[chbot] ChCh Robotics www site is live

[Richard Jones]

Continuation of Re: [chbot] Does ChCh Robotics need more www
presence?

I agree with all the comments so far and have put together
an embryo site
using msn. If impatient have a look at
http://groups.msn.com/chchrobotics
then read on...

The msn site will never meet all our functional and
non-funtional
requirements, so I see msn as temporary. Now we have a web
site we can
concentrate on robotics and collect the more subtle
requirements at our
leisure. Last night I had a chat with Mark Venter who setup
and runs the cmac
site: http://groups.msn.com/cmac He was generous with his
time and passed
on quite a few tips about using msn (thanks Mark). In
particular:
Pro:
1. It is free
2. It can be managed by many people. ie delegates well.
3. Can be configured from any computer via a browser.
4. May be integrated with a private domain name.
5. Good availability ie up time.
Cons: (Why this is temporary solution)
1. It can't be backed up.
2. It can't be transferred to another host.
3. Some folks have a bias against Microsoft.
4. Cannot select our own features
5. Quickly runs into storage limitations. (but can refer by
link)
6. Works best with MS Internet Explorer. (I used Safari for
everything you can
see today).
7. Does not seem to be seen by google.

So there you have it. My preference is for our own site,
privately hosted with
our own domain name and every feature on our wish list, and
I seem to have
done the opposite. If you would like to add to the site join
the msn group and
email me your user id so that I may set the management
permissions. When
we grow out of msn we can replace the msn pages with a
pointer to our new
shiny www site. (So archive you own data). And as with most
open source
projects please submit patches rather than feature requests!

TODO: Anyone have ideas for a logo?
TODO: Anyone up for setting up the msn messages?

Regards

Richard Jones

> Rex Teague wrote:
>
> >Is there any potential in the site Andrew setup?
> >http://www.instructables.com/group/chbot/
> >
> >
> >
> Instructables is a great for what it does, but ONLY that.
>
> As a software developer my first instinct is to look at
> the use cases to  try to work out what we need, which is
> what i was trying to discuss with  my previous post.
>
> What would people want for a projects page?  would it look
> like a blog  type thing, or just a static page?
> I could imagine wanting to have a "hey guys heres the bit
> ive been  working on lately" which leans me towards a blog
> , but that could also be  done within a threaded message
> group that allows pictures and a static  page to show the
> "current" state of development. C
>
> >Email lists maybe old fashioned but I much prefer them to
> the more  >modern web based forums. I'm on several Google
> Groups, they have  >storage options as well as allowing
> attachments to be posted. >
> >Yahoo Groups do well too but they have their management
> hiccoughs.  >Google is my preference, it can be setup with
> introductory material and  >has a good search facility!
> >
> >My thoughts... Rex
> >
> >
> >On Saturday 07 July 2007 00:31, Carl Ranson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Personally I'd love to see something like this happen.
> >>
> >>Mailing lists are pretty old fashioned and not being
> able to post >>images is a bit of a pain.
> >>It would be nice to have a page each to showcase our
> projects (yes, >>theres nothing to stop each of us from
> doing it ourselves) >>
> >>phpBB seems to be the de facto standard for discussion
> groups and >>there are even free hosting sites for it.
> >>example: http://nissanbluebird.8.forumer.com/index.php
> >>
> >>Google groups is totally free but I'm not convinced you
> could move >>off it if we go on there. Its probably
> trivial to get started though >>and does allow files to be
> posted. >>
> >>The biggest concern I'd have is that we should be able
> to moved to a >>different host or domain if the need
> arises. >>
> >>As for features, I'm less sure
> >>Threaded discussion board? essential
> >>File area? probably useful
> >>Project showcase area? useful
> >>Static page for group info? almost certainly
> >>
> >>Anything else?
> >>
> >>
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