Replace the static homepage with one managed by CMS

[umgelurgel]

Fixes #1154

This is what it would look like (copied the announcement bar content from 2017 page)

[malemburg]

Looks good otherwise. Will the bar height adjust based on content or remain fixed ?

[malemburg]

Making this dynamic will create SEO problems for the sponsors and also hinder converting the website to a static version after the conference. I think it would be better to use a standard Django servers side template for this.

[umgelurgel]

Good point - updated the MR, it's cleaner this way, too.

[umgelurgel]

Looks good otherwise. Will the bar height adjust based on content or remain fixed ?

The height is dynamic, based on the content.

[malemburg]

BTW: I was originally thinking of something like this:

I.e. we make better use of the available screen space, highlight only a few items, and leave the remaining vertical sections as is (without the news one of course).

[malemburg]

Here's the orange alpha backdrop PNG.

(not sure whether Github compresses this further; I can provide the original if needed)

[umgelurgel]

BTW: I was originally thinking of something like this:

In the future please provide the requirements when requesting new functionality, not when development is complete; the image provided for reference originally was from the ep2017 conference page. I'm not planning on updating the layout as part of this MR, I'm happy for someone else to take it over or for it to be addressed in a future MR, following the initial page release.

[malemburg]

BTW: I was originally thinking of something like this:

In the future please provide the requirements when requesting new functionality, not when development is complete; the image provided for reference originally was from the ep2017 conference page. I'm not planning on updating the layout as part of this MR, I'm happy for someone else to take it over or for it to be addressed in a future MR, following the initial page release.

Fair enough. Please do consider asking for more details before going into the dev phase. The ticket only listed a high level requirement, without full detail, just so that the request doesn't get lost.

[aramboi]

That rounded corners rectangle looks really ugly and out of place there. We could go with a semi-transparent background (square) of the same color. I can try to create a proof of concept today if @umgelurgel is not available to make this change.

[malemburg]

I'll ask on the M&D WG for comments.

Here's variant without rounding:

[umgelurgel]

Website with the changes:

Both height and width are adjusted automatically.

[aramboi]

LGTM !!!

[malemburg]

On 05.03.2020 20:48, umgelurgel wrote: Website with the changes: image <https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3726919/76019833-a7628580-5f22-11ea-9fab-2ba8e4e0ca82.png> Both height and width are adjusted automatically.

Very nice ! Thanks, Jakub.

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