So I'm creating an Open Source iOS Resource Site...

[ThePaolo]

Hi all,

Advice please!

I'm making good progress in pulling together a site which focuses on the Open Source components the iOS development community produces.

My goal is to build a comprehensive and up-to-date list of open source apps, frameworks, and tutorials for iOS developers.

I'm looking for a bit advice from the community at this stage - what do you consider to be an _essential_ feature of this site for go-live?

So far I've got in the mix:

1) App/Framework/Article listings, complete with short descriptions direct links to source and the ability to report broken links.
2) The ability to commment & rate entries in each category
3) "Top Performers" in each category (filterable by popularity/comments/rating).
4) A pretty sleek design (ok, my opinion... !).
5) RSS feeds for all major chunks of functionality.

I'm trying to keep quite a strict focus on the purpose of the site, but there's scope for adding extra features after launch.

There's no current plan to commercialise the site, but I hope to raise some money for hosting etc through ads/sponsored links.

Oh yeah - holding page is up! Coming Soon | iOSOpenSource (bit flakey for now while I set up the permanent hosting on my VPS).

Disclaimer: Posted in OT rather than advertising as I'm asking for community advice

Cheers,

Paul

[ThePaolo]

Update: Screenshots ahoy!



Comments welcome

[BillyGiggles]

IT LOOKS GREAT!! I know that will be a site that I will be visiting a lot when it's up!!!

If I missed this and you already have it sorry, you should make a tutorial section where users can post tutorials. And people can comment and rate it.

It looks great and can wait to visit it in...

2 weeks-2days-20hours-18minutes 2secinds!!

Good luck!

[ThePaolo]

Great feedback, thanks

Site is now in "Open Beta" phase - feel free to head over and check it out/post some submissions/make some suggestions (via here or email)

URL is Home | iOSOpenSource

Cheers,

Paul