[Tinyos-alliance] www.tinyos.net

[David Gay]

On 11/21/06, Philip Levis <pal at cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 9:25 AM, dculler wrote:
>
> > I do think that product releases in our space are a value for
> > tinyos.net.
> > I'd like to see people advertise their recent important pubs or
> > results
> > there too.  How 'bout that for balance.
>
> I think this touches on a larger issue, one which has come up a few
> times in the past: what's the right format for www.tinyos.net?
>
> I don't think that the current news-centric approach is right for the
> front page. The front page should have things like the alliance's
> mission, TEP process, a BIG link on how to contribute, etc. There
> should of course be a news page, but I don't think it makes sense to
> be at www.tinyos.net. Thoughts?

I did a quick glance at www.python.org, www.apache.org and
www.linux.org. They all have News in fairly prominent positions, but
not as the first item.

Some ideas:
- A "News" sidebar
- "News" in the second half of the page

David Gay