Hi Diana that's a great video on YouTube


Once again guys you are not listening to what poor tresjolie is trying to tell you

Just because all of the words are all there doesn't make people sign up

The site has to engage the viewer into action and I think poor tresjolie is just trying to point out that it doesn't

In fact it might be a hurdle that people have to jump to be able to see the wood for the trees of what we are doing here

Now many moons ago I was asked to comment on the contents of the front page and I said what is this LARGE SCALE VOLUNTEERISM <-- that's a terrible form of words for what we are about, but the response I got is the same as tresjolie

I got told that

Volunteerism may be defined as contributing one's time or talents for charitable, educational, social, political, or other worthwhile purposes, usually in one's community, freely and without regard for compensation. Since the seventeenth century, Americans have shaped their nation by their voluntary efforts: providing services, organizing political action, caring for the poor, reaching out to the disadvantaged, providing education, ensuring equality and civil rights for all citizens, and working for change.

or some such like I'm an idiot

Use a bigger font, use Diana's Video clip, say less to say more

but don't respond to a suggestion to improve the stickyness of the WCG website by effectively saying "what's your problem"

That's no way forward

Dave

p.s. Have you seen this for your website blog or forum?


http://www.wcgwiki.org/spreadtheword/register.cfm

another of my DIY productions for the World Community Grid

It doesn't have to be flashy in your face.

When I glance at the page I see....

"Who we are"

"How can you help"

"What we do"

"Whats new"

So in the 2 second glance most people will give the site, they know.... well, nothing!! All you've told them is the questions that they probably already knew they wanted answers to.

Rather than making the questions prominent.... why not the answers!!

Same font, same format. Just change the headings from the questions to the answers.

"One grid for ALL" (in place of the text "Who we are")

"Cancer, Aids, Climate,...and more...." (in place of the text "What we do")

"Change the world : Download here" (in place of the text "How can you help").

All the same info underneath the headings can stay. No flashy flash. All the info that's currently there is still there... we're not hiding anything.... just making the key answers prominent rather than the un-informative questions.

the corporate types are not adding their massive networks (apart from IBM)

You can't get this thing past their IT Security Crew

No way no way

"What it connects to the internet - we can build a firewall to stop that - which ports does it use"

That the end of that story. I have tried

So how about appealing to real big hearted folk like you and me?

There's plenty of us out there

n.b. No other action must be taken

This sounds like an order

"You don't need to do anything else" might be a better way to put it