[OGo-Discuss] CMS Question [Was: New Website]

[Chris H]

On Thursday 08 November 2007 10:30:17 am Bart Schouten wrote:

> Indeed, just like I am still subscribed to this mailinglist not because
> I have anything to do with OGo but just because I find it interesting to
> see the proceedings of a project like this ;). (okay and because I think
> OGo is an interesting application/project).

Just a thought on this. Following the project on the lists, is not a function 
of the docs site. If a user has an account on the docs site and its not being 
used, then obviousely there is no contribution from that account. Users can 
still make valueable contributions via the various lists or monitor the 
projects progress via the same lists as its a separate registration process. 

The accounts on docs were established so that people with interest could 
upload documentation. Comments, etc all go to or via the lists. So a 
reduction of some 1/3 of the accounts would greatly increase the performance 
of the system as well as reduce the need to prune all the spam that others 
seem to be doing nicely now and reduce the workload on the admins. 

My personal comments follow. To make this project pop or standout in NA at 
least, a couple of things are required. The technology is great but the 
presentation of the same is lacking. A nice clean modern home site would be a 
great asset. Secondly a controlled access demo server would do wonders. and 
thirdly a more modern default skin as we discussed about a year and half ago 
would go a long way to make the project more visable in NA. Finally a simple 
install system that is standardized to the degree possible to eliminate most 
of the distro variables. Not known if the later is possible however. 

Just my 2 cents CDN.

Regards and best always

/ch