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what I'd love to see if a new site is getting created:

* light on resources (bandwidth)
* degrades well for not fully capable browser
* site looks nice, but stays simple and functional
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cos when i first came to damnsmalllinux.org i didnt know how to get on the forums, or how to download something.
Sorry if this is rude, but I find it a bit hard to see how you don't know how to navigate the front page... since I'd think usually web browsing comes before being a webpage designer, webmaster, etc... unless you were joking on (probably) needing to scroll on the front page.

I'd agree that the site could use some changes.  If this does happen, I'd vote on having this done with some kind of task group (though people are always hard to find and coordinate with).

jaapz: since there isn't a lot of dynamic content, I'm not too sure what you mean by backend.  Do you mean templates or something?
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cos when i first came to damnsmalllinux.org i didnt know how to get on the forums, or how to download something.
Sorry if this is rude, but I find it a bit hard to see how you don't know how to navigate the front page... since I'd think usually web browsing comes before being a webpage designer, webmaster, etc... unless you were joking on (probably) needing to scroll on the front page.

I'd agree that the site could use some changes.  If this does happen, I'd vote on having this done with some kind of task group (though people are always hard to find and coordinate with).

jaapz: since there isn't a lot of dynamic content, I'm not too sure what you mean by backend.  Do you mean templates or something?

not rude at all ;)

anyway, its no joke, i really had some probs finding the right links. this may sound strange to you but i heard friends of mine complain about that too, its just that the set-up of the site is not very logical, but when you know how it works its of course easy.

with backend of the site i mean for example (what someone said here before) a part of the site where John and Roberts could login to easily edit some part of texts on 1 particular page they choose to edit, this will for example be easy if roberts quickly wants to edit the latest release-texts on the front page

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a taskgroup could be nice, roberts or another admin could then set up a special forum where only that taskgroup can post. also when that taskgroup will be formed, it would be easy to have a IRC-channel, but thats of later concern
I don't see a problem. The site opens to an introduction. It has a list of links below that. It's a common and sensible design.

Short of using more tables or frames, both of which can be problematic in certain browsers (again, remember who uses DSL and that not everyone is using bleeding edge browsers), and maybe splitting out the menu so it's closer to the top, I don't know what should be done differently. Maybe shorten the introduction somewhat and set the full story on a separate page so the links don't require scrolling so far down. That wouldn't require a full committee to accomplish -- John could do it himself.
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I don't see a problem. The site opens to an introduction. It has a list of links below that. It's a common and sensible design.

Short of using more tables or frames, both of which can be problematic in certain browsers (again, remember who uses DSL and that not everyone is using bleeding edge browsers), and maybe splitting out the menu so it's closer to the top, I don't know what should be done differently. Maybe shorten the introduction somewhat and set the full story on a separate page so the links don't require scrolling so far down. That wouldn't require a full committee to accomplish -- John could do it himself.

the website is indeed quite good now, but here and there something could be renewed, for example, it would be a great idea if we put a CMS (content management system) behind the site, then the site would be easier to edit later on. this can be done by just one person, but when u have more persons it will be faster, and you have more people thinking in different ways about how something should be, so u'll probably get a better site when in a group then when alone.

and, when redesigning a site there doesnt always has to be a very important reason to do it. sometimes a site just needs a fresh look, and needs to be modernised (not too much ofcourse)

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i just thought of the DSL blogs, John is renewing the blogs now for almost over a year i think... he'd probably need some help with that too. when we make a website-team i think we can handle the blogs too
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