Re: www.afterstep.org
Bean (bean@sierra.net)
Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
Sounds good to me. Not only if we could get the ftp site updated, but if
we could get someone TO update/host it. Unfortunatly, I don't have as much
pull at my ISP as I'd like, and my suggestion (plea) for the FTP site got
vetoed. I've been told by the higher-up that it will bog down our system
and its a no-go.
Personally, as far as I'm concerned, the www site needs a complete refurb.
I hate the "everything on one page" crap, and it needs to be organized a
lot better. I'll take a peek at the WM page for ideas (thanks for the
suggestion). I will remove the nekkid screenshot off of the front page
first thing, since there are so many complaints about it (eventually,
screenshots will have their own page w/corresponding look/feel etc..).
Any time/work you'd like to contribute will be more than welcome, although
I actually enjoy doing a lot of work and keeping busy.
We'll work out the specs of who does what, etc.. after the DNS is all
settled (just waiting on a reply from edo). What would you like to handle
most? (I get to do the graphics! :P).
-Bean
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, David Mihm wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Bean wrote:
>
> ! Well, it seems that I get to maintain and host the WWW portion of the AS
> ! site after all. If there are any features, sections, anything that you
> ! feel NEED to be added to the site, or if you have any suggestions for it
> ! whatsoever, let me know.
>
> This is great news, now if we could only get the ftp site updated!
>
> I have been asking (read begging) to turn the AfterStep sites into
> something useful to everyone (new|old users) for over 6 months now. I am
> here to offer my assistance in any and every way I can - point blank! I
> am online 16/7 and am in almost constant communication with the developers
> on irc as well as email. I am going to help whether you like it or not
> ... dangit! :)
> We can do this anyway you want: you just host it; host and fully
> maintain; host and co-maintain. I'd be more than happy to redo
> **everything** about the page - look/feel/research etc, but that will take
> some time. What we need to do now is at least whip the pages as they are
> now into the current century - aka point to the correct current/devel
> version, remove the offensive "nude" desktop, etc.
> As you might know, the f.a.o is terribly behind, so I have all the
> lastest releases/patches on my site (see sig + (/pub)/Linux/AfterStep/).
>
> Please let me help - noone should have to do it all. :)
>
> p.s. If you don't want my help, I have some sugestions:
> Look at the Official Window Maker web page - that's how it
> should be organized! Not with the first page full of dumb graphic
> section dividers and 4 screen fulls long. :)
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