WANTED: Maintainer for apps.xfce.org

[Joshua Tinnin]

On Wednesday 02 February 2005 09:05 am, Benedikt Meurer 
<benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> Hello Xfce users,
>
> Auke (our fearless server admin) suggested to create a website about
> Xfce applications (applications = basicly stuff that isn't in core,
> but related to Xfce). We are now looking for people to maintain this
> site. Currently, I try to maintain a list of apps at
>
>   http://www.xfce.org/~benny/apps.html
>
> but as you see the site is usually outdated and only very brief (it
> would be nice to include the panel plugins from the goodies project
> as well). The website will be hosted on xfce.org, as apps.xfce.org or
> directory.xfce.org.
>
> So, what we need:
>
>   - People to maintain the website, atleast one ;-)

I can do this.

>   - A suggestion for a CMS/Wiki, the maintainer(s) are
>     free to decide on this.

Do we really need that? How about static pages? For me, at least, that 
would be simpler for a project of this size, but it doesn't matter that 
much if people really want some sort of CMS.

- jt

> This is the original thread:
>
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>
> >>> might I suggest something like 'directory.xfce.org' that shows a
> >>> rather static list of Xfce applications and components? Should
> >>> not be that hard to maintain, and can even be wiki based if setup
> >>> separately of the main site. Other alternatives are also
> >>> possible, and the residence on the main site would make it
> >>> impartial towards xfce-goodies/berlioz... we just want to show
> >>> (as xfce devs) that there are many xfce applications out there!
> >>
> >> Such a page is already available at
> >>
> >>  http://www.xfce.org/~benny/apps.html
> >>
> >> which lists the available 3rd party apps. I started this page
> >> because there was a demand for such a list. If anybody wants to
> >> maintain this list instead (probably using directory.xfce.org),
> >> that would be very nice.
> >
> > BTW: How about apps.xfce.org, with some small CMS? And people that
> > keep the info up-to-date (screenshots, versions, etc.). Any
> > volunteers? ;-)
>
> not me! but that was sorta my idea, yes. You'd want an enthusiastic
> non-coder who can compile etc to maintain such a site (not too much
> work). But it's better than putting it on your public_html since that
> suggests that only one person is in control over it (not bad... but
> he should be coding instead).
>
> anyway as usual the http stuff is available. Pick a CMS/maintainer
> and we're go.
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>
>
> greets,
> Benedikt