Actually, the "Guide to the Monastery" and (especially) "Tutorials" links do a remarkably good job of introducing people to the monastery and to Perl. As an experiment, go to the front page and see how long it takes you to find them

A lot of Monks forget: if a person isn't logged in, the top of the front page has a the line...

If you're new here please read Perl Monks Site FAQ

Perhaps the real issues are:

1. the FAQ should start with the the verbage at the top of "the Perl Monks guide to the Monastery and more links to generic info about Perl (ie: the Tutorials)
2. The FAQ link should be even more prevelant on the front page for people who aren't logged in (maybe the whole front page should be replaced with the FAQ for people who aren't logged in ?)

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   In reply to Re: Re: New to Perl Link by hossman
   in thread New to Perl Link by Marza

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