[Webteam] Choosing the platform for website

[Brad Fuller]

I like Pier too, as I've argued for it before on this mailing list.
I suggest that the people who do work on the site, the webteam, should
have some greater say in this selection -- simply because they are the
ones that are going to use it. I'm familiar with Pier, but Aida looks
very capable as well. The nice thing about Pier is that we have
several users and developers of Pier amongst us.

On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Matthew Fulmer <tapplek at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 07, 2008 at 06:24:56PM +0200, Janko Miv??ek wrote:
>> So, we have two proposals on-line:
>>
>>      Aida/Web/Scribo based: http://squeaksite.aidaweb.si/
>>      Seaside/Pier based: http://squeak.lukas-renggli.ch/
>
> Here is how I stand on this issue:
>
> Usability:
>
> I have been using Swiki and SmallWiki for a while (1.5 years),
> and I find them very easy to use. Pier is thus also very easy
> for me to use, and it is also nicely documented.
>
> >From what I have seen of Scribo, it is not intended for people
> who have ever used a wiki before, but for business people who
> live and breathe word, and cannot imagine a markup language. I
> don't like it's rich text editor, and much prefer a simple wiki
> markup system, regardless of syntax. I also find it's method of
> adding new pages extremely un-intuitive, and I also cannot
> figure out how to add non-document resources to the website,
> which is as simple as a drop-down box in pier (In the add
> command, you choose what you want to create. Default choice is a
> wiki page)
>
> Familiarity:
>
> One big thing that Scribo has going for it is that it is under
> active development, and that at least one of the developers
> (especially Janko) is always on IRC to answer questions and
> listen to suggestions.
>
> Lukas is not, but there are other pier developers on IRC (like
> Keith), but they are not as intimately familiar with Pier as
> Janko is with Scribo.
>
> Overall, I am in favor of Pier
>
> --
> Matthew Fulmer -- http://mtfulmer.wordpress.com/