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Community Built Website?

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:05 pm
by mbtskysurfer
I am not going to beat around the bush. I am a Network Engineer that would never be accused of being a web developer. In my job I work very closely with the Open Source community and enjoy the creativity that group brings to the table.

That being said, I would like to see what the web development community can do with open access to a website. I purchased the domain http://www.buildthiswebsite.com. The site currently contains tools to edit the page. There is a forum to aid in discussion and vision for what the community wants to do with the site.

Everything is fair game. The editor/file manager will give public access to the Document_Root for the main site. PHPAdmin is also set up to create and edit the MySQL database that is connected to the site.

I would enjoy hearing you thoughts about the site. Go easy guys, like I said I am no web developer. If you have an idea, please feel free to edit the page for yourself.

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:09 pm
by Burrito
very interesting idea / concept.

I would love to help you out, but alas, I'm no developer either.

I'm sure you'll find several able and willing bodies here to help you though.

Volunteer Work?

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:29 pm
by mbtskysurfer
Burrito, thank your for your comments. I was wondering about your mod of my post to Volunteer Work. Is there a better place to put this post?

My concept is not for a volunteer work, rather for a site the community owns. If the community wants to create a website for people to build websites with, then so be it. If the community wants to build a forum it doesn't matter to me, anything is fair game.

I thank you for your time, and I look forward to what the development community can do.

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:31 pm
by Burrito
I didn't move your post. I'd say this would fit in either 'Volunteer Work' or 'General Discussion'.

Forgive me

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:33 pm
by mbtskysurfer
Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for the info.

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:28 am
by RobertGonzalez
Neat concept. It could use a little explaining, but still a cool idea.