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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: KOffice website re-design
From:       Cyrille Berger <cberger () cberger ! net>
Date:       2008-05-11 8:01:41
Message-ID: 200805111001.42038.cberger () cberger ! net
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On Saturday 10 May 2008, Valerie wrote:
> > Yup, and finding one that will work to avoid the sql
> > injection and cross site scripting exploits we all
> > know about, and the exploits currently emerging that
> > use the clientside scriting / ajax to infest the
> > SERVER with malware is even harder.
>
> I have no idea what that means. :) But if your point is
> that talented website developers are in short number
> these days because of the amount of nasties floating
> around, then point taken.
>
> What does the current website do about this?

The current website is very static, no database, and no input, so limited 
risk.

This issue is not the reason for the "short number" of website developer, it 
mostly concern the server integrity.

> The other major proposal I have is to make sure there's
> a visible "contribution" section instead of just
> "development." From my outsider POV, I've noticed that
> many open-source programs are heavily coders-centric, but
> a good community should be more than that: there are also:
> - Website coding maintainers
In fact, we should avoid to have them, and instead, either use a simple system 
(html or near-htlm like now), or a CMS (Content Management System) that is 
heavilly maintained.

> - Website content maintainers (the poor folks who have to
> go after all the developers to get news on what's happening
> and post them up)
> - Snapshot-compilers
> - People who submit tutorials
> - People who ask questions. How else are you going to figure
> out what people are having trouble with?
Those guys is what we need to find or whose life we need to make easier. For 
forum, we can (and probably need to) leverage on kde-forum.org, that would 
remove most of the maintenance burdain, there are allready forums related to 
KOffice, but the fact is no one ask question nor answer. You might then 
answer, but yes how the user can know about this website ? Which goes back to 
the main priority for the website: find someone to organise information.

> - Translators
> - People who report bugs
> - People who think up GUI concepts
> - People who think up features
> - People who submit resources (templates, Krita brushes, etc.)
> - People who spread the word
> - People who well... donate money
For most of those guys bellow we allready have quiet a working system, that 
could be improved, but that work allready to the limit of what we (the 
coders) can manage. 

-- 
Cyrille Berger
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