Proposal for a new website

Hi all,

a very bad person has hijacked the thread of Bharat about Git. To take
him in the right way, I start a new thread here ;-)

It seems that some people agree that the "web presence" of the project
must be re-worked for a better consistency and visibility. As a starting
point for the discussion, I present the way I imagine it.


==== WHAT ====
A public website : www.galleryproject.org
    It is a "store" for the project. There should be :
     - news
     - forum
     - documentation for the user (installation, how to use, FAQ)
     - download
     - access to demo

A development website : dev.galleryproject.org
    This is the place that concentrate everything about development. The
    intented audience is the core team, the plugins developers, the
    themes developers, and people just interested to look at the code.
    There should be :
      - a wiki (No user info here, only API, roadmap, ...)
      - a bug tracker
      - a code browser

A VCS : git.galleryproject.org

A demo : demo.galleryproject.org
    A clean installation of the lastest version. It must be resetted
    each hour to avoid squatting. (some of the more popular themes could
    be added to the demo ?)

A forge : forge.galleryproject.org
    The goal is to group projects that turn around Gallery :
     - parallels branches (Windows, PgSQL, ...)
     - popular plugins and themes ?

    The projects in the forge have their own wiki/bug tracker (it is
    important that bugs introduced by theses projects are not in the
    main bug tracker, it's up to the maintainer to follow up the ticket
    to the core team)


==== WHO ====
There is a need for some skills :
 - Web design : create an identity for the project and adapt it for the
   differents websites

 - Web development : integrate the differents applications, may be some
   specific development

 - System administration : manage the server, DNS, and backups, install
   the applications


==== HOW ====
Depending of the resources of the project :
 - a dedicated server : it will handle all the services, everything
   needed could be installed

 - take the services where there are : there is no cost but it will be
   difficult to do good integration


==== MY POINT OF VIEW ====
It is probably clear that I'm in favor of a server that can be totally
managed, it will help to have something consistant.

The homepage must be clear and efficient : a quick presentation, the
last news and two big button "Try" (-> demo) and "Download". It should
not be longest than a screen (no scrollbar)

There must be no bridge between the public website and the two others
except ONE link in the menu (eg: "Development | Forge"). This way, the
end-user won't be lost in the dev except if he wanted it.

The sites must have the same design but must be clearly distinguable.
For example : three colors themes, and three logo (the main logo and two
adapted for dev and forge)

A shared authentication system would be great. This way, the same login
is valid for the forum, the bugtracker, and git (with a validation for
git, of course)


Waiting for feedback and candidatures...


Greetings.


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