site structure proposal - Pdweb

20 Jun 2003


      Here is my proposal for the site structure:
* News
           o news
           o announcements
     * Developers
           o how to join the SourceForge project|http://pure-data.sf.net?
           o list of current projects/developers in the SourceForge 
project
     * Documentation
           o "About PD" concise explanation of pd
           o pd docs
           o Tutorials
           o FAQ
           o Development
     * Downloads
           o pure-data.sf.net packages
           o pd-gem.sf.net packages
           o links to sites of other externals
     * Members Pages
           o brief explanation of section
           o member listing
     * Community
           o patches
           o "art" (tracks, GEM pictures, flash-installations)
           o forums
     * Search
           o Search the site
                 + people
                 + downloads
                 + content
           o search PDB
             (could PDB be plone-ized?)
I think that we need to encourage people as much as possible to get 
them to join the CVS.  Highlighting "Developers" as a main menu item 
helps with that.  It is true that people won't use that page that much, 
but I think having it on the main navigation demonstrates the 
importance of the CVS effort.  If this info is tucked away in the 
"Documentation" effort, it makes it look much less important.
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