This page centralizes information about the organization of the Xfce Directory website. Edit the page at any time to correct “bad designs” or add new ideas or $whatever.

A preview of HTML static pages is available on http://dir.m8t.mine.nu/oxalis/.

The Xfce Directory provides a simple interface to download quality content and minimize hours of search for a nice desktop. Unlike xfce-look.org, it will accept content after selection/decision by the team.

Each content is tagged, this gives us full possibility on content presentation.

Possible tags:

• By category: xfwm4, gtk, xfce-selection, …
• By color: dark, blue, …
• Special: $meta-package, by-$member, user-contributed (anonymous), …

We could attach a little bit of Javascript to preview a glimpse of a theme on mouse over. Or just a bit of Javascript to display a bigger resolution inside a tooltip.

Several selections (e.g. meta packages) of bundled themes. Idea: add configuration files for the panel, desktop, etc. as to provide different default desktops!

• Index
• Directories
  • Xfwm4
  • GTK+
  • Xfce Selection
  • Recent Additions
  • Select by tags
• Packages
  • Xfwm4.tar.gz
  • GTK+.tar.gz
• FAQ
• How to
• Propose content

1. A little about message (whereami).
2. Display a snap' of the content:
   1. 5-10 Recent Additions
   2. 5-10 Xfce Selection
3. Links to Directories
4. Links to Packages

A page for a single content. Useful for permanent link (paste on IRC, …).

A view ala Thunar icon view of all the files from a specific tag/category.

The “Select by tags” form is full javascript featured (always retro-HTML compatible) and lets you filter out the content very quickly.

The Debian packages cloud web interface is lovely.

List of tarballs.

1. What are the motivations?
   • Xfce is a desktop environment that comes with core components and some applications. Xfce Directory provides a clean web interface to select quality data and is the first effort in good eye-candy selection for the end-user. While it focuses on themes, it will grow and focus on applications aswell with a selection of end-user applications.
2. Can I join the team?
   • Sure, we always look forward for motivated people to maintain a bunch of data. You will need a good sense of organization, and little time to decide if data is qualified for the website.
3. How does the Xfce Selection work?
4. Can I upload content from another author?
5. Will there be a rating system?
   • Not sure. A 5 stars rating by anonymous users is a possibility, but the tags are more interesting. Tags like good, very-good, awesome, … those tags are either admin-defined or by number of downloads (delta between two dates would be more accurate and avoid an eternel TOP 1).
6. …

A list of internal and external tutorials.

This page is a form for anonymous users to propose content.

The admin follows a workflow (whatever that means) to:

• Accept the content
  1. Commit to SVN
  2. Send an email to the author (ask the user for an author email, and if not sigh)
  3. Upload a static tarball
• Reject the content with the most polite answer (follow the rules guidelines)