Would like to help

[Chris Blair]

I just thought the site could use a design update overall...especially from an appearance point of view. There is good content there but from a user perspective it doesn't seem like a lot of the stuff that hooks users is featured. It may sound shallow but one thing that's really important to me as a video pro is the user interface. If I'm going to sit and edit for hours and hours day after day I want an interface that is pleasing, that makes sense and is well laid out. You've got all that but it's difficult to find what the interface looks like when you visit the current site.

Another thing from a professional standpoint is that you support professional video output cards and maybe even more importantly you support pro video codecs, with many preconfigured installations (like Linux A/V) having them built right in.


I'm not a Drupal fan and have never really used it so I wouldn't really be interested if I had to use it. But if you're open to moving to a new CMS, I'd love to help. I also have some experience with Bootstrap and Jekyll, which are simpler CMS options, but I'm not nearly as experienced with it.

Again, I realize you may already have folks doing this stuff for you, but I just thought I'd see if there was somewhere I could help. In terms of documentation, I don't know that I use Kdenlive enough to help there. We're primarily a Windows based company so that's what I use in day to day work. I use Linux quite a bit at home and have one Linux box at the office.

Anyway..let me know.


Chris Blair
VP and Creative Director
Magnetic Image, Inc.
www.videomi.com
812-423-6088
812-430-9832 mobile
On 12/7/2015 2:15:00 PM, Vincent Pinon <vpinon at kde.org> wrote:
Hi Chris & Thanks Lydia!

>From my side any help on any topic is warmly welcome!
We really don't have time with JB to work on the website, we already don't find enough time for the program itself; even feeding informative content is also a step we sadly skip too often :-\
I add Roger in CC, helping us to maintain documentation & other infos up to date, maybe you have ideas on the topic?

I don't know what kind changes you have in mind: mainly graphical, or structural (current site runs on Drupal 7...), or content rewrite(I could help on few articles, we may ask for help on forums...)

Cheers,

Vincent

> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Chris Blair wrote:
> > I'm a long-time video production professional and have owned a marketing
> > and
> > advertising company for 19 years. I've used just about every NLE available
> > and am always looking for new and better software tools. I really like
> > Kdenlive and don't understand why it doesn't have a larger place in the
> > NLE
> > world. In my view it's far and away the most professional and
> > full-featured
> > Linux option out there.
> >
> > Anyway...I'd like to somehow help with the project. I'm not a full-time
> > programmer, so I can't help there. But I do design websites and think
> > Kdenlive could benefit from a more stylish web presence. I was wondering
> > if
> > you'd have an interest in designing a new website?
> >
> > Obviously I'd do it all for free and think it could really help the
> > project's visibility. Let me know.
> >
> > Chris Blair>
> On 12/6/2015 9:27:39 AM, Lydia Pintscher wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Thank you for reaching out. I hope Vincent and Jean-Baptiste can help you
> get started and let you know what the current state is from their side.
>
> Cheers
>
> Lydia

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