My original question at the start of the thread is only about making the homepage more appealing to first time visitors.
I googled some of the most active forums on the internet, the best homepage in my opinion was
github, but it looks like it was made precisely by "crack" devs, it has a lot of animation and movement (by the way, you can check out
framer motion for react, it's dead simple and powerful). The following seem much more affordable (open in private window to prevent it from showing you a logged in user experience):
1.
medium, its homepage has site content, in my opinion, this would be the best choice
2.
discord, homepage is simple, with simple visuals and I've used wordpress templates that do exactly that
3.
stackoverflow, this could work
4.
microsoft docs, this is very much applicable to this site
5.
gamefaqs? wow, look at this outdated thing, it doesn't need to look modern
I've toyed with the idea of creating a wiki section, where I could use chatGPT to help fill out the content. My Access knowledge nowadays is poor, and I don't think there would be enough volunteers here who would have the time or inclination to generate the wiki section. In an ideal world, I would like to make this as a more complete hub for Microsoft Access, rather than just a discussion forum.
Why not offer reputation to writers? bounties or something. Maybe feature their websites or their posts? I mean, fame in exchange for wiki articles. You could start with a thread of potential topics of the wiki, and go from there and see who wants to write something.
I don't know. I'm just saying.