On Thursday 08 March 2012 12:41:23 D.Bolton U0970268 wrote:
Any news on a venue for the 20th?
I was hoping that Mark was going to post to the list about it.
Which venue would you like? Arcspace would be better due to local server access and lots of computers to use, but harder / less likely to book. Madlab does not have the above facilities but is more likely to accommodate us.
By the way the 20th is Manchester Free Software's meeting, so perhaps we should reschedule? Could you do Monday 19th David?
At the last regular FSFE meeting we talked about having a set of web pages as a “front end” for the mailpod (albeit hosted on another server). I would be keen to see this achieved in as simple a way as possible, without resorting to overly complex layouts, and gimmicky scripts.
People visit websites for information – not to marvel at the layout. It is the duty of the webmasters to ensure that the information is clear, and easy to read – also that pages are easily navigable, and follow a logical sequence.
Another reason for keeping it simple is that the source should always be easy to understand, and hence edit/modify, by other people.
I agree that it should be simple to read and edit. Perhaps a git repo containing markdown files would be best? This would allow people to edit pages who don't know HTML at all. We can always add support for dynamic content in future if we need it.
So, what sort of information do we wish to put on the website? What is the website meant to do?
Personally I think the most important things are:
1. Explain what mailpod does 2, Explain why it does it 3. Explain why people should use our services 4. Allow people to sign up and pay for our services 5. Look professional and trustworthy 6. State the association with FSFE and Arcspace
Too much, or too little?
Out of interest this is the Fripost site: https://fripost.org/index.en.html
Thanks,
Sam.