On Dec 1, 2006, at 7:35 AM, Steffen wrote:
On 30/11/2006, at 20.56, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I think the default page shouldn't be static, but something more interesting and dynamic, like the "news" page. "news" might not be the best term for it. But I suppose if we just start posting works on the news page, and make it easy for anyone to do so, then people will do it.
I was thinking somewhat the same regarding bloging on the website, since it could give the site more life. I also agree that the front page shouldn't be static and the same as the About page.
If it could be implemented in Plone, fine. An alternative would be that folks could add to a rss feed or that the website could kind of assemble a set of personal rss feeds.
Or it could be curated if someone wants to curate that page.
Then the example "showcase" would be superfluous. It might be anyways, if the blog-idea is realized.
The good thing (tm) regarding makeing it blog'ish is that people will actively do something to make the site live since it will display there work. The bad thing is that it no doubt will be a mess in some sense. Even if there were made a detailed guideline for what a post ideally would consist of (fx documentation of some sort given the kind of content) it would not last if not actively moderated by some one or some "group". However, that "mess" might be a good price for activity, hence promotion, on the site.
I think a moderator would be good. It could be something like guest curator for the site. We could just have slots for guest curator, like monthly, then anyone can sign up for a slot via a web interface, but you can only curator, say once a year, depending on demand.
The Share group in NYC (http://share.dj) has one time slot for a concert each week. Anyone can sign up for it on the website. It works well for them.
.hc
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