I remember having some problems/confusion with the website early on, but I honestly cant' seem to remember them. The site feels quite comfortable these days ;). So, I'll just add in the couple of things that are on my mind now.
"...I would only put an additional sentence or two on the very top of the page which clearly/visibly states the mission of Thousand Parsec. ..." - I really like this idea :). A new comer's first thought when they click on whatever link sent them there is "what the...?" and BAM having it right in their face is the best thing we could do. Since no one has said it - the forums are still down. When I was first looking at TP, they were my second stop - the first being some getting started / about / FAQ pages. The forums looked great to me at the time, and many others like myself (at the time) are hesitant to join mailing lists (btw confusingly just called 'Lists' :p but I noted that looks like it'll change), or to join an IRC channel if they're not already a regular IRC user. Personally, the other thing I like, that notably is not covered much, is the wiki. Wikis can be great for new people looking for "more info" once they get a taste of what the project is. They're usually easy to read, and very easy to navigate - the two things you need when gathering info. Of course, this would imply further development of the wiki, and more newbie-directed articles. While I'm brining up the fancy new web fashions (wikis), why not add a "blogs" section to the "Communicate" section. I know a few of you have TP focused blogs. These could add to the active appearance, and open up another potential communication channel for new comers to ask questions to specific people in a more... directed setting? And heck, all the cool kids are doing it ;P. Although.. if the blogs -aren't- active, and/or there are very few of them, it could just end up looking bad (?). - Tyler On 7/9/07, Jure Repinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tim Ansell pravi: > <snip> >> higher. Just take my simple page for Parsek as example: >> >> http://www.holodeck1.com:8080/parsek >> > <snip> > > I specifically want to try and avoid every client and server having > their own home page. There are numerous reasons for this, including > - It fragments our Google juice > - It's confusing for users > - It dilutes the Thousand Parsec name > - It makes each project look less active > - It makes each project look less developed > - Much harder to help out with keeping the website up to date > - Much harder to have an "aggregate page" which includes stuff from all > clients. > - Pages can disappear > - etc > > The community is just to small to fragment it further. > > I personally want people to think of Thousand Parsec first, then the > specific client, ruleset, etc, second. Completely agree here. > Out of interest, why did you setup up this page instead of one in the > main website? I've been to Plone workshop and so this was my little test to see how it works and to try things I have learned. Don't be afraid, I always intended to have Parsek page under the TP page, something like http://parsek.thousandparsek.net/ -- JLP's Blog - http://jlp.holodeck1.com/blog/ _______________________________________________ tp-devel mailing list [email protected] http://www.thousandparsec.net/tp/mailman.php/listinfo/tp-devel
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