[JDEV] New End-User Portal

[Bart van Bragt]

Justin Mecham wrote:
> The following list is what I believe should be the immediate, primary
> focus:
> o A comprehensive developer-maintained client list, with optional
>   syndication capability from JabberStudio for projects that are hosted
>   there (for file releases, news, etc).
Sounds good.
Will also be nice if this new site was the only place with a 
comprehensive list. That will make sure that developers are motivated to 
keep the

> 
> o Documentation to assist in choosing a Jabber server to start out with,
>   syndicating the list from jabber.org.
> 
> o Documentation covering the basics of a select group of the most
>   popular clients (eventuall expanding into all clients, hopefully).
Hmm, IMO we should just link to the documentation provided by the client 
developers... It's their task to provide decent documentation IMO.

> o Other documentation (FAQs, glossary, etc).
> o News capability (syndicated from jabber.org, and also original
>   end-user oriented postings).
Indeed, but IMO this is not primary, it's a nice bonus though :D

> o Forums (preferably Jabber-integrated).
I can do this part. Already developing phpBB and working on the Jabber 
integration. phpBB 2.2 will have native Jabber support but I can put 
this support into phpBB 2.0.x as well (for this site).

I'm also working on a portal/CMS project that's based on the 
internationalization, permissions, templates, etc, etc systems of phpBB, 
but that will take a few more months before it's usable :\

> I believe once these basics are implemented, a more robust site can be
> tackled. Features that would be useful in the future would be:
> 
> o Internationalization support.
> o Documentation covering the basics of setting up your own Jabber
>   server.
> o Community-oriented features to assist new users in finding people on
>   Jabber to talk to.
> o Directory of Jabber-powered services (bots, etc) that new users can 
>   use to get the weather, etc.

Overall this all sounds like a good idea! Now let's see if we can get a 
team of devoted people together...

Cheers,

Bart