[Bioperl-l] a Main Page proposal

[Dave Clements]

Hello all,

For open source project wikis, it's nice if the home page
1) Lets new users know that this is an active project with a lot going on.
2) Encourages people to contribute to the project and the wiki.

Both the BioPython,org and GMOD.org sites include a list of links to news
items on the home page.  This is done in both sites with a MediaWiki
extension.

The GMOD.org home page also includes a list of new and recently updated wiki
pages.  This achieves both goals, by showing what's happening, and by giving
people a slight reward for updating the wiki by placing a link to the page
on the wiki.  This is also done with MediaWiki extensions.

My 2¢,

Dave C

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