[kdewebdev-site] kdewebdev could use a forum
Chris van de Wouw
chrisje at home.nl
Mon May 23 02:14:01 EDT 2005
Hi,
On forehand, my apologies if this is already discussed and/or decided on.
I think a major thing that kdewebdev, or even Quanta is missing, is a place
for a community to evolve. Sure there are these mailing lists, but a forum on
the website is much more accesible.
I'm a huge fan of Quanta and have used it for years now, but since the start
of kdewebdev.org I only visited the site twice. This was also the case with
the old quanta site.
Most users install Quanta or any kdewebdev app through their distrubution,
giving them no reason for visiting the site. Some people might check the site
to see something's going on, but most visitors will only come when they run
in any kind of problem, or have some specific question in mind.
For most people, only having a mailinglist available, is too much hassle. I
think a forum would generate much more discussions and questions.
Consequentially a more visible community will arise and therefor more
frequent users will visit the site.
This mail is inspired by the 'request for help' mail (Quanta mailing list) by
Eric. Having more frequent users visiting the site, increases the chance of
donations and sponsors. Off course I can't be sure, but I think most visitors
of the site currently are people who are checking it out, not the people who
are frequently using Quanta (or any kdewebdev app).
my 2 cents,
Chris van de Wouw
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