Rick Dietz wrote: >I designed the overall framework of the current site to be low to no images >so that... > a) it would be reasonably accessible worldwide not just in > the hi-bandwidth West. > Agreed, I don't think there is anything in the new proposed design which is significantly higher bandwidth than the previous site - with the possible exception of the graphical menu-bar which may need to be done in HTML rather than as a gif.
>The extent to which these elements are important in any redesign hasn't >really been discussed, but probably should before things more forward in >earnest. I think translations are important--the php scripts that run the >site are built with translations in mind. That having been said, I think >we've been hindered by the CVS learning curve for potential translators. >I'm not sure of any easy way around that other than to hope those willing to >translate are also willing and motivated enough to learn to use CVS. > I certainly think that the new site design should not compromise functionality (such as being editable via CVS or the localisation stuff) for the sake of asthetics. I agree that using CVS probably does hinder contributions, not just with translations, but generally. Because of this I have set up the Wiki which anyone can edit without even knowing HTML (although why Wiki's insist on everyone learning a new way to express web pages is not entirely clear to me - why not just let them use a limited version of HTML as Slashdot does?). My hope is that we can move as much information as possible to the Wiki, while still keeping the criticial stuff non-Wikified. Ian. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
