woodsmailbox wrote:

> I'll just reply myself for now as I was just browsing the WEB mailing
> list for the first time :) Man, quite a debate about colors and layout
> and stuff. Take a look at php.net, do they look like they give a crap
> about layout and colors? That site is so accessible, that until now I
> didn't even noticed how totally ugly it really is. Its ugly theme is a
> signature and a proof of how good the site really is by just serving
> its users well.
>
> Sure a nice layout helps but for a community project there are other
> much more important problems you should focus on. Please take a minute
> and think about it.

woodsmailbox - there has been a wiki running for a while, but it gets
little support. I can't even access it at the moment (
wiki.firebirdsql.org ) so it may have been taken down :(

I am working towards a properly integrated web site for my own
activities, and one of the gaps is still a propoelry implemented forum
system COMPLETE with email mirroring. Something which still needs a
little work.

Dmitry - Helen has made the point in the past about wiki's being a mess,
and to be honest I do agree. The PHP documentation has a mile of
disorganised attachments to pages which do need proper management. BUT
the current system of creating 'adhoc' items of documentation is just to
inhibiting, so a wiki layer that allows people to add FAQ's or small
methods should compliment things. USEFUL stuff can be merged back into
the 'pdf' tree, but in reality there is little difference between the
htlm view and a well structured wiki. I use html exclusively in my own
stuff rather than a 'wiki' format and it works fine for me. The TARGET
should be a single framework that can access all of the material be it
raw documents, forum posts, wiki, blog or news articles, with a single
login and single 'editor' for content creation. Which as I said we had
for some time - powered by Firebird and easily configured to provide ANY
style of layout - so what was the problem :(

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