What now?

[Philippe Monnet]

rubycamping.com [9]
campingframework.com [2]
rubyoncamping.com [10]
whywentcamping.com [1] (cute but I wonder if people may skip the site 
link by thinking it has nothing to do with Ruby)

I feel that having the word Ruby in the name would be good for SEO and 
more likely to incite people not familiar with Camping to click on a 
link due to the association with Ruby.


Dave Everitt wrote:
> @Philippe:
> Agreed - if Camping is going to get any mindshare it does need a 
> portal one-stop site.
> BTW rubyoncamping - ROC (as in 'solid as a...' :-? )
>
> So... .com/org/net(all?) domain options (bearing in mind 
> SEO-friendliness and availability) - [ ] = add a score out of 10:
> rubycamping.com [ ]
> campingframework.com [ ]
> rubyoncamping.com [ ]
> whywentcamping.com [ ]
>
> Domains cost around £12 p.a., which I'm sure we can find between us. 
> Hosting (I imagine with all the sysadmins and webmasters on this list 
> ;-) is effectively free.
>
> @Julik:
>> A new site shared over githubz would be nice
> You'll have heard that _why's inheritance already has a preservation 
> plan (see 'Decentralization of _why's Projects' at 
> http://whymirror.github.com) - there's a lot of 
> [planning|thinking|reporting on what's happening] there, and Magnus is 
> already part-time 'scoutmaster' for Camping at 
> http://github.com/camping/camping ... or did you mean something other?
>
> - Dave
>
>> I like the idea of updating the  rubyforge site,  but  having a main  
>> site  to  publicize  Camping would  be a nice addition and would  
>> have the benefit of being easier for people to find or remember 
>> (especially if they are new to Ruby). I really like:
>> rubycamping.com
>> campingframework.com
>> Here is an additional suggestion: rubyoncamping.com (like ROR).
>> The new site could act as a portal for everything Camping, such as 
>> news, rotating features on sites using Camping, code snippets, etc.
>>
>> Philippe
>>
>> Dave Everitt wrote:
>>>
>>> Agreed, but ideally it would be great to have it updated as the dead 
>>> links (redhanded.hobix.com, code.whytheluckystiff.net etc.) give the 
>>> impression that Camping is neglected (also with the CHANGELOG frozen 
>>> at 1.5 in 2006), and that's a bit sad for such a nice little 
>>> framework! Perhaps the community could list and collate the 
>>> necessary changes/updates on each page, then updating could be 
>>> shared (I'd be more than willing to do updates)?
>>>
>>> An external website would be an extra to collect links and provide 
>>> an overview, with - say - where get Camping, recent examples from 
>>> the community, how-to guides (or links and previews), etc. all in 
>>> one SEO-optimised place. Also, Camping does have some advantages 
>>> over - say - Sinatra (one being that Sintra needs a reload with each 
>>> code update) - these aren't immediately apparent unless pointed out. 
>>> A few of the best Ruby Micro-frameworks deserve a fair hearing, and 
>>> Camping isn't getting all the web presence it deserves - that's what 
>>> motivates me!
>>>
>>> - Dave Everitt
>
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