ISC launches new website and mailing list manager

[Mark Andrews]

https://www.isc.org/software/bind/documentation
which is in the bullet list as
Documentation and external links (Reference manuals, FAQ, etc)
on https://www.isc.org/software/bind

In message <CDBD4296-C819-4960-8F73-A59751414ACA at newgeo.com>, Scott Haneda writ
es:
> Very nice, I am also cc'ing webmaster@ as per the email.
> 
> I think it is a nice redo, very well done.  One place I personally  
> spend a lot of time, is the docs, trying to avoid having to ask  
> questions here on the list and wasting others time.
> 
> A quick google search:
> http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=isc.org+documentation&
> ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
> 
> That does not exactly bring me to something that is all that helpful.   
> Doing a local search within the site for 'documentation', brings up a  
> few pages, and ultimately, unless I am doing something wrong, I end up  
> at a pdf, which I feel is a bad way to present documentation, as it is  
> not well indexed by search engines.
> 
> At any rate, I wanted to share some comments, but all in all, it looks  
> nice, I would love to see a prominent link to docs, unless I am blind  
> right now, at which point you can tar and feather me now :)
> 
> Docs are important, maybe the most, as it removes a lot of burden from  
> the mail list, and website, from people who can answer their own  
> questions, and in turn, learn as they go, which tends to work better  
> than someone telling them the answer and having less retention on the  
> solution.
> 
> Thanks again for all your hard work on such a important tool to all.
> 
> 
> On Nov 14, 2008, at 2:31 PM, Sue Graves wrote:
> 
> > ISC is pleased to announce the launch of our re-designed website and
> > mailing lists.  Our motivation for these moves is simple, to make
> > information about ISC and our products easier to find and provide more
> > of it.
> >
> > Using the new website should be self explanatory.  We'd appreciate  
> > your
> > feedback about navigating the new website and your patience if you
> > encounter any oddities.  Send comments to webmaster at isc.org.
> 
> --
> Scott
> 
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