Hi there.
Some quick update about this thread.
I followed the suggestions people had ([1],[2]), and added some extensions
to the website www.linuxcnc.org:
1). Now you can subscribe as an user to www.linuxcnc.org (already registered
users should log in to update their profile data).
When you do you can add some information about yourself, currently:
* Address, City, State, Zipcode, Country, Homepage - text information.
* you can also add a profile picture if you like.
Any of the above information is not mandatory, so if you're not
comfortable to share it, don't.
We can extend these with any fields we can come up with (like
phone-number, hobbies and whatnot), I'm waiting for suggestions on this.
2). Once you entered some information about yourself (location-wise), you
should automatically appear on the LinuxCNC Users Map. If you don't, then
either you didn't provide enough information for google to localise you
(usually city, state, country is enough), or something wrong happened. I'll
try to help with the later.
3). A new user menu (this is a section with links that appears once you are
logged in).
Currently it contains the following links:
* My profile (place to update your profile information, picture, etc)
* User List (searchable list with linuxcnc.org registered users)
* User Map (google map that contains linuxcnc.org users)
We can add other things people usually use to this section (to make the
site easier to navigate). Maybe link to the IRC client, or similar.
All of the above should work as advertised, but treat the service as a
"beta"-test.
I don't envision any issues coming up in the future, but if there are
serious issues (like security threats) we might consider shutting down some
parts of this.
Please report any problems you're having either directly to me, or on the
list.
Have fun with building our community.
Regards,
Alex
[1]
> Gentlemen,
> I will be happy to add my information and welcome visitors at any time.
> Stuart
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Rob Jansen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Alex,
>>> I think the webpage could be a better place than the wiki.
>>> If there are enough people out there who are ok with doing this, we can
>>> add
>>> a community-module to linuxcnc.org, so every registered user can set up
>>> a
>>> profile with pictures, links, personal information, etc.
>>> Let me know if there are people who would consider doing such a thing,
>>> and
>>> based on the feedback we'll be looking if it's worth the trouble ;)
>>>
>> I will definitely add my credentials.
>> Question is who else will. The frappr map has been there for some time
>> but there is only a very limited amount of users on the map.
>>
>> Rob
[2] Alex on frappr..
> Don't feel bad, it works just as bad for windows too.
> I'm sorry they (frappr) provide such a bad service.
> Initially it used to work a lot better, then they changed maps between
> google and yahoo a couple times, and in the end it's simply busted.
> I'll look into an alternative, and post the results.
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