Hi, First some introduction, my name is Bertrand Mansion, I am still learning Python and I am new to this list. I have been developping websites since 1995 and I use PHP since 1999. I have been contributing to open source projects in the PHP and Apple Objective-C Cocoa framework community. I studied business at school...
I will go straight to the point, I don't like the new Python.org website. I didn't like the old one neither. The new one is not better nor worse than the old one, it's just a different shell. But in my opinion, it misses the point as well. I am motivated to make a better website for python.org. Why ? Because I am learning the language and I need a good resource to learn from. In its current state, I wouldn't want to use python.org because it's messy and doesn't match what I expect. It simply doesn't match the quality of the language. Note that I don't care about the logo, the colors, whatever is personal tastes related and that's not my point. In my opinion, the design has to fit a mission. I don't think a list of objectives was defined prior to the new redesign. Here would be my list of objectives for a new website, feel free to add your own: 1. Give a clear overview of what's available on python.org 2. Organize content and make it easy to access it 3. Be a gathering point for the existing community 4. Reinforce the Python image among the would-be python developers/users 5. Make it easy to add new features in the future Each of these points would need to be extended and detailed. Now I have a few questions: * Is there a community interested in building a better python.org website ? - An active mailing list dedicated to python.org ? - A wiki with some improvement ideas ? * Where is the current source code of python.org ? - Where are the scripts ? - Where are the designs ? - Is there a SCM available for checkout ? * Who is currently maintaining python.org ? - Design - Code - Goals and objectives * Was the last redesign a community effort or the work of one or a company ? * How about organizing a community contest for both the logo and the site design ? Many people are concerned, I am pretty sure there will be a lot of contributions, even from outside the Python community (for the fame...). The winners could be decided by half a jury and half the community votes. There would be a website to be done to take care of the applications. Maybe some companies would be willing to sponsor. Thanks for your replies, ---- Bertrand Mansion Mamasam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
