Improving the C-R website

[sarabellei]

Here a draft document with the https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nDg-13cJD-6a2H05dDD97A4qvpxbD8WBcKRc4CkGu0U/edit

You can find the draft, a trace of the discussion we had about it, and a description of what needs to be improved.
More in detail:

• menu should be changed to: (Research) (Projects) (Applications) (Resources) (Team) (Careers)
• HOMEPAGE: add Compiler-Research Logo on the Homepage.
• HOMEPAGE: change headline and sub-headline. Proposal in the document shared above.
• HOMEPAGE: on the right side of the homepage, link to: upcoming events/upcoming meetings/view all past events.
• HOMEPAGE: (this is just an idea) link to: subscribe to upcoming events.
• RESEARCH/INTERACTIVE C++: needs to be rewritten.
• RESEARCH/COMPILER_AS_A_SERVICE: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
• RESEARCH/AUTOMATIC_DIFFERENTIATION: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
• PROJECTS/CLING: should we refer to the read the docs Cling webpage?
• PROJECTS/CLANG-REPL: we need to think what page we will link here.
• RESOURCES: see proposal in the document shared above.
• CAREERS: see proposal in the document shared above.

[QuillPusher]

Current Statuses

• menu should be changed to: (Research) (Projects) (Applications) (Resources) (Team) (Careers)
  - Change Openings (under Join Us) to Careers PR169
  - Skip Resource/ Links (not enough data)
  - Moving the Application/Impact to a separate issue: issue 170
• HOMEPAGE: add Compiler-Research Logo on the Homepage.
• HOMEPAGE: change headline and sub-headline. Proposal in the document shared above.
• HOMEPAGE: on the right side of the homepage, link to: upcoming events/upcoming meetings/view all past events.
  - New timelines added to homepage, linked to pages with details
• HOMEPAGE: (this is just an idea) link to: subscribe to upcoming events.
  - This functionality doesn't exit yet. Can use a free Newsletter service like MailChimp, but newsletter maintenance and publishing requires a lot of periodic effort.
• RESEARCH/INTERACTIVE C++: needs to be rewritten.
  - Exists but is outdated
• RESEARCH/COMPILER_AS_A_SERVICE: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
  - Exists but is outdated
• RESEARCH/AUTOMATIC_DIFFERENTIATION: needs to be rewritten. Proposal outline in the document shared above.
  - Moved to its own PR - New page added for Research Area "Automatic Differentiation" #163
• PROJECTS/CLING: should we refer to the read the docs Cling webpage?
  - Linked to ReadTheDocs
• PROJECTS/CLANG-REPL: we need to think what page we will link here.
  - Linked to Clang-REPL doc on LLVM, including CR's Execution Results Handling features.
• RESOURCES: see proposal in the document shared above.
  - The Google Doc mentions "webinars, case studies, scientific publications, etc.", but these are already covered in Project Meetings, Presentations and Publications sections.
• CAREERS: see proposal in the document shared above.
  - PR169

[QuillPusher]

Recently Completed Items from above checklist

• New page added for Research Area "Automatic Differentiation" #163
• Minor Tweaks based on Issue 63 #169 (Openings > Careers)

Pending Issues moved to separate issues (from above checklist and in linked Google Docs):

• Add "Impact" to the Compiler Research website #170
• Add "ezClang" section on Interactive C++ page #182
• Compiler-As-A-Service Page is outdated, needs an update #183
• Xeus-CPP Blog Post or feature page after input from QuantStack #184
• Add sections on Clang-Repl and Xeus-CPP to the Interactive C++ page #185
• Document "Jank" in relevant location #186
• "Invited Talks" AND/OR "Resources" page to organize External Content/Contributions #187

[vgvassilev]

Can we close that issue in favor of the newly created ones?

[QuillPusher]

@vgvassilev yes, we can close #63 since all pending tasks within it have been broken down into more manageable smaller issues listed above

[vgvassilev]

Thanks a lot, @QuillPusher!