[Qgis-community-team] Website Management/TODO

[Tim Sutton]

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.

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> 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

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> Stephan
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