[bme-develop] Re: bme-develop digest, Vol 1 #104 - 1 msg

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1. Website changes (Simon Taylor)

>
> Hi guys,
>
> Tim said yesterday he and Remi had been exchanging some emails about
> changes to the website; I thought we could move the discussion to this
> list.

Cause it was not about big changes on the website, that's why i didn't send a
message to the mailing-list. Also, i'm not used to work liike this so excuse me
if somethimes, i forgot to talk about it here.
BTW, Merry X-mas folks :)

>
> -I don't think the "front" page should necessarily just be the "About
> Bme" page - I think it should have a little information about what Bme
> is, and some of the latest news articles as well. After Bme is
> released, it would be nice to add some screenshots and a download link
> to the welcome section on the front page. I have played around a bit
> with this - check
> http://bme.sf.net/index2.php

Nice shot. The only thing is that i don't think for the two news, the body is
needed, only the title would be enough IMHO. What you think ??
>
> -Forum/Contact Us/Feedback all have similar purposes - it would be nice
> if these could be unified into a single "Contact" page; although that
> would mean writing some php to enable a simple forum-like page. I can
> try this in the next couple of days (btw, does phpMyAdmin work yet?)
>

I don't think PMA is actually working, but on that point, Mik knows more than
me. I agree that it's three same way to get in contact, so something between a
forum and the simple feedback form could do the job.

> -For my changes yesterday I had to change the stylesheet (to main2.css
> I think) as the one there already has rights set so only "sirmik" can
> write to it.

Please send it to me when you make some changes in files, so we could work both
on same files :) My code is surely not the cleanest so feel free to make some
changes !!!

>
> -Logo - I still think it would be nice to have a name that hasn't got
> "Be" in it (be-messeng-er was only a temporary joke name really), and
> with a new name, a new logo. Maybe if we get a threaded forum working
> we can ask for people's ideas on this.
>
> Simon
>
>

Also, i'm actually finishing a localisation system for the website, so you would
only need to change sentences in a text file to have menus and things in your
language (just like the Zeta Locale Kit in fact). It's all done, i just have
now to put everything in UTF-8 and test with various browsers (IE6, Firefox,
Safari, Opera...) and i will then send files to Mik.

Rémi