[work] [Qgis-community-team] website - ideas/questions

[Tara Athan]

Here's a plain text version of my previous message - I hope this is more 
clear.
Tara

Re: content for new users
There are such items, such as Features, but they do not jump out at the 
new user.  I agree that a major reorganization is due.

Re: scrolling issues
I don't have this problem myself but with smaller screens and lower 
resolutions it is a problem.

Re: menu structure
I like to use two menus, one for one-click items such as
Home
Contact Us
Search
Calendar
FAQ
Site Map
Using a menu provides a compact way of having these capabilities on 
every page.

I like to use a second menu for topics with sublevels. The joomla "Top 
Menu" does not work well for hierarchical menus because you cannot 
expand the menus (at least as far as I have been able to figure it out- 
I haven't tried Joomla 1.5 yet), so the "Main Menu" would be a better 
choice. This tends to force a 3-column layout, with the expandable menu 
on the left, main panel in the center and modules on the right.

Re: which modules are necessary
If the target audience for the frontpage is the prospective user, then 
Developer Blogs, Syndicate and Blog News are probably not of immediate 
interest. but the others could be of interest?

Re: Categories and Finish Publishing Dates
There are a lot of items in the News Category that would be worth 
keeping on the site for longer periods, such as the interviews.
When you reorganize, you could have separate categories for these items.
Then the number of news items might seem more reasonable. If the 
usefulness of an item is clearly going to expire after a certain time, 
it should have a finish publishing date. If the Author doesn't enter it, 
then the website administrator could take that responsibility, IMO.

Re: Backup Component
Gary Sherman was reluctant to have third-party components installed. I 
understand the site was cracked at one point due to a vulnerability in 
such a component. However, not having a backup capability is a major 
vulnerability as well. Perhaps Gary will agree to the use of a component 
for this purpose. It should be mature and well-maintained, and kept 
up-to-date by the website administrator.

Re: Security Issues
For one thing, there is still a Super Administrator account with a 
non-secure name.