Re: Site Redesign Project

Hi Tim,

If you're successful in building a good site that we all like, I have
no objection to you using it in your portfolio at all. We're all Open
Source developers and we understand the value of reputation amongst
peers. We all like to get paid in recognition at least :-)

The current site has the virtue that is actually resides as a
subversion module. So what you come up with has to have at least that
flexibility and functionality. In addition we make numerous tweaks to
the site whenever we do a new release or someone does a nice review of
abiword.

We're close to making another large milestone release (version 2.8) so
it would be great to have a shiny new site to go along with that.

So as far as I'm concerned, go ahead, do your redesign and we'll critique it :-)

One more thing, we have a variety of user documentation for abiword.
We'd like to be to make these available from the site as well.

Cheers

Martin

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 3:04 AM, Tim Sleeper<timsleeper@wittymonkey.com> wrote:
>
> Hey y'all-
>
> I was pointed to this list to propose a site redesign for abisource.com.
> Yes, I am volunteering myself for this project and do not expect to be
> paid. However, this is part of my business and I was wondering if it would
> be alright to post the project in my portfolio of work. If not, that's
> okay, I'll still do the work. Here is a short rundown of what I would do:
>
> --Do a complete site audit. I will need the help of whoever is in charge of
> handling the content of the site. We will decide what content stays, what
> content is deleted, and what content needs to be added and/or changed.
>
> --Build a new site from scratch. Personally, I have a harder time editing a
> site that is already in place rather than creating a whole new one. The
> current Web site will still stay there, I will just be building a new one
> on my local server. I build all my sites using the Joomla CMS (perhaps
> you've heard of it). This will enable me to concentrate on redesigning the
> site and someone else will be able to create the content. Joomla is a great
> system, and it is Open Source (as a side note, I believe Linux.com uses
> Joomla to power their site).
>
> --Template creation. Joomla uses what's called templates which control the
> layout and look of the site. I will create a custom template to use on
> abisource.com.
>
> --Extension installation and setup. Extensions would be contact forms,
> forums, user management, etc. I will need lots of help on this in the area
> of what features the site will have.
>
> That's the basic rundown of how the project would start. I need someone's
> okay to start this and some requirements as to what the site should
> contain, if it will contain anything different from what it does now.
> Consultation is part of my job and I already have some ideas on how to
> improve the site.
>
> Just so you know, I run my own personal company called Witty Monkey and you
> can view the Web site here: http://wittymonkey.com/
>
> Thanks!
> -Tim
>
Received on Sat Aug 1 01:02:06 2009