Hi John! I would like to share some lines with you... Let's start! 1)- The Mambo theme you are using is not W3c approved. This could not be a problem except for the fact that the site is quite incompatible with Opera and Konqueror browsers. The real issue is Javascript... 2)- I like the cut you give to opensourcemusic.info. You maybe will have community success... I really hope so! But be cool... Linux Audio Community seems to be really cold in everything is user friendly and in some way *newbe* oriented... especially forums and website communities... The preference is always mailing lists! This is my experience with OpenJay.org... 3)- I think I would add your RSS in OpenJay.org. I think altough that articles about programs should be a little bit longer than now... ;-) Greetings for your work John and welcome to the LAU community! Cheers, ----------------------------------------------- Gianluca Romanin aka J_Zar (See you at OpenJay.org) ----------------------------------------------- Alle 23:16, venerd? 1 luglio 2005, John Mulholland ha scritto: > I am the person responsible for opensourcemusic.info. > > Please allow me to introduce myself. I am twenty six, and a sometime > student living in Southampton, UK. I live and breathe music, and I guess > I would be referred to as a geek by most of my friends. > > I registered the domain sometime ago. Until about two weeks ago the site > was actually quite broad. There was a glossary, downloads, a reading > lists, downloads (culled from sharewaremusicmachine) and lots and lots > of news items (creative commons, p2p, patents, stuff like that.) I was > working on getting the site to show in several different languages > (using a tool called mamblefish) when it all went badly wrong. > > The server guys have kindly provided me with a backup with which I am > looking to rebuild the site. There is some truth in the sentence that > the site is run by a group of volunteers. In as much as that there are > one or two other people who have expressed an interest. However, I have > done the vast majority of the work on my own. And (as I am by no means > an IT ninja, so this stuff takes me a long time) ... there has been many > sleepless nights. > > I was just thinking about the site when I saw these emails pop up in > Thunderbird. > > I would love it to be a community run (not for profit) site. This was > always my wish for the site. I think a mambo powered CMS could be of > great benefit. However, I have not so far had much luck in attracting > help. (This really is my fault as I am not very good at asking for > help.) If people are interested in developing the site and making use of > it as a community resource I would be delighted. I dont think I can do > it on my own. I have neither the time, money or knowledge needed to do > it justice. So far I have paid all the server bills, and I will be happy > to continue to do so for as long as I can afford. > > Should there be no interest in developing the site this way then I think > I'll do the following. Write an introductory piece for the front page > for those new to open source computing, and then suggest three or four > programs for each section. And then leave it that. > > I would like it to be used in the best possible way that benefits > others. I guess this list is the best place to raise the question about > its use. It's up to you all. I am not looking for any money from it. If > you are interested in helping please do get in touch. > > Thanks all for the oppurtunity to introduce myself, and I hope this has > gone someway to answering those questions. As for the programs in the > wrong categories, yep thats all my fault. > > John -- -- ----------------------------------------------- Gianluca Romanin aka J_Zar -----------------------------------------------