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Re: Website Updates


From: Quentin Spencer
Subject: Re: Website Updates
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:00:07 -0600
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Bill Denney wrote:

So, I've been thinking of several things that need updating on the website-- some of which I can do, some of which I don't know the info to put in.

First, I'd like to have a page for the related projects. There are several GUI and plotting projects currently in the works, and I'd like to have them mentioned on the website so that these projects can be easily known and/or found. So, for maintainers of related projects, can you please send the following information (if you think that there is more relevant information then let me know):

What kind of project is yours (gui, plotting, etc)?
What is the website or how can someone get the code?
What is the version of your code?
Please also include a paragraph describing your project.

Second, I'd like to update the projects page (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/projects.html). This was autogenerated from projects.texi apparently, so the place to start with this would be finding then cleaning up projects.texi. If it does not exist (I couldn't find it by searching the CVS of the website or the source), then I'd like to start to clean up what's there and update it.

Third, I'd like to have improved instructions for installation on Mac and Windows on the website (this may be a better choice for the wiki, but I'd like an official version somewhere). I recall seeing a couple of links recently for instructions that covered Mac and Windows independently. Would the people who put those up be willing to let me use them (with minor modifications, primarily formatting).

Also, if anyone would like to help with maintaining the web pages, please let John and me know. I'm working to bring the pages up to date, but it would be nice in the future to have maintenance handled by several people so that there is not just one person who is the webmaster but a team.


I wonder if the projects page shouldn't also be part of a wiki, so it can be readily updated by the various individuals involved in the projects. I've been thinking that maybe the best solution is tighter integration between the top level octave pages and the wiki, where a few top-level web pages are static html, but some of the links go to pages on the wiki, which a similar look and feel. For example, the official web site for the Fedora linux distribution, fedoraproject.org is entirely maintained as a wiki. Users are required to sign on with a username and password to edit it. This would require some coordination and some changes in how the wiki is currently managed, but in the long run, this would hopefully make it possible to make the information more up to date.

-Quentin



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