[Open-bio-l] volunteering for openbio

[Jason Stajich]

Before we go gung-ho on suggesting content management systems - chris d
has put some work into making this easier with a new system that is
already up and running but won't get rolled out until he gets back from
buisiness trips at the end of the month - the key point is that someone
has to write content and keep it up to date.  Part of that means following
the project and writing

We are looking to have a shared news feature that is reflected in all the
project websites along with a project specific news and static pages.  The
goal is making much easier to insure that the news is up-to-date and that
we don't have multiple old versions lying around.
-jason
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Hilmar Lapp wrote:

> >
> > Well - almost certainly I think it is the web site that
> > sounds the best
> > place to start for you - What I would do is poke around the
> > web sites and
> > then propose a system which has to
> >
> >   (a) let the different sites have control of content sensibly
> >
> >   (b) has some commonish look and feel
> >
> >   (c) perhaps lets News items be centrally managed so people
> > in BioPerl
> > see BioJava annoucements and stuff.
> >
> >
> > What do other people think?
> >
> >
>
> I agree. Lots of developers will hug you if you get the website right
> (which basically means up-to-date news, announcements, and docs -- if
> any of these is outdated it leads to unfavorable results with people
> who actually trust websites presenting the latest stuff; I've had
> several discussions already about why bioperl has a 1.0 release if the
> news says 0.7).
>
> 	-hilmar
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Jason Stajich
Duke University
jason at cgt.mc.duke.edu