[COMMUNITY] What would you like to see in our Zenith website redesign?

[tenatzen]

Please add your thoughts and comments on how we can improve the Zenith Website

The @finos/zenith-maintainers team are particularly looking for feedback on the following aspects of how we can better report and increase visibility of work within the SIG:

• About Zenith
• Primers
• Brain Trust
• POC Program
• Getting Involved

[alagergren]

@tenatzen
@finos/zenith-maintainers

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Comments On "About Zenith"

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TL;DR

When I first logged on the page I struggled to understand what Zenith Sig even was.

Why? I had to really go back and forth between YouTube, FINOS Homepage, Zenith SIG site, and googling random keywords, to understand what exactly Zenith Sig is/does.

I suggest that upon landing on Zenith Homepage, without scrolling, one has a very clear understanding of what Zenith is/does and how it's related to FINOS.

RED = "About Link"
GREEN = "Brief Description & Intro Video" (https://youtu.be/lO-TRAQA8GE?si=fUfoaPYuydlSOnSK)

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Detailed Explanation

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DEFINING THE PROBLEM

My first-time user experience (FTUE) left me having to dig around the site to understand the relationship between FINOS and Zenith SIG.

HOMEPAGE ADDITION SUGGESTIONS

1. Have a brief statement on the Zenith Sig Homepage which states exactly what Zenith Sig is/does, and how it's related to FINOS and what FINOS is/does.

2. Place an "About Zenith" link/tab on the top bar on the homepage which links to a page containing:

• an explanation of Zenith Sig as an organization
• an explanation of how Zenith Sig relates to FINOS (with a link about to FINOS mainpage)
• Zenith Sig Mission
• the intro YouTube video (https://youtu.be/lO-TRAQA8GE?si=fUfoaPYuydlSOnSK)

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Author Update 3-14-24

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I can see many of my suggestions may already exist within the "Get Started Tab".

I think there should be a distinction between "About" and "Get Started".

When I first came to the page I did not think to click "Get Started" because I didn't know anything about Zenith yet.

[alagergren]

@tenatzen
@finos/zenith-maintainers

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Comments On Mobile Display

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Using IPhone 14

Certain text appears disjointed.

[alagergren]

@tenatzen
@finos/zenith-maintainers

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Comments On Contact Info

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I recommend sharing:

1. The teams LinkedIn pages
2. The teams GitHub handles
3. The YouTube page
4. Any other contact methods such as Slack, etc.

[alagergren]

@tenatzen
@finos/zenith-maintainers

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Leading with "Call To Action"

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Another idea to draw a first time user in would be to "lead with a call to action"

An example of this would be that one is greeted on the homepage with something like:

"Do you have expertise in these Emerging Tech Areas?"
--- List All Areas

"Then you're in the right place!"

"Take a look at what we need your help with right now"
---- List open calls to action

[tenatzen]

Thanks for the detailed feedback! I'll shoot you a note offline @alagergren to get you access to our web design mural

[daiyaharsh90]

Somthing that would have helped me when I stumbled upon Zenith is a search functionality to see if my employer is a member of FINOS/LFX? member pages are filled with logos and not searchable.

[psmulovics]

Somthing that would have helped me when I stumbled upon Zenith is a search functionality to see if my employer is a member of FINOS/LFX? member pages are filled with logos and not searchable.

We did a quick fix for this by adding alt text tags to the logos; we would look into where to add a textual version of the same page. I suppose you are with PayPal, they are not a member - yet.