[Opensim-dev] Changes to the OpenSimulator website

[Melanie]

Having lots of experience with Drupal by now, i'd be willing to 
donate some time to set up a copy of my installation, which has many 
essential modules and some features not found in the standard install.

Melanie

Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
> +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:
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>> 
>> * 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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