In the coming few weeks i plan on making some tutorials and walk through for laser web.
I am thinking about perhaps hosting the information on a website,
As i am not too great with programming etc i cant help out with the making of laserweb, but perhaps i can create and host a laserweb/cncweb (makerweb) website and help @funinthefalls with documentation, I think github can sometimes be intimidating place to navigate so a custom website with all the information might be nice
What would you want the website to be called? see poll below feel free to add options.
The reason for .co instead of .com is price and http://www.go.co/about/ if you want to buy into the .CO mmunity thing
Lastly @HalfNormal mentioned patreon again but no one really commented.
I think as the laserweb grows (over 1,000 now )
It might be nice to look for a way to provide consistent support the people behind it. Currently there is the beerfund, but i think its sometimes hard to know who or when or how much to donate. A patreon could be a nice way to simplify it and for the people working hard to get some rewards and cover their costs etc.
cool, i dont mind getting another tho
Nice to have a short domain pointing to github
i need to sponser laser web some more
I use adobe muse to make websites its a pretty nice program. it also has a web interface for editing so i can add all the people who would like to edit text etc so we can all keep it update. dont need muse to do that btw
I agree documentation is hard to keep up with as it changes so quickly which is awesome.
Like i said i cant help with the programming but i can beta and user guide it all
I like http://makerweb.co as it encompasses all possibly futures of âlaserwebâ as looking at what @Todd_Fleming is doing laserweb 4 has 3d printing cnc milling and good old lasering so its a complete package now
I think that there should simply be a formal site like smoothiesâ http://smoothieware.org/
where everything released is kept all under whatever name is decided.
Keep the G+ community for dynamic stuff.
Maybe an Ăźber marketing guy like @David_Schweighofer can help us
In a few words, laserweb is an opensource collaborative software interface for initially laser cutter and engraver. Now it supports CNC milling and drag knife and wonât be a web based app in near future so âlaserâ and âwebâ are or will be a bit outdated. We need a more generic name.
My advice is that if you want this software to be used in many CNC settings, restrictive and generic words like âLaserâ and âWebâ should be left out.
Start by keying in on the characteristics of what it does âbetterâ and âuniquelyâ and name it something that engenders that picture in the users mind.
So what is so âUniqueâ or âbetterâ about LaserWeb?
What does it do or how does it behave like no other CNC software can?
As a CNC user why do I want this software over others that are available?
Legitimate answers to these can be form, fit or function related. Could simply be price performance.
How about âOpenMakerâ? Open source maker software. With the smoothie board, I can see someone integrating 3D printer support some day and the name would still be relative.