[Firebird-website] The Web Redevelopment initiative

[Helen B. <he...@ii...>]

This is an edited re-post of a message I sent today to the Foundation members' list.  I'm aware there is a lot of crossover but I do urge people to use the Tracker and this list for the discussions about requirements, as well as any other issues that could go missing due to being in fringe lists.

The committee has been a bit concerned about where Martijn and the initiating group for the Web redevelopment project wants to go next.  We have updated our page and made it available to others so that both Foundation members and others would be informed about what is happening so far.  Ideally Martijn and his group will join us here and keep things in one place. 

It was noted that, coincidentally, Marius Popa had come forward through unofficial channels, with an offer to have a web developer from his employer's company to redesign our web site.  From previous messages, it seems Marius is going to get his colleague to sign up here, which should be useful.

As you probably noticed earlier, Pavel has now channeled the Tracker notification email traffic to the firebird-website mail list.  Any progress can be published at the web workers web area (http://firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=devel&sub=web) as you firm up what you want to do. 

You can get to the updated page it by going to that URL and clicking on the graphic there. Note, this content is temporary and hence not "public" at the moment.  

To remind those who are confused about the responsibilities involved, the Firebird PROJECT website is not a responsibility of the Foundation.  Non-members are involved (or potentially involved) in various ways and it's unproductive to be posting mixed messages and threads in a variety of lists.  Ultimately, we want a website that serves everyone's purposes.  We're not going to get there by guesswork.  The Tracker has a few technical sins but its big advantage is that it gives us a central place where people wanting to take this task seriously can have their say.

Helen