[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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