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

[Tim Sutton]

Hi Folks

My 2c on the web site is that it should be pruned back to just the
very essentials:

 - what is qgis
 - where can I download it
 - let me know when new releases are made
 - where can I go to get more info (mailing lists, forums etc)

My feeling is that everything else (tutorials, demos etc etc) should
be moved into the blog or else where.

Regarding Joomla 1.5 I think its still immature and would prefer to
wait for a couple of security updates before moving QGIS.org to it.

Regarding hosting, currently the site is hosted on my server, but the
plan is to move it to osgeo hosting. If one of you would like to
pursue that further I would be most grateful for the help. The bigger
problem is moving the community map stuff over to a new server since
the code for it is old and rickety. Getting the community map code
revamped and quality control checked would be another great
contribution.

Regards

Tim

2008/5/19 Tara Athan <tara_athan at alt2is.com>:
> 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.
>
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