Re: Site Redesign Project

It would be great if the new site could be localizable and have the
option of switching the language. I have in mind www.mozilla-europe.org
or www.xfce.org, two nice examples of multilingual sites.

cheers
besnik

Më 08/01/2009 01:36 AM, Martin Sevior shkrojti:
>
> 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 01:26:48 2009