On 1-Aug-08, at 2:04 PM, Ian Caldwell wrote: > What would you like to see on the new website? What goals do you > think it > should have. > My personal views are this is what we need to see differently. Feel > free to > chime in and add to what you'd like to see on the new site > > *1. Create links to all the software ( wiki, bug tracker, > forums, > source browser etc)*
We could easily do this with the current website. It just needs a new layout. > *2. Make the website more user oriented. A lot of the content > can be > moved to the wiki. We need the website to be a lot more static. * > Ditto to 1. > *3. Separate developer sections from user.* > Ditto to 1. > *4. Create a feature list page in order to make E more of a > product > that we're trying to talk about* > Ditto to 1. As well, the website isn't just about E the window manager. It's more then just a product pamphlet for the window manager. > *5. weekly or biweekly articles* > Ditto to 1. They can also write the articles on the Wiki which is probably a better choice. Makes them easier to maintain in the long run. They can then be linked from the main site. > *a. We will have a submission article system in which we will > stack up > articles and release one a week regarding E. * > Send them to the mailing list and they can be put up. Send enough good ones and you can get cvs access to do it yourself. > *b. This will allow users who aren't good at coding or able to > help in > that way to keep track of what's happening and write articles > regarding the > progress.* > > *c. This will also help people who are writing applications be > able to > follow development and get inspiration from other application > developers.* > > *d. Or just content such as user guides for different things* > > *6. Translations* This can be done with the current site. Everything has a lang variable passed with it I believe. > *a. Allow people to have the website content translated into > multiple > languages.* > > *7. One login to rule them all* This could be done with the current site from the sounds of it. > *a. Having 10 different logins for all the different software > isn't > working.... it would be really nice to see a lot of them > consolidated into a > login api such as openid or google accounts.* > All in all the website needs to me more of a pamphlet than a > handbook for > everything under the sun. All in all, i don't see anything in here that requires us to replace the website. Do a new layout and a bit of work to separate the UI from the php code. dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
