If you have been using Wordpress and can transfer the pdxlinux to a new install of it, any one of the many themes would greatly improve the site. :)
I just set up a Wordpress site at: http://linuxnw.net A friend and I plan on adding a couple short videos to show anyone how to use Linux and another for small businesses. Also want to add a section of links to articles showing all the companies and government angencies worldwide who have migrated to Linux. The public needs to hear that "big names" are using Linux then it qualifies in their minds. It's part of breaking the fear factor of excepting and using Linux. On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Jameson Williams < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:51 PM, David Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's a website that will not bring any new people to it. I guess this > group > > cares little about getting new people to try Linux out. I don't use it. > > I've > > got my own site to promote Linux. > > > > When this group is ready to get new people to try Linux out. Let me know. > > > > Dave > > > > Dave! Ouch. I think we're all interested in having new people try Linux > out. > It just sounds to me like some here are more enthusiastic than others to > tackle the page. I'm on board anyway -- this officially constitutes > "letting > you know." Let's do this thing. I've been hosting a Wordpress for the last > seven years or so, so I can tackle a more enticing "skin" for the plug page > perhaps. Although, as Keith noted earlier in the thread, that will > eventually mean some Real Work (tm) and not just flapping my chops, which > is > after all why I like posting to this mailing list in the first place. > > I think the design of the PLUG page should mirror that of other open source > / academic web documents -- a simple "html presentation is about good > enough > for me" style look. Underneath the hood, it should be a standards compliant > XHTML document that validates (the front page currently has 1 error and 14 > warnings.) I currently try to achieve this with my personal website, > although there's still too much CSS for it to be fully "cool." > > Given that the mailing lists are the source of up-to-date news, the > archives > should be presented to the user as a First Class feature on the website, I > would say. There should probably be a good /dev/null session throughout the > site, too. Generally, the page's content should probably remain general and > relative. "We meet on the first thursday of every month," is more > maintainable than "Our next meeting is October 12, 2002," etc. > Time-sensitive information could be left to the mail archives, or even the > popular website plug to: "Come join us on IRC." > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
