Dear Dan,<br>I think we're fine with the existing Web pages. I think they are already great,<br>but I suggest a Hardware Tab as an extention to the<br><a href="http://www.d-rats.com/wiki/FrontPage">http://www.d-rats.com/wiki/FrontPage</a> S tabs<br>
<br>FrontPage DownloadPage .....Hardware<br><br>The new Hardware Tab lists typical cable interconnection information for typical radio targets<br>ID-800, IC91....,etc and tells which cables types to connect<br>between the PC and the radio for the various radios (at least some typical)<br>
(and perhaps (?) where to get the cables) or Web pointers to some homemade schematics<br>for such.<br>I have searched and been honored with good answers on this discussion forum about it,<br>but that could be given in general on Web in order to reduce tidy questions for other users<br>
that know all this already.<br><br>Thanks,<br>LA7XQ Steinar<br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/4/22 Dan Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dsmith@danplanet.com">dsmith@danplanet.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
<br>
A couple of people have recently remarked to me that they find the<br>
current web site for D-RATS to be confusing and disorganized. I think<br>
that some of this stems from an expectation of a polished and<br>
professionally-maintained site funded from the copious proceeds of the<br>
product being sold. Clearly, D-RATS doesn't fit that mold :)<br>
<br>
I initially chose a wiki because I had a grand plan of people helping<br>
me with managing and generating the web content (something that is<br>
becoming more popular these days on various projects). Thus far, only<br>
a few people have stepped up and helped out in a few places. However,<br>
we still have a dearth of information on the site and it's not easily<br>
reachable.<br>
<br>
I hope that people would rather me spend time working on D-RATS itself<br>
than spinning (badly-done) web pages, but maybe I'm mistaken.<br>
<br>
So, I'm asking the group here for suggestions and ideas on how to<br>
improve. Some possible options are:<br>
<br>
1. Leave it the way it is and bark at people that don't like it<br>
<br>
2. Leave it the way it is and name a few specific people as<br>
custodians<br>
<br>
3. Move to a more static site that looks slick but that doesn't<br>
have any updated information over time<br>
<br>
4. Move to a different type of CMS that will still allow user<br>
contributions but *might* be easier to use than the wiki (I think<br>
it's easy to use as-is of course, but I'm biased)<br>
<br>
5. Me split my time between working on D-RATS features and creating<br>
web content (this one doesn't end well, by the way :)<br>
<br>
Note that the trac area has a wiki component (not as flexible as the<br>
main site, but would still allow some user-content independent of what<br>
we do for the main site).<br>
<br>
So, seriously. Speak up with your thoughts. If there's something we<br>
can do to change for the better, then lets do it!<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">Dan Smith<br>
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KK7DS<br>
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