[Webcom] Dutch chapter

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 11-10-10 12:20 PM, Milo van der Linden wrote:
> Hello webcom,
>
> On the [Dutch] mailinglist, voices are talking about bringing the
> Dutch chapter back to life. One of the topics discussed is to create a
> dutch website at www.osgeo.nl
>
> I would like to get some information about the possibilities on
> existing osgeo.org infrastructure, so I would like to post a couple of
> questions here, simply to get information us dutchies can use to
> determine our strategy.
>
> 1. We identified the owner of osgeo.nl, he told us that when a dutch
> chapter is launched, he would be glad to return the domainname to the
> chapter. Would it be possible to connect www.osgeo.nl to
> http://www.osgeo.org/switchuilocale/nl?destination=home which would
> automatically create a homepage for our chapter?
>
> 2. We are designing a logo for the dutch chapter. would we be able to
> show that instead of the standard logo when visitors enter through
> www.osgeo.nl or
> http://www.osgeo.org/switchuilocale/nl?destination=home?
>
> 3. Would it be possible to differentiate the community blog to show
> only blog entries written in Dutch on the dutch translation main page?
>
> 4. Would it be possible to remove untranslated items from the menu's
> when browsing in dutch?

Milo,

Unfortunately the above items greater skill with Drupal than I
have so I can't given a solid answer.  Unless someone with Drupal-fu
volunteers you might have to assume the answer is no.

> 5. Would it be a good idea to transfer ownership of the domain
> osgeo.nl to the foundation?

We use pairnic.com as a registry and it does not support registering
.nl domains so it would not be particularly convenient for us to
hold the osgeo.nl domain.

Best regards,
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