Re: Domain conference.postgresql.org requested

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Domain conference.postgresql.org requested
Date: 2006-01-13 19:00:58
Message-ID: 43C7F8EA.3030606@commandprompt.com
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> Yes, but there's forms as well ... registration forms, submission of
> papers, etc. I'm also not clear that, for marketing reasons, we want
> conference registration to be buried in the www.postgresql.org
> navigation. Speaking of which, how many levels of navigation does
> postgresql.org support?

Well personally the conference should be the front page item right now
which would solve the navigation problem.

>
> Is there someone on this list who's willing to be at our beck and call
> to make changes that go beyond static HTML (like an announcements
> ticker)? And can turn these things around quickly?
>
> Each of the 4 of us leading the conference effort expect to put in over
> 100 hours organizing it this spring. We don't have extra time to spend
> on a web site beyond the development of content, so we need a solution
> that doesn't require us to do more than that. If that solution is the
> main postgresql.org infrastructure, we're going to need someone on this
> list to lean on, and lean hard.
>
> Aside from that, there's some question about whether or not having its
> own root site might be better for the conference anyway. If you look at
> O'Reilly or MySQL, neither subsumes the conference navigation into the
> main website navigation. I'm concerned that doing so will make it
> difficult for attendees to find the information they want.
>
> On the other hand, it would make it indisputable a "community" event.
>
> --Josh
>
>
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