Re: Time for an updated CCG website?

On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM Sarven Capadisli <info@csarven.ca> wrote:
> Looks great! Definitely prefer the direction of the new version.

Thanks for the feedback, Sarven, responses below...

> Not to sound like "can I get the icon in cornflower blue?"

:P

> but here are some minor comments for your consideration :)

Responses below...

> * Introduce iconography for some of the key sections or components -
> visuals help take the tension off text.

Done across the site using FontAwesome Free.

> * Add more links to all significant things so that anyone (not only
> newcomers but also people relatively familiar) can get to where they
> need to - whether that's getting involved in the work or understanding
> what it all entails. So, some lite categorisation, e.g., "Digital
> Wallets" is mentioned, and I would like to know what specs are tackling
> that space as well as where should I be to coordinate with others.

Not exactly what you asked for, but I added a "Specifications" section:

https://msporny.github.io/w3c-ccg-website/specifications/standards/

...that breaks our work down into "Global Standards" and "Incubation":

https://msporny.github.io/w3c-ccg-website/specifications/standards/

https://msporny.github.io/w3c-ccg-website/specifications/incubation/

Good enough for now?

I think you're saying something like: "Hey, if I'm putting together a
digital wallet, what standards should I be interested in?" -- and I
agree that we should have something like that in time. I feel it's a
bit premature in some cases until we move the protocol stuff forward a
bit more.

> * Find ways to show more of the community or ecosystem stuff, e.g., a
> link leading to implementations - without implying endorsement.

I added a "Try It Out" section on the website, which has links driven
off of the implementers participating in the test suites and the VC
Playground to start. Happy to add links to other "Try it out" things
on the Web that are doing stuff w/ VCs.

> * Link to use cases...

Done here:

https://msporny.github.io/w3c-ccg-website/use-cases/

> * Add pointers to "hot topics" even if it's just something like mailing
> list threads with 10+ replies, or open PRs. Could also link to weekly
> digests to invite people in.

That is going to take more work and time than I have. We /are/
auto-generating summaries of every meeting each week, we could
probably summarize those in a "Last Month in CCG" style teaser... will
have to think more about how to do that w/o it going stale quickly.

> There's an enormous amount of amazing knowledge available from ongoing
> discussions, specs in progress, community efforts, and implementation
> work - would be great to make more of that discoverable.

Hope the above changes get us some of the way there -- let me know if
that's along the lines of what you were thinking, Sarven. I know I
didn't get all of it, but hopefully got a start on addressing some of
your concerns.

-- manu

-- 
Manu Sporny - https://www.linkedin.com/in/manusporny/
Founder/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc.
https://www.digitalbazaar.com/

Received on Sunday, 6 July 2025 18:31:50 UTC