When I created this group, I really didn't expect to see 84 subscribers listed. I confess that I haven't been nearly as involved in this group as I should have been. There are a number of contributing factors in that, but I won't bore you. However, since this has become a rather popular place (and because ebrittweb suggested it a while back) I'd like to make it a little easier to use by adding some custom taxonomy. Before I do that, though, I'd like to get some opinions from the group on how to organize the vocabularies and terms.
At this point, I'm thinking of a single vocabulary named Topic (or something better if someone has a better word). Here are the terms I'm thinking of:
- How-To
- Posts explaining how to do something for your church site. This can be Wiki pages for those sharing what they consider a best practice or discussion for someone asking how to do something. These are technical articles on Drupal itself.
- Distributions
- Posts about church-based distributions that people are building, would like to build, discuss, etc.
- Modules
- Post about church-related modules that people are developing, would like to develop, discuss, etc.
- Involvement
- Posts about the social aspects of getting church leadership on board, getting the members involved, getting visitors to see your web site, encouraging community development, etc. This is like the How-To, except it isn't aimed at technical answers, but social considerations.
- Jobs and Volunteers
- A place to post job listings if you want to post a job or volunteer opening you have that you think might be filled by someone in this community. It can also be a place to discuss how to manage your church volunteers, interns, and other workers, since this isn't necessarily the same as how other communities will manage their volunteers.
- Showcase
- For posting links and descriptions of cool things your church site or a church site you know are doing, especially with Drupal.
- Resources
- Other sites that are discussing, podcasting, or otherwise useful for developing church sites and especially church sites using Drupal.
- Internal
- Discussion related to the management of and further development of this group site.
That's all I can think of for now. Please feel free to suggest changes to this list, other possible vocabularies or alternatives, or additions. Whatever, just let me know. After I get some feedback, I'll create the new categories so that new posts can start going into them.
Cheers.
Comments
Good idea - maybe "demonstration" instead of "showcase"
I've got a few things on the church website that I just released that newbies (like me) would probably find helpful. But I know I'd personally be quite nervous about posting them in a category called "showcase". They're pretty ordinary: things that most Drupalers take for granted. But for me, these were the tough things to find out about. So, I put forward my suggestion to call the category "Demonstration" or "Demo Features" instead of "Showcase".
A Few Thoughts
Here are a few thoughts for catagories:
There are just a few thoughts. Any thoughts on my thoughts?
Finally setup the categories
Just an FYI for the Churches group subscribers. I've finally added the "Topic" drop-down to the group and then gone back to retroactively categorize all the posts. This means that there's now a nice right-hand block showing the information by category. I hope this makes the group a little easier to use as it grows.
Let me know if you think another category is needed (just reply to this post) and I'll either add it or we can talk it over. :)