That would make sense because drupal is very poor and every plugin I've ever come across has its own homepage hosted elsewhere. Maybe plugins.jquery.com should focus on being a community for users - not developers of jQuery - allowing users to... - 'watch' their favourite plugins - discuss/get help from fellow users - share / rate / comment - post related links to demos / tutorials - stay up-to-date with the latest releases
And the latest releases could be simply based on an XML feed form the author's own website - it's probably safe to assume every plugin developer has one... You can't please everyone - so focus on pleasing the users and let the developers manage their projects however they're most comfortable with... How about that? Cheers, Diego A. On Oct 14, 4:00 pm, "Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 get out of the plugin project hosting business. make the plugin > site a way to list/find/promote plugins, not a place to manage them. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Diego A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I agree with all the points raised by Yehuda and Jorn, but unfortunately > > Mike, the biggest problem of all is Drupal. > > In a nutshell :- > > - The navigation is shocking > > - Issue management is long winded and painfully time-consuming > > - So is uploading new files / creating new releases > > I feel Yehuda and Jorn's points are great, but they focus primarily around > > giving jQuery user's better access to plugin - which is undeniably a > > must-have great idea. However, The system must also cater for those who do > > (and will) voluntarily maintain their projects within the community. > > With that in mind, I recently moved all my plugins to Google code for the > > following reasons :- > > - Sub-version access > > - Easy navigation > > - Easy-to-use issue management system (with configurable email alerts) > > - WIKI (for project documentation) > > - Ability for project collaboration > > Hope that helps in some way... > > Cheers, > > Diego A. > > > 2008/10/13 Mike Hostetler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Hi Everyone- > > >> I'd like to start a discussion on how we can improve the plugins > >> repository to better fulfill the needs of the community. When we > >> first created the plugins site, there were a lot less plugins. As > >> jQuery's popularity continues to rise, the need for additional > >> features for plugin authors is growing. > > >> As the person most familiar with the plugins site, I get a decent > >> amount of requests for tweaks here and there. Unfortunately, because > >> of the choice of using Drupal with Drupal's Project module, the amount > >> of features that can be easily turned on is small. I've been very > >> cautious at modifying the source code of the Project module for many > >> reasons. I'm in touch with the leaders of the Project Module, having > >> met up with them at the last Drupalcon. Currently, there is ongoing > >> work on the Project module for Drupal.org, and the Project module > >> remains the last major issue in upgrading Drupal.org to Drupal 6. So, > >> this problem is bigger then jQuery. > > >> What I'd like to solicit is feedback on the following: > > >> - What works with the current plugins site, what are it's strengths? > >> - What doesn't work, where does it fall down? > >> - What are the top 5 major features missing from the current site? > >> - Are there any other open source project management solutions that > >> are worthy of consideration to replace Drupal and the Project module? > >> (PS. Because of the work involved in this, I would consider this only > >> as a last resort) > >> - Any other feedback is appreciated > > >> Thanks, > >> Mike Hostetler > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Diego A. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
