[fpc-pascal] Preview: New Website layout

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:

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> On Thu, 3 Sep 2026, Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>> On 2026-09-03 12:16, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal wrote:
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>>> By general convention, the download button on a website is the latest 
>>> stable.
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>> Indeed.
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>>> The latest beta should not be on the front page: the front page is for the
>>> casual visitor, not the experienced developer.
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>> Well, that's the case when a news section would be useful. ;-) Even though 
>> casual visitor might not want to download the beta / RC, information about 
>> its existence _is_ relevant for them, because it says that there is 
>> tangible progress and a new release should be upcoming. Possibly, we might 
>> add something for cases like this (with clearly defined lifetime - relevant 
>> when there is a new RC, not relevant any longer when the final release is 
>> out)? After all - the new release should be announced on the main page once 
>> available as well, not only by letting the use find that the download 
>> button goes to a different release, right?
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> That's why the banner on the front page exists. It currently mentions 3.2.4,
> but there is no reason why it would not be able to display 3.2.6-rc1 or 
> 3.4.0-rc1
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> But I'll also add the current version number more prominently.
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> I'm looking into displaying the number of recent posts on the forum. If 
> anubis does not interfere, it should be possible.

I added 'last week forum posts' (In the time I added it, 2 posts were added :-))

The 'Free, open source' badge is now 'Stable version: 3.2.2' and when you
click it, you go to the download page. If you want a different color to make
it stand out more, that's easily done.

Michael.