On 12 May 2003, Marc [ISO-8859-1] Lavall�e wrote:
stm_sq^n wrote :
the right question would be, is such a website is really needed ?
Each time I try to find new information about PD, I click and google the web forever. The pd webring, spider and other url lists are useful, but what's needed now is a unique collaborative portal, where all softwares, externals, documentation and tutorials would be collected, adapted, corrected, standardized, translated...
Part of this is already there, as an idea at least, its the CVS. I think it is very important that the documentation, translations, help patches etc etc go closely together with the software, otherwise it creates lots of work to keep them in sync.
If this has been achieved, a pure-data.org can concentrate on the interesting things about pd, instead of just being a place to help to navigate the jungle.
I think a collaborative pure-data.org is actually the only way to go. But before jumping into it, we are in need of some discussion. There are a lot of people out there that provide information on PD and haven't spoken up on this thread.
From my experience it is pretty hard to jump on train that you missed (especially if you have started your journey with your bicycle already)
So the first thing that has to be done is to get the opinions from the key persons, those who already did a lot of work in this direction. It is important to get all of them in.
Greetings,
Guenter
Anyway: I could figure that pd.org could be a new home for pd.sf.net, with the traditional strong user focus on the main page. I'd be willing to keep help maintain it. I also could provide customized content management code - but only using the Webware Application Server in Python, that my site runs on. I cannot (or better: don't want) write PHP :(
Since you prefer Python to PHP, take a look at the Nuxeo CPS kit for Zope, which is designed to manage collaborative portals: http://www.nuxeo.org/ http://www.cps-project.org/
I'd be willing to help.
Christian Klippel wrote:
but the management of the site has to be done by others, since i have no spare time. i just can provide the infastructure.
With the help of a collaborative portal, the others would be developpers and users. It doesn't have to be nuxeo, but it should be easy to use.
d dieb13@klingt.org wrote:
that's why a "central" site with a simple name might help to spread the word.
We could try to build a test site and tranfer pure-data.org later.
-- Marc
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." (John Cage)
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