On อ., 2005-12-13 at 10:03 +0000, Thomas Wood wrote: > > The problem is finding the point between irrelevant and empty. We need it > > to > > look like something is constantly going on at GNOME.org yet I don't want > > the > > home to be cluttered and unapproachable to a new user. > > I will fiddle around with adding some news from gnomedesktop.org and try > > to > > fill up some space or maybe add the 'Buy a GNOME shirt' in there to give > > the > > page a sense of community. > > > > This is why I would suggest we had a couple of small boxes on the front > page with the latest headlines from footnotes, the latest art from > art.gnome.org or the latest software updates. This would help to give the > site a sense of community and activity. However, this raises a very > important point, as it will be difficult (although not impossible) to do > this without any scripting on w.g.o. > > What is the current sysadmin position with regards to the use of scripts > on w.g.o?
Server-side scripting for a dynamically generated homepage? From a sysadmin's perspective, if it can be avoided, that'd be great. If we can stick to it being statically served by Apache, we can completely avoid a few potential issues (of load, security, performance etc.). However, I can't see a problem with a server-side script (run hourly from cron, not web-accessible) that regenerates the homepage 'index.html' file based on a various pre-agreed marketing/informational template or static sections, and have some side-panels or something generated from the latest relevant RSS feeds or a database or something. Served statically, but regenerated hourly so it never appears stale. Just my 2 quarks. -- Ross _______________________________________________ gnome-web-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-web-list
