Re: Redesigning the web site [was: Google Summer of Code: Bring out your projects]

2010-03-26 Thread Vincent Hennebert
Simon Pepping wrote:
 On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 07:37:12PM +, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
 
 Speaking of the release, many parts of the website are largely outdated
 and need a serious re-work (the Development tab, mainly). Also, any
 reference to 0.20.5 should IMO be removed before releasing 1.0. 0.20.5
 is a thing of the past now.
 
 That makes a release even more difficult. I am in favour of an early
 release, rather than working on the website
  
 Finally, the website could really do with a new look. ATM it???s looking
 so... 1990???s. I started to work on that some time ago (based on the
 Batik skin), but never got to finishing it. Forrest sometimes gets in
 the way, I must say. Maybe switching to an alternative framework could
 be investigated. Especially if it can also provide higher automation.
 
 Again, I am in favour of focusing on an early release as our most
 important requirement.

Then someone is going to spend 3 days doing the 1.0 release, and when
it’s time to do the next release the exact same issue will show up
again.

Releasing 1.0 is the perfect opportunity to do some re-branding and
refactor the website, IMO.

Vincent


Re: Redesigning the web site [was: Google Summer of Code: Bring out your projects]

2010-03-25 Thread Simon Pepping
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 07:37:12PM +, Vincent Hennebert wrote:

 Speaking of the release, many parts of the website are largely outdated
 and need a serious re-work (the Development tab, mainly). Also, any
 reference to 0.20.5 should IMO be removed before releasing 1.0. 0.20.5
 is a thing of the past now.

That makes a release even more difficult. I am in favour of an early
release, rather than working on the website
 
 Finally, the website could really do with a new look. ATM it???s looking
 so... 1990???s. I started to work on that some time ago (based on the
 Batik skin), but never got to finishing it. Forrest sometimes gets in
 the way, I must say. Maybe switching to an alternative framework could
 be investigated. Especially if it can also provide higher automation.

Again, I am in favour of focusing on an early release as our most
important requirement.

Simon

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