[Qgis-psc] Forum and blog hosting

[Otto Dassau]

Hi Gary,

Am Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:26:02 -0900
schrieb Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com>:

> On 11/22/10 12:39 AM, Otto Dassau wrote:
> > Hi Gary et al.,
> >
> > Werner and I can help you with the migration of the forum, if you like.
> > Just tell us, what your plans are.

> Ok, I hope to get started on it this weekend.

I probably won't be online this weekend, because I don't have internet at
home at the moment and won't be available most of the time anyway. If
you want me to prepare something beforehand, just tell me.

> > And for the blog, Marco's idea seems to be accepted to find a software
> > to combine external and own blog posts. Is that correct? If so, we can
> > try to find a solution for that, too.
> I have something similar running here: http://spatialgalaxy.net/planet
> 
> I haven't tried to make it look pretty---it has been running for a year
> or two now...
> 
> Basically a blog aggregator. It could be used to aggregate qgis-specific
> blogs into one place.

that's exactly what we are looking for, I think.

Regards,
 Otto

> -gary
> >
> >   Otto
> >
> > Am Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:21:51 +0100
> > schrieb Paolo Cavallini<cavallini at faunalia.it>:
> >
> >> Il 19/11/2010 03:29, Gary Sherman ha scritto:
> >>> Although several users didn't get feedback that is the nature of all
> >>> forums. I think shutting it down would not be a good move.
> >>
> >> I understand. So why not putting a warning "No guarantees of a response
> >> - for faster replies use ML or IRC"?
> >>
> >>> Actually I have been thinking about the bus factor for a while. I had
> >>> been planning to suggest the move of the blog and forum for just that
> >>> reason, even prior to my decision to shut down my server. I think we
> >>> have a pretty good spread of admin privileges now, with the exception
> >>> of the domain. The DNS is problematic since the domain is rolled in
> >>> with all my others and there is no way to separate the administrative
> >>> privileges. If anyone has any ideas how deal with this let me know.
> >>
> >> I assume your registrar does not allow you to split admins among your
> >> registered sites, right?
> >>
> >>> I didn't contribute much, was nearly as tired as those at the hackfest
> >>> since I've been sick since my recent travels. Good to see everybody
> >>> though---it's amazing that nearly 30 people attended. When I think back
> >>> to the early days of QGIS it's mind boggling...
> >>
> >> Indeed, the success of your original idea is amazing. I still remember
> >> when I was reviewing Linux DesktopGIS applications: QGIS was
> >> interesting, but did almost nothing.
> >> All the best, and thanks for this.
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