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 -- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 07 Nov 2002
 
-How about something like this (refactor as usual):
+Here is my proposal. Almost same "look" as hurd.gnu.org, and almost same logo but with an added "-Wiki" in another fontset. (I looked at the MetaFont code for the current Hurd logo and realised it would take me forever to construct the wiki part similarily.) Take a look at [[Main/WebHome]] for a good idea of how this (below) would look in practise, including both text and the above mentioned logo.
 
-[Almost same "look" as hurd.gnu.org, and almost same logo but with an added "-Wiki" in another fontset. (I looked at the MetaFont code for the current Hurd logo and realised it would take me forever to construct the wiki part similarily.)]
+A very **neat** thing is a [[ATTACHURLhurdwikigencgi]] that [JAkov](http://gnufans.org/jakov/) and I did a while back. It can extract the HTML out of a topic so that it can easily be inserted into an ordinary web page using simple SSI.
 
-The webs we can call "sections" and the text on the page (no more than a screenful) could be something like this:
+Therefore I propose that this introductory page on <http://hurd.gnufans.org> holds the same information as the page on <http://hurd.gnufans.org/bin/view>, which is the Main web (a.k.a. "Users" web). This has several advantages:
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+1. Links in TWiki often point to the Main web for reference. This way people get to the "Home" of the Wiki and not to a bisarre page about TWiki, which they don't want to know anything about.
+2. Having the same content on the front page and in the Main TWiki web provides a smooth transition for a beginner - at least he/she recognizes the content even if the interface suddenly changed.
+3. The Hurd wiki administrators (currently, [[Main/GrantBow]] and [[Main/JoachimNilsson]]) can be set to be the only ones allowed to change the [[Main/WebHome]] topic.
+4. We can move all administrative stuff like Registration and similar to the Main web. Freeing the Hurd web from this overhead.
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+The actual proposed page (using the python script and content from [[Main/WebHome]]) can be previewed at <http://hurd.gnufans.org/joachim/hurd/gnufans/>
 
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