This fits right in with Karl's post about the "big 3" components of an effective portal site... :)
This is nice to hear. Since I'm new to the list and Zope, I hadn't heard this before. Having a nice turnkey solution like this will be great. Add in conferencing, a calendar, and some polling software and you've got a really nice instant intranet/groupware tool. I've been mucking with Zope on and off for a week, reading as much documentation as I can, lurking on this list, and reading up on Python. There seems to be a strong, enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and helpful community building around Zope. DC is pushing things in some positive directions (the WebDAV support is going to be a killer feature IMHO) and the open source thing looks to be the driving force here. At least, this it the vibe I've been getting. In other words, I'm sold. Count me in. I'm going to commit to learning Zope and once I get up to speed I'll recommend it to my clients. One more drop in the bucket.....
As many of you may know, we at DC are in the middle of a push to position Zope as powerful and flexible portal-building software. We are making progress on a number of fronts toward this goal, and we want to make sure that what we are doing has some visibility in the Zope community.
We will be exhibiting at the upcoming Linux Expo the week of May 18 in Raleigh, NC - our goal for the Expo is to demonstrate the Zope message of "unleashing potential", which means:
o Open Source
o Community Portal
o Through the Web
o Safe Delegation of Control
We plan to demonstrate this by reinventing the zope.org site, using it as a demonstration and case-study of a portal site that incorporates:
o Powerful information browsing and searching
o News items
o Issue tracking
o Community membership
o Community projects
o Personal areas that community members can maintain themselves
o Community involvement in the form of polls and discussions
We will be building this site as a real-world example that will, in fact, replace the current zope.org site by or shortly after the show. Though it will certainly continue to evolve over time, we plan to get as much of the functionality above as possible into the new site by the Expo.
The end result will, we hope, be a site that allows much better organization, greater community involvement, and better visibility of projects and community resources.
Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com