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Re: the state of the web site updates and some discussion

2005-02-26 09:38:13
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Radu Hociung wrote:
| Chuck Mead wrote:
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|> 4. A lot of people have ideas. This is a good thing but some of what I
|> hear bandied about involves Wiki's (more security issues than I even
|> want to think about) and some other people have suggested a custom
|> interface be built. Uhm... I only have one question about that... why
|> the hell is it that everytime a net based, geek driven project decides
|> to update their web site they start discussing development of new custom
|> interfaces? To what end... and more over... who gives a crap? I could
|> take Mambo and build us a perfectly comfortable site in a day. Others
|> here could take their favorite CMS and do the same.
|
|
| I believe the core issue to be resolved is maintainability. When you
| have one person in charge of the updates, you get what we have now.
|
| Wiki's can also be private, with a closed membership that is allowed to
| make changes. Perhaps this idea should not be hastily ignored.

That's fine... and I *DO* get what you are saying. But this is not the
only way to allow more than one person to work on the web site. A number
of CMS's allow this and present information in a more integrated way.
Perhaps Wiki could be used for pieces of the site... maybe the FAQ or
something perhaps...?


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Chuck Mead <csm(_at_)redhat(_dot_)com>
Instructor II (and resident Postfix bigot), GLS
Disclaimer: "It's Thursday and my name is Locutus of B0rk!"
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