If someone has some ideas what they want it to look like, I can code php/html/css alright. It's coming up with ideas that I like that is my problem. I have started three or four design ideas for the site that I didn't like, including one that looked like an OS and had style sheets for KDE/Gnome or Terminal.
<br><br>So if you have some "style samples" of sites that are good for this application, I am sure I can do a site "parody".<br><br><p><DEFANGED_div><DEFANGED_span class="gmail_quote">On 7/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Godwin</b> <<a href="mailto:geektoyz@gmail.com">geektoyz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</DEFANGED_span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" DEFANGED_style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
Sure we can make the wiki page the home page for now. I'm somewhat<br>partial to home-brewed looking sites (nice ones with css) as opposed<br>to cookie-cutter ones, but my web design time is being taken up at the<br>moment. :-)
<br><br>If/when a good web designer surfaces, maybe we can maintain both.<br><br>G-<br><br><br>On 7/2/06, Szymon Machajewski <<a href="mailto:smachaje@grcc.edu">smachaje@grcc.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> Godwin,<br>><br>
> You've made a call for a web developer in the past. Why don't we take<br>> the wiki as the home page for now. This would defuse the need for one<br>> developer.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Szymon Machajewski
<br>><br>> Solutions Engineer / DBA<br>> Red Hat Certified Engineer<br>> Microsoft Certified Solution Developer<br>> <a href="http://www.grcc.edu/smachaje">www.grcc.edu/smachaje</a><br>><br>><br>> >>>
<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a> 7/2/2006 1:05:28 am >>><br>> One more thing. When I first noticed GRLUG a year or two ago, I<br>> thought it was dead. The website hadn't been updated in ages. Even
<br>> now, there's not much to look at, and the only active content is<br>> passively active; there's nothing about a wiki that makes one want to<br>> check back for updates.<br>><br>> Simply choosing some colors and linking to a .CSS file would help, but
<br>> the old announcements should probably be removed.<br>><br>> Are there any web developer natives around here?<br>><br>> On 7/2/06, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> > Looking at the list, there seem to be a large number of casual<br>> users,<br>> > as opposed to Linux-using professionals.<br>> ><br>> > Not that I can get a complete feel for GRLUG after attending one
<br>> > meeting, but the casual side of Linux did seem lacking. (But maybe<br>> an<br>> > after-one-meeting impression is needed.) Clustering filesystems are<br>> > useful from an administrators standpoint, and fascinating to me.
<br>> ><br>> > However, the average home-user of Linux is going to be more<br>> interested<br>> > in what games are available, or how to get 3D acceleration for their<br>> > ATI or NVidia card, or where to find a Linux distro that takes
<br>> > advantage of x86-64.<br>> ><br>> > I expect that within a year or two, people are going to be asking<br>> how<br>> > to use Linux for everyday home tasks. (How do I run TurboTax on this<br>
> > Linux system my grandson set up? How do I write my English paper on<br>> > this computer I got for cheap? How do I PRINT?!)<br>> ><br>> > If people are interested, I'd be happy to demo the proprietary and
<br>> OSS<br>> > ATI drivers, and the proprietary NVidia driver. I could show off<br>> many<br>> > of the games that were developed for Linux, or ported to Linux.<br>> ><br>> > But that's really not the kind of thing that struck me as a focus
<br>> > point for GRLUG, after attending one meeting. And if that's what it<br>> > looks like to someone who sat through it and asked questions, what's<br>> > it going to look like to someone whose interests are entirely
<br>> > consumer-oriented?<br>> ><br>> > On 7/1/06, Szymon Machajewski <<a href="mailto:smachaje@grcc.edu">smachaje@grcc.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> > > I don't see this as a new club. This is not about a 'club' but
<br>> > > networking people of the particular interest.<br>> > ><br>> > > I think having people on both lists makes sens. A new person<br>> looking<br>> > > for Linux contacts may find
<a href="http://meetup.com">meetup.com</a> before they stumble on<br>> grlug.<br>> > ><br>> > > Also we had rather humble turnout at the meetings so putting more<br>> > > advertising of GRLUG meetings online in various places may be
<br>> > > beneficial.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Szymon Machajewski<br>> > ><br>> > > Solutions Engineer / DBA<br>> > > Red Hat Certified Engineer<br>> > > Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
<br>> > > <a href="http://www.grcc.edu/smachaje">www.grcc.edu/smachaje</a><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > >>> <a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a> 7/1/2006 10:36:49 pm >>>
<br>> > > This is a group of people that don't find GRLUG what<br>> > > they want? Or don't know about GRLUG? I see at<br>> > > least one person that has appeared in the GRLUG<br>> > > messages.
<br>> > ><br>> > > I looked at the site, but still am not too sure what<br>> > > the point is. Are they looking for a new club to form?<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > -Bob
<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > On 7/1/06, brad <<a href="mailto:brad0002@ameritech.net">brad0002@ameritech.net</a>> wrote:<br>> > > > For anyone interested in this group.<br>> > > >
<a href="http://linux.meetup.com/cities/us/mi/grand_rapids/">http://linux.meetup.com/cities/us/mi/grand_rapids/</a><br>> > > ><br>> > > > Brad<br>> > > > _______________________________________________
<br>> > > > grlug mailing list<br>> > > > <a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a><br>> > > > <a href="http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug">http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug
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