Hello all, First of all, I'd like to introduce myself since this is my first email in the LibreOffice community. I'm Ivan, I live in New Zealand, and I've been a (reasonably) active member of the OpenOffice.org Art (later Branding) and Website projects. I would like to offer those same skills to LibreOffice, hopefully with greater effect. You have my commitment regardless of which CMS is chosen.
Introductions aside, the sheer quantity of emails on this list has been overwhelming and it has been somewhat disappointing reading a good number of them. I'd like to second Bernhard's earlier comments and briefly add a few suggestions. I've read many respected websites that applaud Drupal as a fantastic CMS that goes well beyond the call of duty. I've seen many great websites that have been proudly built on Drupal. Based on what I've read *outside* this mailing list, I'd like the LibreOffice website to be powered by Drupal, theoretically speaking. However, this means very little to LibreOffice if it can't be backed up with a tangible demonstration of what Drupal can do for the LibreOffice website. This is a real-world scenario with a tight budget and a tight deadline. It'd be great if we had an excellent base that could be built on in the future (which is exactly why I though Drupal would be great). But we also need something *here* and *now*. Keith, your skills sound like they could be really useful for LibreOffice. However, the way you are conducting yourself isn't doing any favors to your reputation here... or Drupal's for that matter. Please keep an open mind when it comes to the needs of the wider LibreOffice community. Inline quoting is not hard to learn or do. If you are going to play a significant role here, you will need to abide by these basic established rules. At first I thought Christian was being harsh, but you really have repeated yourself without addressing his key concerns and that discussion has become really unproductive. We also need to consider user experience beyond the immediate system admins. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but most people creating and editing content on the LibreOffice website will be unfamiliar with the CMS. Most (if not all) will be volunteers, and, AFAIK, they'll be working at the broader website level. I think this makes our use-case somewhat different in comparison to the other Drupal websites listed on the wiki page[1], whose pages are either administered or far more tightly controlled by a small group. This means that the admin interface has to be very usable, because that is what will enable the website to be built *now*. That's enough from me (for now :) ). I look forward to working with you all and making the LibreOffice website(s) great. Regards, Ivan. [1] http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Website/Evaluation_of_CMS_Platforms -- E-mail to [email protected] for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/website/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
