[Qgis-community-team] Website Management/TODO

[Otto Dassau]

Hi, 

the System Administration Committee just created the DNS entry for
qgis.osgeo.org. It will take a few hours to propagate, but then we can start.

I will be offline until next Tuesday, but would like to start with the
joomla installation then, after we decided about the question (1.0 or 1.5).

Both would be ok for me, although I agree with Tim that stability should be far
more important than cool features when we decide. Maybe we and especially
Stephan can dig a little deeper and come to a solution next week. 

thanks a lot,
 Otto

On Mon, 26 May 2008 23:13:50 -0300
Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> One other thing to bear in mind while considering web site revisions  
> is that it would be really good to have a consistent look and feel  
> across all QGIS web site properties. So eventually it would be nice  
> to have the blog, forums, wiki and qgis.org all with as similar look  
> and feel as possible. I know this is not possible to do right away,  
> but it would be good to bear in mind when choosing templates etc.  
> More comments below:
> 
> Em May 25, 2008, às 11:10 AM, Stephan Reber escreveu:
> >     * Searching a template/adapting the style.
> >
> Once apon a time I wrote the templates myself. The current version of  
> QGIS.org uses a theme I bought from http://joomlashack.org (no I'm  
> not getting commission for this :-), and I would say it was well  
> worth the $25USD or so I spent on it. Perhaps we can look there if  
> you feel the need for an updated template...
> 
> 
> >     * Searching a working backup tool.
> >
> 
> What is wrong with just using cron job, mpack, tar and mysqldump? I  
> use this on the current site to send myself a sql dump file each  
> night and will be happy to pass on the script I wrote (once I get  
> back to South Africa next week) for you to use.
> 
> >
> > These points I will add to the wiki TODO list.
> 
> 8<--------snip--------
> 
> > I would prefer the the migration of to joomla 1.5. After I have  
> > read the
> > article Otto sent in his email, I prefer it even more.
> 
> I read the article too - too me it didn't provide any compelling  
> reason to use 1.5 - on the contrary increased developer activity  
> means lots of code changes and probably more sql injection holes. I  
> also like bleeding edge software....on the desktop....on servers it  
> makes sense to be conservative. I guess I am in the minority here so  
> I wont keep on being the squeaky wheel...and since you are  
> (thankfully! :-) ) going to be looking after QGIS.org it makes sense  
> that you are happy with what we are using too. Just bear in mind that  
> if we are hacked it a) causes damage to the perception of the QGIS  
> project if people arrive at a page covered in porn / viagra ads etc  
> and b) will cost you time and effort to repair the damage.
> 
> > The point is for
> > me, that the migration to OSGEO is the right time to rearrange the
> > website and then move to a cms with a longer lifetime. Other points  
> > are
> > it is faster (as Werner wrote) and the back end is easier to use.
> > If we decide to migrate to joomla 1.5, it can be necessary to search a
> > new template. Some old templates can used under joomla 1.5 by  
> > enabling a
> > legacy mode. But this means to eliminate one of the benefits of joomla
> > 1.5 - the site is slower. Maybe we can change the style of the  
> > template
> > for a consistent design (referring to the logo or other related sites
> > (blog,wiki,forum)).
> >
> > The backup tool I used for the migration to 1.5 was only for this
> > purpose. It works only under joomla 1.0 and delivers a sql- 
> > statement for
> > the import to joomla 1.5. So it is not for a general backup use.
> 
> See note above about backups using cron etc.
> 
> > But a
> > working backup tool is required. I think, we must accept some 3rd  
> > party
> > modules, especially in this point. Though it means more work to  
> > keep the
> > system up to date.
> >
> > It is great to have a place for putting the website together. I was a
> > little worried about changing the website, while it is online.
> >
> > Have I anything forgotten?
> >
> 
> Great to see you are going to be looking after QGIS.org, and please  
> dont take my comments above as negative - I just like to bring a more  
> conservative outlook to the deployment of server software.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
> > regards
> > Stephan
> > _______________________________________________
> > Qgis-community-team mailing list
> > Qgis-community-team at lists.osgeo.org
> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-community-team