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<small><font color="#3333ff" face="Lucida Sans Unicode">rubycamping.com
[9]
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campingframework.com [2]
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rubyoncamping.com [10]
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whywentcamping.com [1] (cute but I wonder if people may skip the site
link by thinking it has nothing to do with Ruby)<br>
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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.</font></small><br>
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Dave Everitt wrote:
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cite="mid:A07D5BB4-8A82-417B-8AD9-0CC896DE5B5C@innotts.co.uk"
type="cite">@Philippe:
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Agreed - if Camping is going to get any mindshare it does need a portal
one-stop site.
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BTW rubyoncamping - ROC (as in 'solid as a...' :-? )
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So... .com/org/net(all?) domain options (bearing in mind
SEO-friendliness and availability) - [ ] = add a score out of 10:
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rubycamping.com [ ]
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campingframework.com [ ]
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rubyoncamping.com [ ]
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whywentcamping.com [ ]
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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.
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@Julik:
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<blockquote type="cite">A new site shared over githubz would be nice
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You'll have heard that _why's inheritance already has a preservation
plan (see 'Decentralization of _why's Projects' at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://whymirror.github.com">http://whymirror.github.com</a>) - there's a lot of
[planning|thinking|reporting on what's happening] there, and Magnus is
already part-time 'scoutmaster' for Camping at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://github.com/camping/camping">http://github.com/camping/camping</a> ... or did you mean something other?
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- Dave
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<blockquote type="cite">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:
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rubycamping.com
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campingframework.com
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Here is an additional suggestion: rubyoncamping.com (like ROR).
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The new site could act as a portal for everything Camping, such as
news, rotating features on sites using Camping, code snippets, etc.
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Philippe
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Dave Everitt wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite"><br>
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)?
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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!
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- Dave Everitt
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