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[Tim Parkin]

Steve Holden wrote:

>Nick Coghlan wrote:
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>>skip at pobox.com wrote:
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>>>   Georg> Interesting, didn't even know a new page was in the making...  Do
>>>   Georg> you know who is responsible for the new page?
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>>>Tim Parkin is heading things up.  Look here:
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>>>   http://beta.python.org/
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>>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:
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>>  "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"
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>>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. . .
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>>Appropriate enlightenment was eventually attained through Google:
>>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2006-January/319862.html
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>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 :-)
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I'll try to change the home page content to have a comment about how the
site is in beta and what to do to get the content and build software.
I've also got to add a fix in on the current css.. If anybody needs the
graphics, they can still be found on psf.pollenation.net in the
resources folder (browser source > trunk > ...).

Tim