[Pydotorg-redesign] idea I had (expressed in the wrong forum)

[Dylan Reinhardt]

On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 07:35, Laura Creighton wrote:
> My next idea that should have been here but wasn't, because I didn't
> want to bring it up if it was diuscussed in the mail we weren't getting
> is making a staging area.  This is a complete copy of python.org with
> one difference -- anybody can write to it.  It also doesn't have to
> be mirrored.  Then when people such as journalists write articles
> they would like to have on python.org, they can just add the links
> to the staging area.  Later amk or somebody can check and make sure
> they aren't links to penis enlargers, and just swap the staged page
> for the python.org one.  


Rather that reinvent the wheel, why not use an existing, best-of-breed
solution written in Python?  Zope + Plone does this exact set of tasks
extremely well.

I previously offered to build a prototype.  That offer stands.


> The idea is to build a vibrant and dynamic community around the website,
> without burdening the site maintainers too much.

I couldn't agree more... this is one area where our current approach is
seriously lacking.

FWIW,

Dylan