Re: [fsc] New website is up at boost.org

From: Sam Darwin (samuel.d.darwin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-05-13 15:21:39

On Tue, May 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM Peter Koch Larsen via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I will begin by stating that I truly appreciate that work is being done on
> boost and its documentation. The current website is not ready for
> publishing, though.
> Andrey Semashev already mentioned that documentation does not work, but a
> lot of information is also wrong or incomplete. Examples:
> If you take a look at news->news, the latest entry is from april 2024.
> If you look at libraries, describe is marked as C++03.
> The front page had a link to a video about mp11. It can not be found on the
> videos-page with only four(!) videos and it can not be found on the
> documentation page for the library, On the videos tab, te first video,
> Boost LEAF in embedded systems, turns out to be a one-minute presentation
> of Khalil Estell and to top it up, his named is spelled incorrectly.
> This was found spending just ten minutes browsing.
> For the usability - and this is subjective of course - I am also
> disappointed. Using a lot of screen estate for not so much information is a
> no go. What are all those cute cartoons with animals doing in boost site?
> I also do not understand why libraries like mpl have such a prominent
> place. Is it not outdated and not to be used unless you are forced to use
> an antique compiler?
>
> /Peter
>

Hi Peter,
Thanks for the feedback! Working on updating the spelling of "Khalil
Estell".
boostorg/describe: the headers can be included under C++03 and C++11, not
just 14. The developers may comment further.
"only four videos"...  The news section of the website is dynamic content
where developers and end-users may submit articles also. Even 0 videos on
the very first day might be expected. Upload some video posts!
In terms of the featured video on the homepage, that specifically is html,
you could send a pull request to modify the webpage templates/homepage.html
in boostorg/website-v2.  Do you have a featured video idea for the
homepage? Send it over.