually would be what a "Home" link should point to. So if there's a way back, that's ok. Me not having noticed that is probably a individual issue.

[michaelblyons]

or do you plan to put descriptions about how to submit packages etc. to docs.sublimetext.io?

I’ve gone back and forth about this but I think that’s ideal. It puts all relevant documentation for package authors in one place.

Cross-linking to sublimetext-io/docs.sublimetext.io#134

[braver]

I'm going to merge this now to keep things moving, but any future review, corrections and improvements of the texts are more than welcome. Once the docs are live this needs to be updated anyway.

[deathaxe]

Finally can switch to new channel, yeah.

[braver]

🎉