My thoughts: Ohhhhh... shiny!
Seriously, looks nice. I like the increased use of icons and more intelligent use of color. New version still suffers from the problem of wasted space that TWiki had before. Compare the more economical Wikipedia layout. I'm thinking that might be worth stealing. Put our logo in the upper-left corner, tools across the top, popular links on the left.... One of the design goals on the existing site was simplicity, both technical and stylistic. This was both my own personal preference and the result of feedback that the old site was "too busy". Simple sites are also easier to maintain. People who are already afraid of Wiki are likely to run and hide if the confronted with tag soup when they hit edit. That being said, I do think the existing site is rather plain, even for my tastes. I'll check how it looks in Lynx/eLinks when I get a chance. When it comes to migrating content... I propose the following: - Keep the "Main" web for user pages and other TWiki administrivia. - Keep the "Sandbox" and "TWiki" webs for what they are. - Create one web for all GNHLUG content, regardless of scope. >From my (admitedly somewhat limited) experience with Wiki's, trying to divide content into solid categories is a lost cause, and often counter-productive. Drawing artificial barriers just impeads the flow of information. It also appeared that people had trouble finding stuff outside the "www" web, so putting it all together only makes sense. (This ties in with my current "anti-Balkanization" theme, in case you didn't notice.) If there needs to be manual labor for moving content from old system to new, I'll gladly volunteer to do the grunt work. More later... _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
