[Pdweb] Webpage Development Wiki and Collector

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> a blog would be much better for news and announcements since blog's
> are very good for promoting discussions.  

Plone also does provide "Discussion" for (at least) News items, that
enable slashdot-like interaction focused on a certain, current topic.
 
> As for 'Exchange' I actually really like this idea.  I think it would 
> be awesome to have an informal place to swap patches.  Finished patches 
> should go into the CVS, but it would be great to have an exchange for 
> works in progress, simple demonstrations, etc.  

I also would like to encourage "Exchange". Maybe it doesn't have to
be a folder on its own, but more a kind of "item" in Plone like
another kind of News-item.

> I think that the Developer section is actually useful as something 
> separate from downloads and docs.  I think that dev downloads and docs 
> should be included in the downloads and docs sections respectively.  
> The Developer section is all about who is doing what, how to join, 
> etc., like is listed on the structure in the Wiki:
> 
> 		- how to join the [SourceForge 
> 		project|http://pure-data.sf.net]
> 		- list of current projects/developers
> 
> I don't see this content fitting in elsewhere, except pure-data.sf.net, 
> but I think that pure-data.org should be THE central site for all info. 

But isn't this just developer information and thus does belong to 
Doc->Dev ? And isn't every Pd user a developer, too (of patches)?

>  I think having this as a separate section highlights that pd is a very 
> open system, and that _anyone_ can join in and contribute, whether it 
> just be a couple objects, or more substantial work.  So the Developer 
> section should be all about getting people to join the central project 
> so that their objects become part of the central distros.

Well, maybe I'm beginning to see your point. So we have bascially two
target audiences: Pd users and Pd developers. Of course both groups
mix. In the interest of de-cluttering the navigation, how about moving
the "Members" entry in the tabs a stage deeper in favour of a
"Community" tab up front. Community could host Exchange, blog/forum,
list of Members, list of developers, of musicians using Pd,...?  

I'm not decided on that, though.

ciao
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 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__