Completely agree, John! Luigi
On 13/09/2011, John Rankin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not sure Pmwiki would/should/could enter the race with things like >> Wordpress (I like Textpattern a lot more) or any other CMS up to >> TYPO3. >> Pmwiki is a wiki, and a file-based one. >> Which puts its roots into a *very* different ground. >> No matter how powerful or useful pmwiki may be, first-time visitors >> and possible adopters should be aware of this. >> Definitely. > > OTOH pmwiki ought not discourage first-time visitors who see a dated look > and may assume, incorrectly, that the software is dated. First impressions > count. You are right to question the wisdom of trying to compete with > <insert preferred CMS here, eg silverstripe>. This is neither necessary > nor desirable in my view. But it is entirely practical to lift the quality > of pmwiki.org's first impression to that of (for example) the default > Drupal home page or the default WordPress theme, with not much more than > an improved style sheet. > > Out of the box, pmwiki needs to meet a minimum acceptable presentation > standard and the bar is higher than it was 6 years ago. As you say: >> >><snip> >> >> That said, and on the other hand, for many needs pmwiki *does* compare >> (and could compete) with some of the tools I mentioned above. >> For this reason, a fresh look would be really fine (and bring new >> people to the community). > > JR > -- > John Rankin > > _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
