Re: what next?

[Marko Samastur <markos@elite.org>]

Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> now that the team is over 10 people strong, it's time
> to decide _quickly_ (before the current LWN edition is
> obsolete) what we want to do with the site and how we
> want to grab/keep attention from our audience (very
> important when shaping a site).

I wouldn't worry too much about that. This can only be achieved by
quality information and as long as there is not enough of that on the
site, not much can be done. Personally I think we should first build
something useful and then promote it (there are plenty of ways to do
that later).

> And one more thing: who's got half an hour of free time
> today to set up a Q&D front page and a tables-only HTML
> style?  We really want to start with the project _now_,
> don't we?

Yes, but could you first explain me what Q&D is? Same as Q&A? Anyway, I
can easily find that half an hour of spare time, but I do have to know
what to put on first. However, right now I can't ci things in CVS (have
to d/l CVS first :/).

Niall Richard Murphy wrote:
> 
> I would argue for a "specific task" approach. IE: prepare answers
> to common questions as
> 
> . How do I make my web server go faster?
> . How do I make mysql answer selects() faster?
> . How do I make my samba go faster?
> 
> etc.

I agree. It's the way most people think.
 

And again Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> I'm with you!  People who come to documentation sites are
> usually looking for answers, so we should do everything to
> make the answers easily locatable.

Which also implies, that site shouldn't be too deeply nested. I'd also
try to avoid tables as much as possible (but this is not a big issue).

> Apart from that, I think we also need a general introduction
> to explain to our audience why the site looks the way it does,
> what we're currently working on and how they can help us.

Agree, but you probably don't intend to have this done today, right? I
mean, it's hard to write about why the site looks the way it does and
other things you mentioned, when we just started to discuss them :)
I'd also propose that we try to avoid making this web only project. It
would be nice if all information could be find in some other formats,
like TeX. I suggest using SGML for writing.

Regards,

	Marko

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