[mythtv-users] www.mythtv.org updates

[Kerry Wilson]

Steve Baker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> not sure if -users or -dev is the right spot, but will float it here first.
>
> The www.mythtv.org site is very, very static. We are days (hours? :-P) 
> away from a major new release, and the last update on the main page is 
> from May 2005. As someone who is actively watching the message boards, 
> downloading and deploying the SVN versions, and actively using Mythtv, I 
> know mythtv is going stronger than ever - and that its a very exciting 
> time. To the casual observer or shopping around for the right PVR 
> solution however, the front page does not communicate this buzz, or that 
> any progress is occurring at all. It would be great to have more regular 
> updates, and see a bit more information on the main page as to what is 
> going on behind the scenes - and potentially get a few more people 
> excited and involved in the mythtv experience. Two proposals;
>
> 1) With the sheer volume of messages we see on the mailing lists, having 
> a few brief lines once every week summarizing what is going on - i.e. 
> new features committed into SVN for the next version, the feature list 
> for 0.19 that is nearing completion, and links to interesting or 
> insightful threads. Shouldn't be too much of a burden, as pretty much 
> all the text could be copy-pasted from existing posts, however the 
> mathematical equation (some work > no work) holds true.
>
> 2) I'm willing to knock out a PHP script that pulls from the main 
> sources of info and generates a "status box" that shows the main bits of 
> info about the SVN versions and discussion boards.I'm envisaging 
> something like http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/roadmap combined with a post 
> count for -dev, -users and -commits (# of posts in the last hr, day, 
> week, month.....) Not quite as informative as the first option, but a 
> fire and forget option that requires no ongoing effort.
>
> Naturally, both of these can be done - or, if everyone is happy with the 
> current situation, nothing needs to change. Let me know what you think.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve Baker.
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>   
I emailed Isaac about a month ago, asking if I could redo the website 
using one of the newer cms packages. I suggested drupal which is what 
spreadfirefox.com is powered by.  Anyways, I definitely agree that 
something needs to be done.

Kerry