Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:38:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To: Alexey Borzov <borz_off@cs.msu.su>
Cc: David Costa <geeks@dotgeek.org>, pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: PHP/Postgresql Advocacy
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Alexey Borzov wrote:

> I think that the most urgent thing in PostgreSQL advocacy is the update of its
> web presence. Right now all the advocacy ends as soon as someone clicks on the
> link and sees the abomination that is postgresql.org
>
> I am already working on the changes to website, just can't get any comments from
> the people who should (supposedly) be more interested in it than myself.
>
> If you are interested in helping, too, then here's how:
> 1) There is a well-hidden closed list for website development: pgsql-www. You
> can send a subscription request to it. If you pester the important people long
> enough on more public mailing lists (like here), your subscripion will be
> approved quite fast.
> 2) There is a module on gborg, it is called pgweb and contains most of the code
> for the website. Of course, database schema is conveniently hidden, but if you
> pester the important people long enough, you can have it.
> 3) Consult the archives for pgsql-www for the pointers on the things already
> done and that still need to be done. Comment on them.
>
> The most needed thing right now IMO is a professional looking design for the
> postgresql.org website. As Marc told me, the current one was done by his two
> year old child using crayons.

Alex: What you say is not as important as how you say it.  Using the
insults above will encourage support.