1570 Newsletter section in front-page

[lucascumsille]

Relevant issue(s)

Fixes: #1570

Couple of notes

I'm unsure if I over-simplified this section's design, but I included two options:

• The first one is more subtle, and probably users unfamiliar with the mySociety products won't understand much of what is happening.
• The second commit is more on-brand with mySociety, SocietyWorks and the anniversary. So the user gets more familiar with mySociety. I included some opacity to the logo, so the title keeps pop in up more than the logo.
• In both cases, I tried to play with the vertical spacing so it doesn't seem too crowded with the section above and below and to give the user time to read the section, more than just scroll to the next one.

Preview Option 1

Preview Option 2

Mobile

Let me know if you have any feedback =) or you have something else in mind.

[garethrees]

I'm unsure if I over-simplified this section's design

No, absolutely bang on!

I included two options

Logo version 👍

In both cases, I tried to play with the vertical spacing

Yeah, looks great – just want to get the phrasing right and then any minor tweaks needed to accommodate it, but it's perfect in principle 🙌

[garethrees]

The button text might be clearer as "Subscribe to our newsletters"

[garethrees]

Missing comma after "Community"

[garethrees]

I think we should add a tiny bit of explanation of mySociety – a one liner.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/credits has:

WhatDoTheyKnow is a project of mySociety, a UK organisation. mySociety builds websites that empower citizens to hold authorities to account.

"hold to account" is a bit old language now, I think.

https://www.mysociety.org/about has:

mySociety is a not for profit group pioneering the use of online technologies to empower citizens to take their first steps towards greater civic participation.

We help people be active citizens with technology, research and data that individuals, journalists, and civil society can use, openly and for free.

We could condense that down to something like:

WhatDoTheyKnow is a project of mySociety, a not for profit that creates technology, research and data to empower citizens to take their first steps towards greater civic participation.

@MyfanwyNixon how's this from a phrasing POV?

[lucascumsille]

Thanks @garethrees glad you like it =)
I think we should try to condense the first and second paragraph, because it feels a bit disjoint in terms of topics:

• First we have a mySociety logo [mySociety]
• Second we have a title that hints about a newsletter [Newsletter]
• But then we talk about mySociety [mySociety]
• Finally we are back at the newsletter again. [Newsletter]

So it feels a bit disjoint. I'm sure @MyfanwyNixon can give us some her magic =)

I changed her the button so it's more self explanatory.

[garethrees]

Yeah, agree the phrasing being a bit jumbled. I think it's roughly the right information to convey, just needs some finesse.