[fpc-pascal] Preview: New Website layout

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-pascal wrote:

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> On 9/2/26 10:00 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On Wed, 2 Sep 2026, Marco van de Voort via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>>> Op 31-8-2026 om 21:41 schreef Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal:
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>>>> For the upcoming 3.2.4 release, we will also update the website.
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>>>> You can have a sneak preview at
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>>>> https://www.freepascal.org/_new/
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>>>> If you spot omissions or wrong info, please let me know.
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>>> Just noticed there is no longer a news/announcements section ?  I 
>>> think that is pretty important, as it shows the project is alive.
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>> Read my previous answer to this. It was removed deliberately.
>> A 'news' item from 2024 spells 'This project is dead'.
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>> Instead, the number of commits during the last week is shown (the "43" 
>> shown today is a live counter, clickable, BTW). It tells much more 
>> than a 2-year old news item that FPC is alive.
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> To me, this counter spells 'This project is unstable'. There's no 
> permanent link to a stable release and a commit counter, which suggests 
> there's no stable release and that users should use the git version. 
> There's also no link to a beta or release candidate release. How are 
> users supposed to find the latest stable release, and the latest beta or 
> release candidate?

By general convention, the download button on a website is the latest stable.

The latest beta should not be on the front page: the front page is for the
casual visitor, not the experienced developer.

People that look explicitly for a beta will normally go to downloads, 
or respons to a mail.

But you're right that we should put it at least on the downloads page.

Michael.