Re: [Envolution-devel] Envolution Official International Website Policy

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I'm gatoNero, one of three webmaster of eNvolution.de and german
localization director. I have been just a week in holiday until today.
Now I'm very suprised what happened meanwhile. It's hard for me to
understand, to develop ENISS guidelines in a chat. Specially because I
made several suggestions, how to organize the content of ENISS sites,
like FAQ and download structure etc. I'm not shure, that this is what we
need. It sounds like a decret to me.=20

Am Son, 2003-08-03 um 07.03 schrieb Scott Kindley:
> This announcement is to inform the Envolution Community how we will be
> implementing navigation to our International Support Sites and how those
> websites interact with each other based on the input and feedback from
> the organizational meeting held Aug 2, 2003.
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> The Envolution International Network of websites is just that, a
> network. So as a network there are some guidelines and requirements to
> be considered an Official Envolution International Website.
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> To create a network which functions in a similar manner and provides a
> clear and concise image and web presence to the public at large our
> community has voted to implement these changes in policy toward
> networked Envolution websites. Once again, these policies do not affect
> non-official websites or enthusiast websites they are specifically for
> Official Envolution International Websites.
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> 1) This section will describe URL naming conventions and how navigation
> and forwarding to Official Envolution International Websites will take
> place. I will use an example to illustrate how we will be implementing
> this.
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> Stefan K=F6hler is the webmaster of the Official German Envolution
> International Website. He currently manages the envolution.de domain.
> People who wish to access support in the German language will still be
> able to acces that site with the familiar domain name envolution.de, so
> nothing in regard to that changes.
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> We will however place the envolution.net domain seperate from the
> envolution.com content. The envolution.net domain is defined by the .net
> top level domain designation which is an internet standard for
> identifying networks.
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> We will place a single webpage up on the envolution.net website that
> lists each Official Envolution International Network Website
> individually. Information will contain contact names for each Official
> Envolution International Website along with a brief welcoming message=20
> in the language appropriate to each website. Links will be provided for
> the Official Envolution International Website in this format:
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> http://www.germany.envolution.net
> http://www.germany.envolution.com
> http://www.germany.envolution.org
> http://www.germany.envolution.info
> http://www.germany.envolution.biz
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> All five of the Envolution top level domains need not be listed if that
> is not preferred by the Official Envoltuion International Website
> Manager. But they can be.=20
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> 2) This section will cover the requirements and guidelines for being
> appointed an Official Envolution International Website.
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> a) All Official Envolution International Websites will be required to
> maintain a similar look and feel. That is to say that each Official
> Envolution International Website must be running the Envolution CMS.
> They should have the same theme but may have different colors and such.
> For example of this take a look at http://www.germany.envolution.net. It
> has the same theme as the Envolution.com website...yet still maintains
> it's own identity by the use of different graphics and colors.
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> b) All Official Envolution International Websites will also designate
> someone who can interact with the main Envolution.com staff to
> coordinate news and translations of news. The primary contact from
> International Websites to the main Envolution.com website should be
> coordinated with the Project Manager ApathyBoy.
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> c) All Official Envolution International Websites will need to provide
> reciprocal links back to other Official Envolution International
> Websites, including the main Envolution.com website using the same URL
> naming conventions described above in section one.
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> The reasons for this policy implementation is to help overcome
> communication barriers between all the different cultures and languages
> our community uses. By providing the reciprocal links we truley will
> become a network of international websites. It also gives a constant URL
> naming convention for visitors to use that still identifies the
> Envolution brand and allows individual maintainers of the websites to
> concentrate on support and development instead of DNS issues.=20
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> It also does not lock Envolution into a particular server should an
> Official International Website change. If for example the current
> Official Envolution International Website becomes inactive or chooses
> not to support the Envolution project we can simply redesginate the
> domains to a website that will take it's place. This policy protects the
> community and preserves the ability of individual official international
> websites to act independantly of the main Envolution.com website to
> better serve the support and language needs of their constituants.
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> These policies were discussed and voted upon in the Organizational
> meeting on August 2, 2003 without objection.
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