Re: [Boost-docs] [boost] Maintaining boost.org

Subject: Re: [Boost-docs] [boost] Maintaining boost.org
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-24 17:38:44

At Tue, 25 May 2010 00:32:02 +0800,
Joel de Guzman wrote:
> 
> On 5/24/10 10:41 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:
> >
> > One idea I had, before Boostcon when the whole where should Boost go
> > discussion came up, was to move to using something like the Drupal model
> > for sub-projects <http://drupal.org/project/Modules>. Particularly how
> > the projects each have their own web area. And also how the groups
> > section area of Drupal works <http://groups.drupal.org/>.
> >
> > Note, I'm not suggesting Drupal (even if I do currently use it). Just
> > some of the structure they employ for projects since it does mirror the
> > conglomerate project structure Boost has.
> 
> Last November, we switched the Spirit site to Wordpress.
> 
>      http://boost-spirit.com/home/
> 
> After having tried Drupal, Joomla, and a couple of other
> CMS, we settled on Wordpress because of its simplicity,
> low entry barrier and low maintenance. It's just perfect for
> people on the go, like us.

Agreed; WP rocks.  Consider WPMU (or WP3.0) and/or BuddyPress also.  I
am using those at http://techarcana.net, although I haven't had time
to make everything really nice yet.

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