[Opensim-dev] Changes to the OpenSimulator website

[Justin Clark-Casey]

+1.  Sounds good to me if the manpower is available.  One small thing - I hope 
by 'transport' you mean copy.  I would rather the old wiki remains intact in 
some kind of archive location.

I would suggest it would also be best to do the initial push for a website 
overhaul in a subdomain rather than immediately replace the old wiki.  Then when 
it reaches a minimally acceptable point the switch could be made.

One thing potential documentation writers may want to try is going into the 
#opensim-dev channels and quizzing developers directly about things.  We're not 
all good at writing documentation but everybody is happy to answer questions.


Fly Man wrote:
> Since there's long talk about this:
> 
> I would like to start by giving out an announcement about the
> OpenSimulator website that some people have been saying the last
> months:
> 
> "What the heck is this website, what does it do and where's the info"
> 
> After I heard this over and over again, we started the Wiki Hours on
> Wright Plaza on Osgrid only to hear that about everyone thinks the
> same about the website.
> 
> Talking in the opensim-dev channel made me realise that it's time to
> grab the bull with its horns and submit a request/suggestion to all
> the questions asked.
> 
> Request to make the website OpenSimulator.org a new site:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> * Make the current wiki a readonly version under /oldwiki
> 
> * Make a new webpage for the OpenSimulator website
> 
> ** This can easily be made in Drupal or any other CMS system
> 
> * Add a new Wiki to the website that has the latest plugins and
> MediaWiki version
> 
> * Check the old wiki for things that are recent enough to transport to
> the new Wiki and transport them
> 
> In the opensim-dev channel was also the suggestion to add a new
> category to the Mantis "Documentation" and that ppl can add Mantises
> about things that need documentation.
> 
> Further: I am suggesting that there are going to be policies to abide
> by (especially thanks to teravus to mention this)
> 
> Please reply on this request with a +1 or a -1 and explain why, how
> you see this.
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