From: <Chr...@t-...> - 2003-08-04 00:46:37
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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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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: >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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 >=20 >=20 > 2) This section will cover the requirements and guidelines for being > appointed an Official Envolution International Website. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 >=20 > 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. >=20 > These policies were discussed and voted upon in the Organizational > meeting on August 2, 2003 without objection. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/= 01 > _______________________________________________ > Envolution-devel mailing list > Env...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/envolution-devel |