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Greetings!!
I am very pleased to present to you our totally new and redesigned website
at:
http://www.ldraw.org
The past several months at LDraw.org have been spent putting together this
new site with a focus on ease of navigation, straightforward information,
and ease of updating with the intention of releasing new content on a
regular basis.
The new site is divided into four main categories, plus several
supplementary categories. Reference, Download, Community, and Parts Library
are the main categories. Supplementing them are About Us, News, and Polls.
This is the new top-level structure of LDraw.org.
The new Community section features the long standing Model of the Month and
Scene of the Month rendering competitions under Contests, an Events page,
new People profiles - where we will be profiling key figures in the LDraw
community on a regular basis, a Software Reviews page - where users are
invited to review their favorite software, and a new History page outlining
the history of the LDraw community. The James Jessiman Memorial and Links
pages have also been moved to the Community section.
The Reference section is also a bit more robust, with new Tutorials
(including one on animation), documented Specifications, a new Glossary and
more.
Downloads are now made by first choosing an operating system. We've also
added a new rating script for users to rate their favorite (or least
favorite) programs we offer. Coming soon will be statistics on how many
downloads each program has had. Also, a download section update system is in
the works for software authors to be able to easily update their pages via a
form accompanied by their own username and password.
All of this is encapsulated in a bold new look for the site, mostly
text-based navigation for fast page loading, and a rag-tag band of minifig
friends scattered across certain pages to give the site a little life and
levity.
This is just one of the steps LDraw.org has been taking in the past few
months. There will be more tutorials on the way for a fuller reference
section, demonstrations at BricksWest 2002 near LEGOLAND California, and
more - we're always looking for new ideas or fresh help in making this the
best site it can be.
I would now like to take the time to thank the following people for their
countless hours of help on the new site (without you this would not be
possible!):
First and foremost - Jacob Sparre Andersen
Jacob is our tireless server administrator. Jacob, thanks so much for
always being there with a prompt reply to my terribly obvious questions :-)
And thanks for your much needed help in moving the site over.
Steve Bliss and Dan Boger for your work on the Parts Tracker.
Dan Crichton
Dan worked very hard on preparing the Software Download pages for the site.
He will be the site's temporary editor for the Download section until the
download program (in the works) is finished.
Allen Demers
Allen is our new People editor, and he is also creating the program for the
Download pages, so software authors can update the pages on their own
through a login and a web form.
Bram Lambrecht
Bram is the guy who I IM for feedback on stuff as I'm writing it. He's
brutally honest, which is more often than not a good thing, because it helps
out the project in the end. :-) Bram is also going to be our Links page
editor.
Ahui Herrera
Ahui has been spitting out tutorials like a madman. I got the opportunity
to meet him a few weeks ago, he stopped by my house when he was in Chicago.
His first tutorial is posted (and it is excellent), and the few more will be
coming in the near future as I find time to format them.
I can't possibly name all of you who have helped to make this site possible.
Please don't take offense if you aren't listed here, these are the people
who have helped me the most over the past few months. I thank each and
every one of you who visits the site, and the few others who have committed
to writing tutorials, all software authors and parts authors. YOU are what
makes this community great!
LDraw.org is, and always will be, a community effort. We want to encourage
the users to come up with ideas for the site and help us implement them, or
volunteer to manage a section. We believe strongly in the concept of 'many
hands make light work' and building a strong community around the LDraw
system of tools and the LEGO hobby.
Tim Courtney
Project/Website Coordinator, LDraw.org
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