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Re: [Firebird-website] Pages from interbase2000.org
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From: Helen B. <he...@di...> - 2002-01-03 12:02:43
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At 12:23 PM 03-01-02 +0100, Pavel Cisar wrote: >Helen, > >Just on time for Big Change to Firebird's web site :-)=20 The interbase2000.org domain expires next week (Jan. 10 I think). Well t= imed. :)) >On 3 Jan 2002, at 18:30, Helen Borrie wrote: > >> Of special interest will be:=20 >> >> the Really Useful pages > >I'm not sure. I think that this kind of stuff belongs to sites like=20 >IBPhoenix. Not because it's doesn't fit for FB site, but because=20 >someone have to maintain it, and we haven't anyone to do so (if=20 >you're not willing to keep up with it),=20 Hey, when I said "static pages" I didn't mean I wouldn't maintain them, I= meant that they were not generated dynamically... I'd really like to see Really Useful go to the firebird site. One strong= reason is, it's a way for community people who don't program in C to par= ticipate in another area of "product enhancement". AND I WILL BE HAPPY T= O CONTINUE AS ITS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. >> the Documentation Index > >Great page tree! It's exactly what we have to build FB's doc section=20 >upon. > >> the Tools Pages > >Same as Really useful. Agreed then - I'll hand it on to Paul - though I think he got his links f= rom our pages. :)) It's probably one place where we could reduce duplic= ation... >> the Lists and Newsgroups directory > >Great page too. We need it. > >> (probably) the History pages > >For sure. Any community should know it's roots. > >> (maybe) the Case Studies (which all link to pages in the Borland >> web, but they don't flash up anywhere in Borland's InterBase >> sub-web)=20 > >Doesn't hurt. > >> the FAQ (minus any items relevant only to InterBase(R)) > >Of course. > >You forgot to mention IBDI Developer Register :-) It's very valuable=20 >resource that's deserve further maintenance and development.=20 We could "transmute" those pages and update them. A lot of those people = have disappeared now. But it is a good opportunity to let the world know= who's doing what in Firebird. >Also=20 >the list of Open Source projects would fit nicely to FB site. Oops, yes, I forgot about that one. It needs bringing up to date too AND= might even wake up one or two folk who have come to a halt... >> These are all static pages which use the same gifs for navigation. >> All I need to do is swap out the little "IBDI" badge and swap in >> a substitute involving the Firebird logo...=20 > >That's great, but I'd prefer the embedded format :-) i.e. no HTML=20 >header/footer or sidebars, just content of <body> tag. OK - but I think it would be good to maintain/incorporate the tree-style = navigation that I've used for those (which I think of as "sub-webs" - you= can hop around within them without having to go right out to the main pa= ge). I'm looking forward to seeing what you are doing about site navigat= ion in the new layout... >=20 >> Pavel, let me know how you want me to proceed. I don't have >> access to the web area...=20 > >Give me a day or two to prepare the basic framework & layout for=20 >New Site. I'll inform you all as I'd kicking it along.=20 OK - I'm leaving town day after tomorrow (early Saturday local time, retu= rning Sunday night sometime, in between, 800 + Km of driving and a party.= .. >If you haven't=20 >installed Apache + PHP (even for Windows) already, it's right time=20 >to do so :-) You don't need the MySQL Good. MySQL is against my religion. >, as we'll move away from=20 >phpNuke in favour to more slick (and hacker proof) design. BTW, if=20 >you're a project member (aren't you?), you can access FB's web=20 >area through ssh and scp. The best windows tool for secure file=20 >transfer between our web site and your computer is iXplorer (http://i- >tree.org). I don't have a modem connection from my Linux box...and since I'll be doi= ng all transfers from my NT box, I'd greatly prefer to stick with LeapFTP= . All I need is an IP address, presumably my project login name and pass= word will work? cheers, Helen All for Open and Open for All=20 Firebird Open SQL Database =B7 http://firebirdsql.org _______________________________________________________ |
