Frontpage design

[matiassingers]

IANAD (I am not a designer)

Let's try with some open-source style designing of the initial website.

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Inspiration

• CopenhagenJS
• js.la
• sandiego.js
• Manila.js
• Berlin.JS
• FranceJS
• LyonJS
• NantesJS
• PragueJS
• JavaScript Zagreb
• Kopi.JS

I quite like the simplistic approach that CopenhagenJS, Kopi.JS, js.la and Berlin.JS takes, basically just the following views:

• Frontpage
  • Logo, description
  • Next meetup details(time, location, attendees and agenda)
  • Organizers(contact info) and sponsors
  • Meta data(twitter, GitHub, etc.)
• List of past events
• Single meetup/event view
  • Details about the particular event(time, location, etc.)

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I'm okay with just doing a quick prototype for the frontpage, but it would be great if anybody has some kind of creative skills (I definitely don't 😜)

@javascriptmy/core am I missing any important info?

[matiassingers]

I just quickly did a small mashup of CopenhagenJS and Kopi.JS:

It's just a quick Balsamiq file, if anybody wants to play around with it.

[soggie]

Comic. Sans. Do you have a death wish or something?

[matiassingers]

@soggie haha, it's actually not Comic Sans - and just the basic Balsamiq sketch mockup format.

Quite like the low fidelity of Balsamiq mockups, very easy to quickly piece things together.

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Are we missing anything from that mockup?
Like super important features?

[soggie]

Looks fine so far, but I'd have the map in full width, front and center. I actually quite like BerlinJS' design, with empty slots as a call for action for speakers. I can do that actually. Maybe we need to integrate Ghost as well.

[yujinlim]

I think it would be cool to have speaker profile as well that would link to their personal github/fb/twitter pages.

[matiassingers]

Yeah I like the slots for speakers and profiles with social media links is a great idea!

For older events, it would also be cool to link to speakerdeck/slideshare or whatever if the slides are public.

[yujinlim]

+1 on speakerdeck/slides/video

[hueitan]

Perhaps adding a slack room to allow attendees for having some discussions?

[zulfajuniadi]

@huei90 we're already on slack. Ask access from @soggie.

[matiassingers]

@huei90 or check out: https://javascriptmy-slack.herokuapp.com/ - (completely untested)