Re: Time for an updated CCG website?

I agree with everyone else that the new website is better.  It has clearer
call-to-actions to get people to join our meetings, subscribe to our
mailing list, and check out our GitHub repositories.  It's hard to find
those call-to-actions in our current website(s), and I sometimes receive
questions about how to join and contribute.  I think the new website should
help clarify these questions.

Sincerely,

*Harrison Tang*
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On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
wrote:

> 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/
>
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