Introduction
We've been quietly working on an exciting initiative for Drupal fans everywhere. Today we are launching a new drupal.org web site - groups.drupal.org. This site is for geographic groups like Vancouver and working groups like Views developers. The site provides each group with their own mini-site, where subscribers can post messages and collect replies.
Logging in
You are welcome to login using your drupal.org username and password. Remember to append @drupal.org to the username. Note that your email address will not be copied over, so you'll want to edit your profile after you login.
Notifications
There are three useful tracker pages offered by the site (there is only 1 tab if you are not logged in). You may also collect links for RSS feeds from each tracker page. Alternatively, each group offers an email subscription feature. With this, you get all nodes and comments posted to the group via email. A helpful reply link is in each email.
Creating groups
We welcome everyone to create groups on the site. Please adhere to the guidelines posted on the creation page.
About
This site showcases some pretty neat technology like Organic groups, signup.module, Casetracker, Views, Localization, and more. Read more.
Feedback
The site has a simple ticketing system for reporting issues. We hope to soon provide each group with its own ticketing area. We also have a feedback form -http://groups.drupal.org/contact.
Status
This site is just leaving alpha stage and entering beta. I don't anticipate a long beta like those wimpy apps Flickr and Gmail. When we leave beta, I will announce this site on drupal.org home page and in newsletters, etc. Meanwhile, feel free to blog about the site and use it heartily. It is most definitely live.
Comments
What an exciting initiative!!!
Hello Moshe,
You are doing an INCREDIBLE JOB with this new groups.drupal.org web site!
The functionality thus far is really nice and will only continue to grow. More than anything, your idea and vision to see this through is VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!!! I know you've spent a lot of time, energy, and effort on setting things up and your labor of love is on its way to greatness.
I can envision some very helpful uses for the groups.drupal.org functionality you've developed and I think the path groups.drupal.org is on is most definitely one of the best things to happen for the Drupal community. :)
Although I'm not a developer, I look forward to contributing in helpful ways and will be happy to test things out as requested by you and the groups.drupal.org team. The main area I can most likely contribute in is usability testing, suggestions on the user interface, and other user-related, non-developer, areas. I'll post a similar message at http://groups.drupal.org/groups-drupal-org to let Robert Douglass know I can help here and there from a user, non-developer perspective.
Thanks again!
Walt Esquivel, MBA, MA, Captain - U.S. Marine Corps (Veteran)
President, Wellness Corps, LLC
Walt Esquivel, MBA; MA; President, Wellness Corps; Captain, USMC (Veteran)
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