Sign In Dialog Redesign

I am working on a mild facelift for the upcoming Pandion 2.6 release. Here is a screenshot of what I just committed to the Pandion git repository.



Initially I instinctively added a "Forgot my password" link but XMPP does not yet have any formalised way to reset or retrieve passwords. Another XEP, anyone?

Pandion Goes Open Source

Dries published the source code today to the Pandion Git repository. I'm so excited to be able to send this email out...

Source: Jabber/XMPP software development list

Hello,

I am a co-founder of Pandion, a popular instant messaging client for XMPP.

Today I am pleased to announce that all Pandion source code is
published as free and open source software. Pandion is now available
under the GNU General Public License version 3 or higher.

Combined with the recent unveiling of the new website, this marks the
official launch of Pandion as a free and open source project. Many
changes are in store for Pandion and anyone is welcome to join the
community effort.

Browse the source code:
http://github.com/pandion/pandion/tree/master

Git clone URL:
git://github.com/pandion/pandion.git

Website:
http://pandion.im/

Blog:
http://blog.pandion.im/

Yay!

-Sebastiaan

Now to push some commits of my own...

Launch of the new Pandion.im website

After working on it for the last ten days the new Pandion website is finally ready for launch. Behold:



The goals for this new website are:

1. To make Pandion more appealing to new users

I hope everyone likes the new look. It's certainly a drastic improvement over the old website. I'm very happy with the custom theme that was created by jinx based on a beautiful design by Sailesh.

2. To foster a community of advocates and contributors

The footer of each page shows various ways for users and developers alike to stay in touch with Pandion. Using lessons on social media marketing I've launched a GitHub repository, Facebook page, Twitter account, blog, and other tools for the Pandion community.

3. To provide better access to support features and extras

I received too many direct emails through the old site's contact form. People asked me for help with Pandion instead of accessing the (admittedly very spammed) forum for answers and community support. Often these emails were repeating the same questions and I sent canned responses. This was not an efficient process. The new website is structured to give visitors easier access to all community support resources like the wiki and discussion board. It also shows a live content feed on every page, enticing visitors to join the Pandion user community.

4. To be easier to maintain and translate

Drupal is an excellent free and open source content manager. The learning curve was fairly steep but now it's a breeze to make content or design changes. I have not yet enabled locale and translation support but it should be possible to have the Pandion site in any language eventually. By creating restricted Drupal accounts contributors can securely translate the website without requiring involvement of an administrator.

Here's to the success of this new Pandion website!