Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A840105A46A for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:32:18 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail-yw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.213.46]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1RSRAb-0000mH-KW for pgsql-www@postgresql.org; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:32:18 +0000 Received: by ywt32 with SMTP id 32so4499462ywt.19 for ; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:32:01 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.164.74 with SMTP id yo10mr2857519obb.69.1321871521059; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:32:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.38.201 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:32:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EC9058A.9000509@dalibo.info> References: <4EC7BD63.4080707@dalibo.info> <4EC9058A.9000509@dalibo.info> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:32:00 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PostgreSQL website redesign From: Dave Page To: damien clochard Cc: Thom Brown , "w^3" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archive-Number: 201111/32 X-Sequence-Number: 20308 On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 1:50 PM, damien clochard wrote: > > This was the biggest problem with the 2009 webdesign contest : people > were not allowed to modify the existing structure and content (except > for the front page). This was a mistake. It made the work very hard for > contestants and eventually the contest failed. The contest was done in a way that was intended to avoid exactly that problem - and in fact, not one of the entrants cited that limitation as a factor affecting their ability to design. The reason the contest eventually failed was actually because none of the designs were actually liked by those judging them. -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company