[kdewebdev-site] Phase I design and development opportunities

[David Joham]

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> Chris has proposed an idea based on what KDE does. In reflection I think
> KDE was set up with this interesting and unique procedure because of their
> familiarity with the tools. In thinking about this the idea of being able
> to use an XML processor within PHP and the ability to add tags in XHTML
> gives me the idea that this abstraction could be accomplished using XML. It
> would require a definition of the page layout elements and an XML name for
> those elements which would make content writing sort of like writing docs.
>

This is an interesting idea. I'll admit to not knowing enough about PHP to 
even envision how it would work (I've always followed the strategy Chris 
recommended) so I would like to see a prototype.

Jacob, can you work with Eric to put together a PHP prototype of what Eric is 
talking about please? Something that is a simple page that displays some 
goofy content and can have its language switched from say English to Klingon.

Chris, I'd also like to see a prototype of your idea. Would you mind working 
with Bill and D.Reddish (hey D. what's your full name?) to do the same thing? 

Just as an FYI, we may not even use the localization parts of the design (it 
will depend on if we can get some translators) for Phase I, but I want to 
have the capability in place for the future if necessary. 

Ideally, I'd like the two prototypes finished by late next week. I'd also like 
to have a first pass at the mockups/comps by that time. Américo, don't worry 
about any real content. I'm just looking for general look and feel for the 
site at this time. Once we have a good idea of what we like, then we'll get 
into specifics. 

Is this doable for all y'all?

Once we have the prototypes finished, we can decide which path we're going to 
take and begin to flesh out our design for how we're going to put the site 
together. I plan on having Bill help me with this based on his experience. 
Once we have the design, we can start to actually put some code together...

Sound like a plan?


Thanks,

David
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