I got a lot of great responses when I asked this list for feedback on Geronimo Plugin Central a few months ago. Since then I have been devoting some spare bandwidth towards improving the site. At this point I would consider its readiness for the community at large to be at the "beta" phase and thought you might be interested in taking another look. The URL is http://geronimoplugincentral.org/.
Here are some of the recent improvements to the site: - Installed new forum software (SMF) which is easier to use and integrates better into the site - Installed a much better plugin directory and review system - Seeded the site with a few plugins, reviews, and discussion topics. - Relocated to a new hosting service that provides better administration and response time - Several improvements to the site design and organization As a reminder, Geronimo Plugin Central (GPIC) is a non-profit community site for Geronimo plugin users and developers. It is based on the highly successful Eclipse Plugin Central which provides a directory of Eclipse plugins with user reviews and discussion forums. GPIC plays a complimentary role to Geronimo plugin repositories like geronimoplugins.com by providing a central hub for the user community where they can find and rate plugins as well and have discussions about them. My own personal goal is for this site to be eventually governed by the Geronimo PMC, similar to how the Eclipse Foundation governs Eclipse Plugin Central. If you're interested in the background discussion on GPIC see http://tinyurl.com/yaafrl for starters. If you would like to get involved with this effort then here are some areas where help is needed: - enhancing (and proofing) the current content on the site - adding new content to the site -- discussion topics, new plugins and reviews, etc. there are some more plugins at geronimoplugins.com that I think should be listed if that's allowed - administration of the CMS that runs the site (Joomla). for example the RSS feed currently doesn't work - routine moderation of the site contents (user submitted plugins, reviews, and discussion topics). - improving the site templates for a better look and feel - enhance Geronimo's plugin schema to support multiple versions/locations per plugin. this will greatly simplify the plugin download & install process. - automation of the site, e.g. adding the ability to import content from a XML plugin catalog - any other improvements you can think of that would make the site better Looking forward to your feedback and participation in this effort! Best wishes, Paul
