[Gimp-web] website proposal

[David Marrs]

There are that many split threads it's difficult to know where to reply, so 
I'll come in here.

Sven Neumann wrote:
> A redesign of the GIMP web pages is long overdue. I doubt however that
> it is a good idea to let a single person do this. But perhaps you can
> find more people interested in this. A team effort to redo the web pages
> would be very much welcomed.
>
I think I've said before that I'm also keen to update the site and have begun 
work to this end. I'll just restate that here. Maintenance should be a lot 
easier once the content has been updated.

The only thing I feel I need to add to the discussion is that I don't like how 
the wiki is separated from the rest of the site. For example, to view the FAQ 
you have to redirect to http://wiki.gimp.org, which feels like a completely 
different site.

It would be nice if the entire site was managed by the same CMS/wiki - perhaps 
we can discuss that at some point in the future - but at the very least the wiki 
portion of the site should *look* like it's a part of the Gimp website.

WRT the history page, I think its purpose is quite useful, esp. for putting Gimp 
into context. It's also a good place to address some faqs such as the difference 
between Gimp and Gimpshop, Cinepaint et al, what GEGL is and why it was 
designed, and so on. It's also a good place to garner interest in the project, 
which is no bad thing. I was intending to bring it up to date after I'd finished 
the changes to the mailing lists page.

Incidentally, should I attach patches here or to bug reports?

Regards,
David