Procedure for 'Creating a Website for an OSS Project'
- Evaluate various free host services such as Savannah, SourceForge?, freedesktop.org, etc.
- Register with the free host service
- Establish accounts for several of the participants
- Ref. Creating a website
- Write procedure for giving web editing access to new participants
- Add logo to the site
List of typical pages for a typical OSS project
- Front page - 1-2 paragraph overview, recent news, and navigation to other areas
- Downloads
- Screenshots
- Discussion - links to IRC, mailing lists, jabber, etc.
- Documentation
- FAQ - Covering topics such as:
- General info about project
- Common questions about objectives/intentions
- Summaries of the various processes like reporting bugs, gaining admin access, etc.
- Comparisons to other projects
- How to get involved
- Plans - tasks, roadmaps, wishlists, etc.
- Developer access - CVS, nightly snapshots, etc.
