Hello,
I don't think this is a good idea. You should not think "Drupal.org does a bad job at organizing the info" but rhater ask yourself "why does the Drupal comm. not manage to get the module info organized". The answer, is amoungst others that contribs are highly dynamic. Each new release causes earthshattering shifts in the contribs which become popular used and which die. Even troughout a release cycle you see this.
Continuïty is not something found in most of the contribs. This, however is a totally different discussion not to be confused with this thread :).
The forums is really the place where you want to be. Drupal is before all, a community. Drupal is not a reference. Nor a book. It is not an ecyclopeadia, and also not a recipe book.
You should rather learn to use that community to get to your information. In practice this means that you must lie around for weeks, if not longer and listen. Ask a question here and there, play with some of hte info you get, learn from that, and re-use that for more information.
This, is my experience, works far better then hoping for some magical gnome to pop up and write down exactly, and only the specific parts, for your specific project. That won't happen. But the collaborative knowledge is out there: Its up to you to shape that knowledge into the information you need for your project. And yes, that requires *a big* lot of time.
Bèr
On Thu, October 11, 2007 9:47 am, Edward Peters said:
I am embarking on a major project for a global NGO (www.iofc.org), migrating their websites from a custom-built CMS into Drupal. Our preparations involve assessing which modules fit our myriad of needs best. Does anyone know of a website which specialises in listing and evaluating Drupal modules (drupal.org doesn't do this very intuitively, even if a lot of info is there somewhere)?
I even wondered about setting up a special website for this purpose which could become a useful resource for those hunting for functionality. Would anyone be interested in such a thing? Using taxonomy we could make it easy to find what one wants.
Edward Peters
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Not only that, but module ratings are in the works for d.o, as I understand it. No need to duplicate that effort elsewhere. I'm sure the effort on d.o would appreciate some help. See http:// groups.drupal.org/drupal-org-redesign-analysis for more info.
Laura
On Oct 11, 2007, at 2:47 AM, Bèr Kessels wrote:
Hello,
I don't think this is a good idea. You should not think "Drupal.org does a bad job at organizing the info" but rhater ask yourself "why does the Drupal comm. not manage to get the module info organized". The answer, is amoungst others that contribs are highly dynamic. Each new release causes earthshattering shifts in the contribs which become popular used and which die. Even troughout a release cycle you see this.
Continuïty is not something found in most of the contribs. This, however is a totally different discussion not to be confused with this thread :).
The forums is really the place where you want to be. Drupal is before all, a community. Drupal is not a reference. Nor a book. It is not an ecyclopeadia, and also not a recipe book.
You should rather learn to use that community to get to your information. In practice this means that you must lie around for weeks, if not longer and listen. Ask a question here and there, play with some of hte info you get, learn from that, and re-use that for more information.
This, is my experience, works far better then hoping for some magical gnome to pop up and write down exactly, and only the specific parts, for your specific project. That won't happen. But the collaborative knowledge is out there: Its up to you to shape that knowledge into the information you need for your project. And yes, that requires *a big* lot of time.
Bèr
On Thu, October 11, 2007 9:47 am, Edward Peters said:
I am embarking on a major project for a global NGO (www.iofc.org), migrating their websites from a custom-built CMS into Drupal. Our preparations involve assessing which modules fit our myriad of needs best. Does anyone know of a website which specialises in listing and evaluating Drupal modules (drupal.org doesn't do this very intuitively, even if a lot of info is there somewhere)?
I even wondered about setting up a special website for this purpose which could become a useful resource for those hunting for functionality. Would anyone be interested in such a thing? Using taxonomy we could make it easy to find what one wants.
Edward Peters
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