[drats_users] Ideas for the web site

[Arnold Harding]

I'm working on cleaning up the messages that were sent regarding 
Transfers and Tuning.  The plan is to put it onto the web site 
somewhere once I understand it.
It needs to be in an area other than FAQ, but I don't have an idea 
yet.  It should also be 'indexed' on the main page so it can be found 
easily, not just by finding the correct word link in other places. 
This is where I'd have trouble since I haven't used any wiki before, 
and really don't have an idea how to get it done.
Help appreciated, but I'll do that document.
Arnold

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Smith" <dsmith at danplanet.com>
To: <drats_users at lists.danplanet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:57 PM
Subject: [drats_users] Ideas for the web site


> Hi all,
>
> A couple of people have recently remarked to me that they find the
> current web site for D-RATS to be confusing and disorganized.  I 
> think
> that some of this stems from an expectation of a polished and
> professionally-maintained site funded from the copious proceeds of 
> the
> product being sold.  Clearly, D-RATS doesn't fit that mold :)
>
> I initially chose a wiki because I had a grand plan of people 
> helping
> me with managing and generating the web content (something that is
> becoming more popular these days on various projects).  Thus far, 
> only
> a few people have stepped up and helped out in a few places. 
> However,
> we still have a dearth of information on the site and it's not 
> easily
> reachable.
>
> I hope that people would rather me spend time working on D-RATS 
> itself
> than spinning (badly-done) web pages, but maybe I'm mistaken.
>
> So, I'm asking the group here for suggestions and ideas on how to
> improve.  Some possible options are:
>
>  1. Leave it the way it is and bark at people that don't like it
>
>  2. Leave it the way it is and name a few specific people as
>     custodians
>
>  3. Move to a more static site that looks slick but that doesn't
>     have any updated information over time
>
>  4. Move to a different type of CMS that will still allow user
>     contributions but *might* be easier to use than the wiki (I 
> think
>     it's easy to use as-is of course, but I'm biased)
>
>  5. Me split my time between working on D-RATS features and creating
>     web content (this one doesn't end well, by the way :)
>
> Note that the trac area has a wiki component (not as flexible as the
> main site, but would still allow some user-content independent of 
> what
> we do for the main site).
>
> So, seriously.  Speak up with your thoughts.  If there's something 
> we
> can do to change for the better, then lets do it!
>
> -- 
> Dan Smith
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