Adapt new/changed content presention

adapt the way how new and changed content is presented to zope.org visitors

Status: IsProposal?

Author

d2m

Problem

Zope.org is experienced as a static collection of Zope related content and as a software/product repository.

on frontpage only general/zope.inc news and product releases are displayed
wiki changes are accessible through wiki only
created/changed information of user content is not available in a usefull way through search or customized listings
- example: 'Zope How-Tos': latest additions in March 2004
categorization of content through Subjects is not visible in search/listings
changes in zope.org documents are not displayed. creation, modification times and author infos are - in part - visible in folder_contents, but missing from the 'view'-templates
userfeedback/commenting is not a general option. users start gathering anywhere they see a chance to speak up. examples:
- http://zope.org/Members is used as a forum
- http://zope.org/Documentation/... backtalk problem
- articles that allow comments

Proposal

The visitor of the website experiences zope.org as driven by user-contributions, evolving over time. Add a new layer of access: information is available by time, state, type and subject. Besides that zope.org stays as it is, a document/software repository, available through folder structure and catalog queries.

conceptual prototype: weblog software

The website should adept concepts and methods of weblog software and add them to the overall information-strategy of zope.org. If weblog-style presentation is used or not is beyond this proposal.

new, modified and commented user content (news, documentation, product release) is displayed on the frontpage and on the respective area head-pages.
time, state, type and subject information (metadata) is used to create the listings.
any listing is also available as separate rss-feed
this will not affect the overall design of zope.org document storage
possible addition: support for user weblogs and weblog-management
possible addition: user defined/customized rss-feeds

Risks

None

Additional Material

scrap-book:

    Zope.org's structure (as of July 2004)

    - (left column):
      - About Zope
      - Business
      - Documentation
      - Download
      - Developers
      - Resources
      - Zope Exits

    - (center column):
      - What is Zope
      - System massages area
      - Zope for...

    - (right column):
      - Zope.inc Advertising
      - Zope.org Member news
      - Zope.org Product news

    'dynamic' content:

    - time
      - created
      - modified

    - state
      - new
      - modified
      - comment

    - content type
    - subject
    - creator
    - contributors

    areas of 'dynamic' content:

    - along the lines of left/right column content
      - frontpage: summary of news/changes
      - area: summary of area news/changes/comments
    - icons signaling states (new, modified, comment)