Talk:Main Page

Do you know abot the wikipedia website? Have you ever used a wiki before? Are there other community-building platforms that you think would be more appropriate for this website?

I think that this software does a pretty good job of handling a large number of the requirements for building an information-based community. There is a project that I just discovered called 'CivicSpace' which is built as an extension to the Drupal CMS/framework and that looks like it may be the ultimate software to support this site (while this 'wiki' could be an integrated part that serves a more defined role). What does a CivicSpace website look like? Well, check out SpreadFirefox.com to get an idea.

CivicSpace is pretty comprehensive when it comes to building community online. The project started out as DeanSpace political website. Here are some of the latest features:

1. Create a customizable community driven website with Blogs, Photo Galleries, User Profiles, Friend / Buddy Tracking, Polls, and File Storage
2. Send targeted email
3. Import and aggregate remote content, share users, and sync calendars with any other CivicSpace site
4. Manage your groups membership and contacts
5. Organize events, ride sharing, and RSVP
6. Collaboratively create, edit, and publish documents
7. Easily create discussion forum / mailing lists
8. Allow you to create forms and surveys for data collection
9. VoterID/GOTV