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

[Helge Hess]

On 08.11.2007, at 17:06, Chris H wrote:
> 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.

Thats just an issue of Plone (well, more specifically with the  
default setup of Plone).
Once we replace it, any other system can deal with just 3000 users  
just fine ...

> 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.

I think everyone agrees on that, in fact I have started to change the  
SOGo and SOPE sites, and I might manage OGo this year (though its the  
biggest site overall).

http://sogo.opengroupware.org/
http://sope.opengroupware.org/

IMHO the Styleshout designs are reasonably modern.

> 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.

Well, talking about it doesn't make it happen ;-) Problem is that  
creating an OGo theme requires quite a bit of knowledge of the  
template setup.

> 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.

I think installing the free Instant-OGo demo inside a VMware player  
is quite reasonable [to avoid the distro variables]. Though it would  
be useful to provide a VMware image directly (anyone cares to setup  
one? ;-)

Greets,
   Helge