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Hi

I know this is probably going to be an awkward issue, but is there a
chance of being able to give the lug site a makeover,  looking at it
right now it does not say much about the actual lug, that would appeal
to anyone out side the lug.

I think Neil williams is currently maintaining this and is quite busy,
perhaps if a few of us came up with something it takes the pressure off
neil and actually helps the lug a little.  Perhaps we can use a content
management system, such as joomla, (can this work with a wiki)  then
members could edit pages and upload content easily,  as well as still
perhaps having access to a wiki,  which i am not sure if anyone reads
let alone updates (apart from me to update the meetings page).

Could we also perhaps have advertising banners on the site, sold cheaply
to cover hosting / domain costs and perhaps fund room hire for events or
costs of gazebos for when we are at out door events.

Looking at other lug sites,  this caught my eye,
http://www.tyneside.lug.org.uk/news.php

partly as they are also 10 years old this, year and got some free
magazines,  I wonder if we can get the same.

the import thing about their site is that 1 they tell visitors to the
site who they are,  and also give information on meetings on the main page.

I think we need to appeal to a wider audiance.  I dont mind writing
stuff,  once its set up or getting more involved,  I am sure a lot of
content can be grabbed from the current site, made to look nicer, some
content removed or archived,  other content updated,  there are reviews
on there for suse 6.1  so kinda old,

Just a thought

Paul

Paul Sutton
www.zleap.net
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