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Hopefully meeting expectations here is the F96-CE website.
Using a simple one page design that doesn't go into F96 very deeply but looks pretty slick.

f96.puppylinux.com

@rockedge

The site looks great. Thanks for hard work and inspiration.

Only comment is I don't think puppylinux.com will be much help and the forums box should be on the left as the first choice

Thanks
wizard

Not sure if this is an issue but it does not seem to render correctly on an old iPhone 5. I have a "Menu" button in the top right hand corner which when pressed seems to do nothing. I can't compare it with my desktop as I don't have access to it just now. Could someone else try it on a phone and see if it works for them. Might be its just an issue with older phones I suppose.

Regards,

Ken.

keniv wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 11:44 am

Not sure if this is an issue but it does not seem to render correctly on an old iPhone 5. I have a "Menu" button in the top right hand corner which when pressed seems to do nothing. I can't compare it with my desktop as I don't have access to it just now. Could someone else try it on a phone and see if it works for them. Might be its just an issue with older phones I suppose.

Regards,

Ken.

I have the desktop version of Firefox but I have the agent switcher extension installed. Both IPhone/Safari and Android Firefox renders correctly. But maybe this is not a good test without the actual phone.

@amethyst
Thanks for trying that. I did also wonder if it could be the use of an old browser. My phone's OS is iOS 10.3. This is as far as it can be updated. Difficult to find a browser app to work with 10.3.

Ken.

@keniv on my phone the Menu is on the right side but when pressed opens the menu selections on the left under Home. The navigation links are more or less page anchors to maneuver up and down the page to each "section".

@rockedge
I've now had a look at it on my desktop and it does look different. Even though I can't see that the menu button on my phone is doing anything I am able to flick the screen up and see all of the content so I think it's still OK. I thought it was worth a mention because I think that many people might initially open the page on a phone so thought that it was quite important that it should render properly. I'm using a browser called Dolphin. I'll check and see if there's an update and see if that makes any difference.

Regards,

Ken.

The browser will make a difference on a mobile device.

if some one could do an experiment and in a browser open Google or search engine of choice and use "F96-CE" as the search string.

Interested to see how far it has indexed in a day.

@rockedge - On my Android 10 phone via Firefox, F96-CE is first item found in DuckDuckGo search.

rockedge wrote: Mon Feb 20, 2023 1:03 am

Hopefully meeting expectations here is the F96-CE website.
Using a simple one page design that doesn't go into F96 very deeply but looks pretty slick.

f96.puppylinux.com

Screenshot(32).jpg

Firstly I want to express my appreciation for all the work on this release. I have only just started to play with it - but the effort by all of you has been amazing.

I think this simple web page is great - and I offer some suggestions for very

minor wording changes which I feel improves the readability. Use or not as you desire.

@mow9902 I changed the text as suggested....

Plus some other small adjustments.

@rockedge :-

Great choice theme-wise, Erik. One of the best Linux distro websites I've seen for a long time. Well done!

And kudos to everyone else who "chipped-in" with suggestions, too.

A Google search pulls it in as the very first choice at the top of the list. Great stuff!

Mike.

rockedge wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:35 am

@mow9902 I changed the text as suggested....

Plus some other small adjustments.

I see that you chose not to include the hypertext link to the Woof-CE page. My logic in suggesting this was that I believe that anyone coming to puppy from another OS (or linux distribution) would not have any idea what Woof-CE is and a link would at least enable them to understand.
Just trying to make the whole 'experience' as friendly and informative as possible.

This is just a question - not a criticism. Those that who do the work should get to make the decisions.

I will put in the woof-CE link next. I forgot to do it before taking a snooze

Hi @rockedge !:

Congratulations...... really cool .....beautiful
High Class !

Greetings!

@rockedge - just thought bubble - should the displayed paragraph say it is an operating system?

Lovely job @rockedge

ozsouth wrote:

just a thought bubble - should the displayed paragraph say it is an operating system?

Done.

rockedge wrote: Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:30 pm

ozsouth wrote:

just a thought bubble - should the displayed paragraph say it is an operating system?

Done.

True, otherwise some may thing it is a fighter jet. I sincerely hope it is as fast as one.

Elegant, easy to read and highlights the distro's best features. Less is definitely more!

I love the graphic design and particularly love that you've included the requirements so clearly. (Why so many distros bury this info two levels deep on a forum is totally beyond me.)

I was just wondering, though: the casual visitor might not understand what the 'F96 Project' actually is. Might it be worth renaming the link to something like, 'Why Use F96-CE?'

I still suggest that the descriptive paragraph should contain a link from the "woof-CE" words to the web page describing what woof-CE is..
https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/woof-ce.html

A full featured, free and responsive Puppy Linux operating system based on a woof-CE built Fossapup64. Created using Ubuntu Focal binaries and repositories, F96-CE is Ubuntu compatible.

@ mow9902

In BionicPup32-8.0+28 (UPupBB-19.03) running Firefox V 110.0 32 bit, clicked on your link and it gave me a 404 -

Regards

Chelsea80

Nice simple webpage. Excellent.

Any chance the download page could include a text file that offers clues for a new user?

eg: HowTo.txt or Help.txt or ReadMe.txt or similar
(Or perhaps a link to the appropriate Puppy Forum thread: eg "Go_here_for_help" in case they got linked from somewhere else)

- Something that describes what each of the download links does, and how to proceed.

(This would also be of value to Puppians who have so far stuck to traditional 32bit offerings)

Chelsea80 wrote: Sun Feb 26, 2023 12:58 am

@ mow9902

In BionicPup32-8.0+28 (UPupBB-19.03) running Firefox V 110.0 32 bit, clicked on your link and it gave me a 404 -

Regards

Chelsea80

Hi @Chelsea80,

the link misses a "l" at the end, so append it:

https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/woof-ce.html

peace

@ one

Thanks for that -

Your correction works -

Should have gone to Specsavers

Best regards -

Chelsea80

@mow9902 I finally got the link in as suggested!

@rockedge

If we want to improve our new and existing Puppy users USB/CD install success rate , we need a link to the instructions. Otherwise, they will try methods like Balena Etcher or others that just won't work and the abandon rate will go up along with bad impressions. This was an example from a recent post: viewtopic.php?t=8064

Here's the instructions link: viewtopic.php?t=8026

Thanks
wizard

@wizard excellent point! Totally agree......where do we put the sentence and link to the instructions topic?

Right at the top or in or around the About section?

I suggest putting it in what is shown when you click on support.

I just noticed, when you click on support, that Puppy icon is a clickable link to the forum section Getting Started and System Requirements.

Maybe that icon needs a label to indicate it is clickable link.

@rockedge
@bigpup

It should be obvious and soon. How about putting it right under the "Download" button on the first page and on the support page.

Thanks
wizard