Hey folks,
I'm pretty happy with the setup over at http://getjquery.org now - I
have groups up and running (so working groups can be created), buddy
lists for the social element and a few other cool things so go check
it out. Apologies for the length of this email also, but I'm typing
this as I travel and just commiting my thoughts to email.
Below are some on my thoughts on what to do next, you can contribute
on-list, or feel free to start editing the wiki
(http://getjquery.org/wiki)
Now that this initial stage is running, I want to begin work on other
parts. The first thing is the design. I'm torn between blog & news
style on the front page so it's more dynamic, or go with a "static"
front page more like http://getfirebug.org that leads off in to other
areas.
The site will (hopefully) eventually be rather large with lots of user
generated content, so I'm wondering if a "best of both worlds" could
be done with this - say top half of the page "static" to content, and
the bottom half dynamic content like latest news, latest blogs, latest
tutorials, etc. The beauty of drupal is that each part of the site
can easily have different layouts and styles that correspond to the
data being presented.
The next part is moderation and localisation. The primary language of
the site will be english, but certainly I'd like to present it in
other languages. Already the first french blog post has been made and
the author is on board for helping make some translations. What are
the other main languages that should be focused on (german, chinese,
japanese, scandanavian and eastern european langauges)?
Regarding moderation, I would be looking for people to help moderate
incoming content. Most content types are available to registered
users, such as stories, blogs, Book pages, groups, podcasts, etc.
Blogs are the only content type that do not go in to a moderation
queue (possibly book pages too, I'll have to double check). For all
other types, I'd like to have some respected people on board who can
moderate the content, and decide if something needs to be rejected
(spam, buggy code, self-gratifying posts), accepted (most posts) or
promoted (something so good, everyone and their dog needs to know
about this via the front page).
Finally for roles, there are developers - these are the people who
will actually help build the site - they will be able to access the
server to install and modify things, it's a bit too much for little
ol' me to do all of it.
If you want to help, then contact me and let me know. Make sure you
sign up to the site and wiki. I'll soon be setting up a closed
mailing list for core people who want to help so there is less clutter
in this one.
Regards,
Tane
Sent from my Blackberry, forgive the grammar and spelling.
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