About the website and documentation

Hi,
making the new design for the pythoncad website was only a
temporary
measure to dress with some color the old site. I think that
the next
step should be giving the website more life and activity.
Instead of
editing the html files in the repo, I would use a CMS. Maybe
we can
use some simple blogging system like "Wordpress"
(I think this is a
good option) or something more powerful like
"Joomla" or "Drupal".

Moreover, I like the idea of Yagnesh about using a Wiki to
provide the
project a useful documentation. We could use something
simple like
"Docuwiki" or something more powerful like
"Mediawiki".

If you like these ideas, I will work on them. As I made with
the
website design, I can install some samples and proposals in
my server
so that we can talk about it.

Also, I would like to know whether in the server where
pythoncad.org
is hosted we could install such systems. If not, maybe we
could look
for some free hosting for open source projects or look for
donations.

Regards,
Jose Antonio

P.S. I think that the last version of the logo (you can see
it in
http://lakamarilla.no-ip.com/~martinp/p
ythoncad/images/pythoncad_logo.png)
is better than the current one. I changed it following the
suggestions
of somebody in this list. I don't know if you (Art) have
used the
first one because you prefer it or because you don't had the
last one.

-- 
"In a world without frontiers, who needs Gates and
Windows?
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On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 09:17:07PM +0100, Jos? Antonio
Mart?n Prieto wrote:
> Hi,
> making the new design for the pythoncad website was
only a temporary
> measure to dress with some color the old site. I think
that the next
> step should be giving the website more life and
activity. Instead of
> editing the html files in the repo, I would use a CMS.
Maybe we can
> use some simple blogging system like
"Wordpress" (I think this is a
> good option) or something more powerful like
"Joomla" or "Drupal".
> 
> Moreover, I like the idea of Yagnesh about using a Wiki
to provide the
> project a useful documentation. We could use something
simple like
> "Docuwiki" or something more powerful like
"Mediawiki".
> 
> If you like these ideas, I will work on them. As I made
with the
> website design, I can install some samples and
proposals in my server
> so that we can talk about it.
>
> Also, I would like to know whether in the server where
pythoncad.org
> is hosted we could install such systems. If not, maybe
we could look
> for some free hosting for open source projects or look
for donations.

I'm not sure if I can install Wiki software on the machine
right now.
The company who had been hosting the site is going offline
and the
site is being moved to another host, so once everything is
on the
new hosting machine I can see about installing Wiki stuff.
 
> Regards,
> Jose Antonio
> 
> P.S. I think that the last version of the logo (you can
see it in
> http://lakamarilla.no-ip.com/~martinp/p
ythoncad/images/pythoncad_logo.png)
> is better than the current one. I changed it following
the suggestions
> of somebody in this list. I don't know if you (Art)
have used the
> first one because you prefer it or because you don't
had the last one.

I used the logo that I had. Send me the 'pythoncad_logo.png'
file and
I'll change things up.

Art Haas
-- 
Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard
against absurdities
the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the
sport of every wind.

-Thomas Jefferson to James Smith, 1822
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