[Python-Dev] Python icon

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Wed Jan 18 16:37:20 CET 2006


Nick Coghlan wrote:
> skip at pobox.com wrote:
> 
>>    Georg> Interesting, didn't even know a new page was in the making...  Do
>>    Georg> you know who is responsible for the new page?
>>
>>Tim Parkin is heading things up.  Look here:
>>
>>    http://beta.python.org/
> 
> 
> I like the look of the new page, but it took a bit of digging to find anything 
> about *how* it has been developed, or what needs to be done before the main 
> URL can be switched to the new page (e.g. integrating the documentation 
> properly). While it's in beta having that info prominent on the home page 
> might be a good idea. Something like:
> 
>   "This is a beta of the redesigned www.python.org. If you have specific 
> suggestions or display problems, submit them to the tracker <here>. General 
> questions or comments should be posted to comp.lang.python"
> 
> I thought for a moment that this week's python-url was going to help me out, 
> but it only linked the beta site without actually linking to any of the 
> discussion it referenced in the relevant blurb. . .
> 
> Appropriate enlightenment was eventually attained through Google:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-January/319862.html
> 
That's probably not a bad idea. We should also add script explaining how 
to download the beta site data and the generation software so people can 
play with it and get ready to be webmasters :-)

regards
  Steve
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