I just merged the ARM and the X86_64 websites and put the download Mirror list on the front page, without a lot of explanation what the release is about upfront. The download option is the main feature people are interested in and not what the distro is about. If people are interested in the release notes, they can click on the news article.
I also looked at our neighbours, not the big players because they have numerous servers all around the world, and I don’t think our website isn’t doing that bad in comparison to them.
Originally, I wanted to make the entire website in our dark mode, but I wanted the download area to pop, so it catches the eye and with dark mode it blends more in. I still don’t have the perfect solution for a one download button that tackles the many geographical and political internet blockages out there. I guess that’s why Arch also works with local mirror links.
@Kundalini if you have ideas, please shine your light on it, because we are looking for someone to help out and stick around for a while, especially me.
The offers I recently received had great plans but when push came to shovel, their emailadress suddenly went out of business, or something.