A front page
A front page is what you see on weblit.us when you first load it. It's been mentioned and discussed already in these two threads:
http://weblit.us/content/whatll-we-have-here-readers
http://weblit.us/content/recruiting-poster
But it really needs its own thread.
A lot of the text has already been written. Pasting that in below:
Writers - you're in the right place! We have a thriving community of web literati here, all with the common goal of helping each other to promote the cause of online literature. You can add yourself to our listings and chip in ideas. In the WebLit forums we have tutorials, tips and plenty of people eager to help you figure out how to get your work more exposure. Our listings are also full of places you can use to promote yourself and make your story more marketable.
For readers, we have a comprehensive list of sites that we guarantee will satisfy your WebLit cravings. Please explore them! You're welcome to join in the WebLit.us forum discussions as well. We love to hear about what you want out of WebLit and WebLit.us! (Of course, might wanna make sure we have a 'comprehensive listing' linked for the readers that is described in that text. The listings for reviewers and online zines are split, so I'm not sure what to do there. This may be more of a webmistress question.)
Web literature reviewers, please add yourself to our listings and make your presence known! We want you to get more exposure so that you can give writers more exposure and help readers find the treasures they're looking for. Drop by the forums, join in the conversation, and let the WebLit.us peeps know how we can improve our craft!
Enjoy your stay at WebLit.us, and if you find us helpful, please consider linking to WebLit.us, blogging about WebLit.us, tweeting about WebLit.us, skywriting about WebLit.us... you know, whatever suits your fancy.
There's a part that links to an about page. That could use some writing/text as well. Post any content you think can be used for either page. (Label it please. n_n )
Agreed. What's wrong with the front page as it is? Maybe move who's new and who's online down somewhere else so the first thread shows up above the flip?
I think irk is right about this. A first time visitor pops in staring at the last item posted in the forum, whatever it might be. Few sites "land" visitors directly into a forum like that, most have a home page.
Regular visitors will presumably bookmark the forum page.
I third this.
It took me a while to sign up because there wasn't that much info on what it was, and the forum posts were distracting at first.
This looks more like an "about" page, which we need too for that matter.
For the main page, we need something pithy in the extreme. This, however, I'm cribbing for the about page in 3...2...1...pasting commences now.
An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom
WebLit.Us:
Helping the Web Literati Spread the Word by Helping One Another
DigitalNovelists.com: Web Services for WebLit