On Jan 7, 2008 9:39 AM, Placid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm a huge fan of Django. Let's face it, coding a Django site is just > plain fun. And I've only just scratched the surface of what it's > capable of. One of the things I've missed with Django is that I > doesn't seem to have much of a community past #django on > irc.freenode.net and sites such as djangocommunity.com (which is non- > existent pass the landing page) and djangopowered.org (cool site, but > not much to it). Therefore, I would like to propose a new site, > djangojunkies.net/.co.uk/.com, that does just this: a simple, elegant > Django site, that encapsulates a community-driven ethos and provides > services such as tips, forums and news all about Django. Somewhere to > hang out and have fun. Somewhere to get the word out about how cool > and fun Django can be! > > Why am I posting this here? Well, I want to see if there's anyone here > that'd like to join me in creating such a site. I'm no web designer, > so I I'd need someone who knows paintbrush from their elbow, and is > proficient with web technologies such as Javascript, XHTML (1.1) and > perhaps even a bit of AJAJ (JSON, not XML!). I have a VPS that I can > host it on, and already own the domains (djangojunkie[s].net, com > and .co.uk). > > What are your thoughts? Do you have complaints or suggestions? Even > just a 'yay' or 'nay' would do :) > > If you'd like to participate, please email me at placid AT beplacid > DOT com and we'll see what we can muster up.
My thoughts are: have you contacted the people behind either of the sites you mentioned, to see if they have existing plans for future expansion? I'd hate to see multiple sites go to all the trouble of building an "all-in-one" community site, only to have them essentially competing for mindshare. That's a no-win situation. A win-win situation would be to try to see existing sites grow to something more useful. I'm not trying to discourage, I've just been involved in many communities in the past where multiple groups each tried to get their site out there, usually to overcome shortcomings of a similar site, and it just ends up with a variety of sites with the same purpose and features, but with fractured audiences and limited content. If you've confirmed that the other two sites you mentioned are indeed going nowhere, and their owners are unwilling to work with you, then by all means, go ahead. I just wouldn't recommend bypassing them just because it doesn't look like there's any progress. -Gul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
