[Ubuntu-be] Website discussion

[Lionel Dricot]

I suggest the following schedule :

- for friday 10th, the official webmaster, the host and the CMS is
choosen. (it's just to have a deadline so we don't discuss this for 3
months)
- One week before Dapper release, we must have a good-looking website
(even if it's not complete) so we can polish it for Dapper release.

Now, contents (or how I see what we have talked about at the meeting ):

- First page : a little welcome word in three or four languages.

For each language :

- Main page : What is Ubuntu and Ubuntu-be
- Announcement and presse release
- How to acquire Ubuntu (download and shipit)
- Ubuntu support (with links to a forum, IRC chan)
- Contact us

That's, IMHO, the most important things we need to have for the Dapper
release. I agree with Jan that Dapper must be our priority goal.

What is missing but, IMHO, not a priority for Dapper ?

- A ressources list. (if you agree with this idea of course).
- Belgian Ubuntu Howto (someone raises this great idea during the
meeting. Maybe it must be in Ubuntu support ? )
- a planet. Not sure we need one but it's always funny ;-)

Thanks for all the propositions and for the ubuntulinux.be domain :-)

Lionel

Le jeudi 02 mars 2006 à 12:06 +0100, François Schoubben a écrit :
> Pierre Buyle a écrit :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I probably can help with the website, so add me in the website team.
> > And if nobody with more motiviation comes up, I can also be the main
> > webmaster. Like many people here (I guess), I've past experience with
> > different CMS engine, mostly using PHP+MySQL. Namely phpNuke,
> > postnuke, nucleuscms, PmWiki and some others I forgot about.
> > 
> > Concerning the choice of a CMS, it seems to me that a (light)
> > requirements analysis is the first thing to do (eg: which features are
> > needed and why, how will the site be structured, etc.). Almost every
> > CMS (except specialised one) can fit to what I've read about the
> > Ubuntu-be site. Refinement of the needs could probably lead to a wiser
> > choice.
> 
> (english only, it might be easier; if you want it in french, just ask; 
> if you want it in dutch, ik mag probeeren; maar mijn neederlandse is 
> zeer slecht...)
> 
> 
> I think a light requirements could be
> - multi-lingual
> - easy to fill (no HTML code, Wiki syntax as less as possible, wysiwhg 
> as much as possible ?)
> - easy to get logged on (and to create a account, ie no need to be 
> moderated "a priori")
> - look professionnal! So some pages might become "unbreakable" at some 
> point, unless for webmasters or allowed people.
> 
> Do we need a blog part ?
> Do we need a planet part ?
> Do we need a forum part ?
> I think not, only redirect to Ubuntu-[de|fr|nl] forums
> 
> I know Plone could fill easily these requirements (CSS, easy to 
> configure, secure and with linguaplone, multi-lingual, and even forums, 
> blog, planets and wiki if needed, and many more). Plone is used by 
> Ubuntu, and there is a plone.be group we can ask for which product to 
> use [http://plone.org/countries/be] :-)
> I don't think it would be a good idea to propose myself as a primary 
> webmaster, i have too many "cauldrons on the fire" to be really reliable 
> 7 days a week.
> 
> Other ideas ?
> -- 
> Francois
>