Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-09 Fir de Conversatie Leonard Ehrenfried
Hi Mark, sorry it has taken me a few days to reply. I wholeheartedly agree with most points you've made and think a better integration with Github is quite important as most plugin development (or at least the sort of development we want to encourage) happens there. Most of the time I skip

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-09 Fir de Conversatie Leonard Ehrenfried
Even though I don't really want to start a discussion about technologies, I agree with Justin that most of vim.org's content is static and doesn't need a server-side framework. FWIW, kernel.org is made with a static site generator. The plugins section is obviously different and would need quite a

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-09 Fir de Conversatie Marc Weber
Hi Leonard Ehrenfried, I like your idea about the future direction of vim - that's exactly the sort of thinking we need. I/You need. Open source is about being able to adjust software to your own selfish needs. Its not about altruism. And it looks like its me needing a wiki only, because its me

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-07 Fir de Conversatie Justin M. Keyes
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Leonard Ehrenfried leonard.ehrenfr...@gmail.com wrote: Before I get ahead of myself in terms of planning I would like to gauge the community's feelings towards an undertaking like this. For what it's worth, I am very much in favor of this. I am really glad to

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-07 Fir de Conversatie Justin M. Keyes
doesn't do a very good job of explaining what vim is and how to install it That reminds of one more rather important function of vim.org: provide updated builds. Currently for Windows users, this is provided by random blogs, for which I am thankful, but didn't find for a very long time. Justin

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-07 Fir de Conversatie Benjamin Klein
On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:20 AM, Christian Brabandt cbli...@256bit.org wrote: But the problem seems to be on the infrastructure side, e.g. who get's access to the page source and can make changes. IIRC, Bram wasn't willing to have the webpage source available to the public. Even if the site’s

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-07 Fir de Conversatie Marc Weber
A new vim webseite should support: - password reset (requires email sending, sourceforge did not allow this in the past) - integrates a wiki. I'd personally like to see a git based one. A very simple draft can be found at http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/index.html - fixes the author of

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-06 Fir de Conversatie tux.
Leonard Ehrenfried schrob am Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 um 22:54 Zeit: I also happen to think that it doesn't do a very good job of explaining what vim is and how to install it. Sorry, but that's wrong IMO. :) -- -- You received this message from the vim_dev maillist. Do not top-post!

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-06 Fir de Conversatie Josh
On Nov 6, 2013, at 3:54 PM, Leonard Ehrenfried leonard.ehrenfr...@gmail.com wrote: Dear list, I really hope I don't hurt anyones's feeling by saying that the current vim.org website looks a little bit dated. I also happen to think that it doesn't do a very good job of explaining what

Re: vim.org website redesign/update

2013-11-06 Fir de Conversatie Christian Brabandt
On Wed, November 6, 2013 22:54, Leonard Ehrenfried wrote: I really hope I don't hurt anyones's feeling by saying that the current vim.org website looks a little bit dated. I also happen to think that it doesn't do a very good job of explaining what vim is and how to install it. Lastly, it