> > So, English is ok, but Dutch is too.
>
> So, if I would send my article in English only, you won't complain?
Absolutely not. I'd be glad to have at least one article! None recieved yet...
> > If an author wants that his articles are read by more people, he can
> > write in English,
>
> I don't think this is a good idea. The English part would be half a
> magazine. I think you should send a signal that you take non-Dutch readers
> seriously and make everything available in English.
Ofcourse we take them seriously. It's just that
1) some people can't write in English properly, and translating is too much
work
2) the magazine was originally Dutch
3) what's the problem with Dutch articles if most of it is English anyway?
> The author doesn't necessarily have to be the one who writes the English
> translation. I would be willing to translate a few articles from Dutch
> to English. Not too many articles, but if more people offer their services,
> one or two translations per person would be enough.
That's fine with me. I publish whatever I get, as long as Frank and I (Frank
&& I) think that the quality is high enough. I don't care how many persons
translated it, as long as we don't have to.
> > That's something we can implement later. It's not of primary importance. Fi
rst
> > we need articles. And fast! :-)
>
> Of course, first things first. But maybe you can let different people work
> on articles and on webtech, so they are working in parallel?
Good point. Arnaud and I should do the webtech, but since I'm now coordinating
the articles, I think Arnaud had better do the nastier webtech. As a matter of
fact, I think he is already working on something, aren't you Arnaud? (I/O!)
> > [1] This is an example of reference number one!
>
> Just like scientific articles...
Don't you like that?
> You can hyperlink the "1" in the text to the reference below the text. Very
> convenient. Example in HTML:
Ofcourse. That's an advantage of using HTML instead of a paper magazine.
> Actually, since you can link to references, you don't need to use numbers
> anymore. You could simply replace the "1" above by "FAQ".
True. But numbers are always a bit shorter. They don't disturb the -- I don't
think this is correct English -- 'textimage' (Dutch: het tekstbeeld).
> > We may change this. If we have made some decisions about the layout, I'll
> > write guidelines for authors to match our layout as well as possible.
>
> Well, if you ask authors to send plain text, doesn't that imply they
> shouldn't layout?
True, but I meant guidelines that make it easier for us to do the layout. Also
some other 'rules', like writing 'pc' instead of 'PC', 'scsi' instead of
'SCSI' (abbreviations that are so common that people don't think of them as an
abbreviation anymore and abbreviations that are pronounced like words
respectively).
> Anyway, I think it's best to let the MCCW team do the layout. That will
> guarantee that all articles use the same layout.
Ofcourse. That was the plan.
> You could make some guidelines for images. Which formats do you accept and
> how large can they be? What color will the background be?
Good point. For now, I think the formats will be GIF and/or JPG. I can convert
almost anything with xv, but no pc-specific formats, like PCX. Vector formats
may also be ok (ps, eps). Let's keep it to those, for now.
> Hey, maybe you can make a deal with FutureDisk or XSW so they can spread
> the articles of MCCW to MSXers without web access?
Well, I don't think that's a good idea, since the people who do have
web-access and also have subscriptions to those magazines, will hardly find
something new in them then. Or at least, a lot of things they already read on
MCCW. But if those magazines see it as an 'extra', hmm, maybe. Don't count on
it...
Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405)
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