The new MapServer website

[Gustavo Henrique Sberze Ribas]

Hi,


> - What things do you know of that are missing in the new site?
> - What topics aren't covered thoroughly enough?

  I really miss information about ImageMaps and Mapserver. 
I know it's not part of a standard but it can be a powerful 
tool when used together with javascript, like wz_tooltip for 
instance.

--
Gustavo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UMN MapServer Users List 
> [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU]On
> Behalf Of Howard Butler
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:19 PM
> To: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
> Subject: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] The new MapServer website
> 
> 
> Folks,
> 
> This is a heads-up to let you know that the Plone site 
> <http://ms.gis.umn.edu> will be come *the* MapServer website once 
> MapServer 4.8 is released in a couple of weeks (it will be pointed at 
> <http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu>).  The "blue" site will remain on the 
> web at <http://old-mapserver.gis.umn.edu> indefinitely to continue to 
> provide documentation for older releases of the software.
> 
> We need your help.  As we have be moving the content over to the new 
> site, we have also taken the opportunity to add more functionality 
> and documentation that wasn't available in the old site.  Some things 
> may have been missed (good/useful bits in the wiki, stuff buried deep 
> in the old site).
> 
> - What "tidbit"-like documents need to be added?  For example, 
> Stephen Woodbridge notified me that we need an FAQ or definition of 
> map scale and what that concept means in MapServer.  What other 
> concepts like that need coverage?
> - Have you noticed any formatting bugs on the new website?
> - Do you find the new organization logical and easy to use?
> - Does the search mechanism work well for you?
> - Have you tried the RSS feeds or PDF download features?  Are 
> they useful?
> - Which documents are in the wrong place?
> - Have you tried submitting a document?  What works, what doesn't, 
> and what essential parts of that process need to be documented?
> - Any other issues that you've noticed?
> 
> We, the members of the documentation team, have been working really 
> hard to make a website that makes things easy to find, allows anyone 
> to contribute information, and has most everything you need.  We're 
> on the final stretch, and we need your input to put some polish on it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Howard
> 
> PS.  I'd also like to throw a shout out to those who have worked so 
> hard to make this happen.  Jeff McKenna.  Perry Nacionales.  Kari 
> Geurts.  Tom Burk.   Frank Warmerdam.  Sean Gillies.  Trent Erikson. 
> Steve Lime.  Didrik Pinte.  David Fawcett.  The rest of the 
> MapServer-DOCS team.  Anyone else that I missed.
>