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This can be short, we don't need to expand into everything we did, just give an update. Although that would be an excellent blog post.

Similar to what appsignal does: http://docs.appsignal.com/

Site looks fucking AWESOME man. Absolutely love it. Below are a handful of relatively minor comments:

• The animation of the Learn More button on the homepage should have the same gradual animation as the Sign Up button
• 'fas' should be 'fast'
• animated illustration section - Oli fucking CRUSHED this. So good. Two minor comments:
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• It may be helpful to have the (1) section on the top left instead of the bottom left. On a smaller monitor the (2) section is the first thing that I read w/o even knowing there are two other sections below
• The numbers aren't vertically centered :)

• It may be helpful to add "Currently being used by" text to this section. Given the current brands it's a bit unclear what that section is (I like the copy amplitude uses). I also think the section could use a bit more breathing room / spacing
• Sign up bottom at the bottom needs a better mouse hover state. I also think the button looks a bit small and is inconsistent with the sign up button at the top of the page. I'd re-use the sign up button from the top.
• Intercom button obstructs the footer blog link
• The body text beneath large headers is a bit hard to read given its size and color (example 1, example 2). May be worth bumping up the size or lightness of the font. My eyes may also just be getting really bad :)
• I like how the log frame fits in with the general logging theme and illustration style, but in the team section it looks a little childish IMO. I think circular images with the purple coloring will look a bit more slick and professional
• The blog tag styling is a bit hard to read with the black against dark purple
• I really like the "Why is this a big deal?" section from your blog post. I think those underlying whys (Less down time, save dev resources, better user experience, etc) are more powerful than the "features" on the homepage #startWithWhy (I think sentry does a GREAT job with this type of copy: 1) Know when things break, 2) See the impact of each release 3) Quickly diagnose and fix issues)

Adam Waxman

We need to update the docs with the new alerts.

https://dribbble.com/shots/1694460-Release-notes-view is nice

Similar to what Appsignal does: http://docs.appsignal.com/

Right now we have an "edit page" button, but that's a little less use friendly.

https://github.com/Easyfood/pageAccelerator

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rqybg9071uvhl6r/Screenshot%202017-02-04%2013.06.03.png?dl=0

We need a support page

• hook up sign up buttons
• show link to app.timber.io if you're logged in
• swap out screenshots
• publish first post
• basic seo tags
• ssl certs
• force ssl
• video
• finalize plans
• copy update/runthrough
• install segment
• add team member descriptions
• change customer logos to real companies
• publish to timber.io domain

• should add emails to activecampaign with relevant source

I'd love if we can include the ability to link to specific sections in our blog.

We need better docs on sending random json / logfmt messages. It should explain how it gets parsed, the limitations, how to search, the difference between that and custom events, etc.

We need a search bar for our docs site.

http://yizeng.me/2013/05/26/create-a-custom-jekyll-404-page/

@zsherman can we add the 404 page we have for the app here? I tried and failed :(

Super minor: We should soften the blog text color. Perhaps we can go black with an 80% opacity? That is what Medium uses and it feels softer.

We need to announce this to our clients and get them familiar with it.

1. Why we did it (graphs, alerts, better usability, etc)
2. Screenshots
3. Link to try it out.

• More line spacing for text.
• Better table styles
• Make the "api documentation" link at the bottom of the nav look better (fix spacing, remove bottom border, etc)
• Add new window icon to "api documentation"
• Increase logo size, add spacing below it

https://gtmetrix.com/reports/timber.io/g7a0gq37

Not sure if this was intentional or something that the base theme had implemented, but it's an accessibility nightmare.

If it was done for aesthetic reasons (yeah, the webkit outlines are really ugly), we can definitely override the styling of outlines on the :focus selector. But flat out disabling them is a bad idea.

You cannot send both in a single message. This confused someone today.

https://www.siteleaf.com/blog/author-pages-in-jekyll-and-siteleaf/

filed an issue with support

@zsherman I noticed we're using an SEO plugin? Our home page title is pretty weak, we also don't have a description, etc. What do you think about:

Timber - Log Better. Solve Problems Faster.

Does the title help with SEO at all?

I never use these, but they are on every blog for a reason. Medium does a nice job of keeping this subtle at the bottom of each post.

It feels proportionally small.

Maybe tag illustrations?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/zod3cwab6b9yfti/Screenshot%202017-01-29%2015.34.21.png?dl=0

Seems a little large, and it's also a tad bigger than the other page's hero.

We could remove this from the homepage for now and just have a pricing page.

We should also include an annual option.

• metatags
• titles
• copy
• dynamic headers
• etc

Ruby has a number of a methods to setup a debug logger. We need docs on how to set that up.

Update to account for the new 2.0 changes.

We could use the same as our app

We need a link to access the app.