Chris B wrote:
> "Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote in message 
> news:4464526c$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>>A small group of enthusiastic volunteers has started to go through the 
>>links
>>from the POV-Ray links pages to track down broken links and validate the
>>descriptions. Once we've got the links data up to date it'll be loaded
>>onto the web site, which is currently a couple of years out of date.
>>
>>We're also looking at re-organising the categories to make the links pages 
>>easier to use and maintain. I've posted a couple of diagrams on 
>>'povray.binaries' in the thread entitled 'POV-Ray link Categories' see 
>>http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C4464518c%40news.povray.org%3E/.
>>
>>Please take a look and see if you think this is likely to meet your own 
>>needs and those of newcomers to POV-Ray.
>>The aim is to finalise a design by the end of May.
>>Please use this thread to contribute to the discussion.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Chris B.
>>
> 
> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> We seem to be getting hung up on the first paragraph (intended to just 
> introduce what's happening). The main intention of this posting was to 
> promote discussion on the re-organisation of the Categorisations and the 
> Hierarchical organisation of the links pages on the povray.org site. See 
> paragraphs 2 and 3 above. Whether we update the links manually, 
> automatically, monthly or yearly, we'll need to structure the links in a way 
> that meets the needs of the people wanting to use them. I'm proposing 
> changes to a number of aspects of the structure and would appreciate 
> feedback about whether people think these changes are a good or bad idea.
> 
>   o   The current structure for example has a category for 'Include Files', 
> one for 'Macros' and one for 'Objects'. Although this may at first seem 
> logical, many Object definitions and Macro definitions are contained in 
> Include files and many Macros generate Objects. I've therefore suggested 
> that these 3 sections be merged.
> 
>   o   In the hierarchy that I'm proposing, I've tried to reduce the number 
> of levels so that most links are displayed in less clicks of the mouse.
> 
>   o   I've proposed some radical trimming down of content in some areas, 
> with some categories being removed and with some others where the current 
> links would mostly be removed and replaced with a small number of links that 
> would hardly ever need to be changed. We would then be able to increase the 
> number of links to POV-Ray specific content without things getting out of 
> hand.
> 
> Any thoughts on this?
> (Anyone having problems displaying the diagrams?)
> 
> Regards,
> Chris B.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
Hi Chris, I am studing on your heirarchy.  Taking some time to digest it 
but on surface it looks great.  From my experience chasing down my 
links, I had one brief thought.  I wondered if there might be some use 
to a class of documents termed "of historical interest."  A brief, 
semi-formed thought though.  Will have my allocation back to you by end 
of day.  Just waiting to see if some sites might come back up.

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