[Webcom] New website theme is up (not the content though)

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

Tyler,
thanks for the update on this. It would really be a waste of resources
to not move forward with the great work you have done here, I really
like the new design much better than the defaulted and somewhat dreary
site we have now. But I can also see we that we need to find web
interested folks and revitalize WebCom if this is going to get anywhere.
Let' wait a bit and see if someone lurking on this list steps up.

In my opinion what we have is good - but could be a lot better with the
new design. I am happy to help with rearranging existing content and
helping to write up new missing bits but cannot get into the technical
details. I would have expected the technical background of our website
to a naturally fall into the domain of SAC - but know well that this
committee is already well loaded with work. Ideas, comments?

Cheers,
Arnulf

On 10/25/2011 02:09 PM, Tyler Mitchell wrote:
> For some reason I'm feeling responsible for the website, not sure how
> I ended up here, but I really feel a bit stuck - technically, logistically...
> 
> The short story - there are three things going on:
> 
> 1. Migration to a new server - enough fun on a normal day :)
> 
> 2. Upgrade to at least one newer version (Drupal 5->7 preferred).
> Unfortunately it's becoming hard to find the same modules in 
> newer versions, in particular ones like LDAP authentication and 
> learning how international translations will be handled.
> 
> 3. Theme change - the theme is ready for Drupal 6, but it is designed 
> for use in a different "portal" style website.  This requires some new 
> content to be created.  Basically, new pages are needed for almost 
> every one of the key items shown in the menus at: http://www3.osgeo.org/
> 
> It can be a great site, and I think there is interest but technically
> few people that have the time to help out.
> 
> I'm biting off as much of this as I can chew over the upcoming few
> weeks (I'll be off for a week on Wed).  
> 
> Aside from the new content, we could use a specific Drupal Master Admin 
> Guru - or move to a different framework if someone wants to take 
> that on.  Upgrading has just been too painful, but that's just for me!
> 
> We lost Wolf due to time availability and he'd whip through this in a
> weekend just for fun.  Maybe if you can offer a free cruise (with him locked
> in his cabin with only wifi) he'd work magic ;-)
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Tyler
> 
> On 2011-10-24, at 8:20 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
> 
>> Paging WebCom, paging WebCom. Any news on this?
>>
>> Side note: The Mailing list did not have a moderator, I added myself as
>> transitional moderator, please someone take ownership.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Arnulf
>>
>> On 07/19/2011 07:30 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>> Hi Webcom,
>>>
>>> just curious about the state of the new Drupal theme - will it go online?
>>>
>>> Best
>>> Markus
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:20 AM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
>>> <tmitchell at osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi all, you can take a peek at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www3.osgeo.org - this is a *raw* import from the designers who
>>>> converted our design into a Drupal theme.
>>>>
>>>> If it was just a theme though I'd be able  to easily apply this to the our
>>>> migrated site where I started the import.  However, they also pre-loaded this
>>>> into a Drupal instance and set up some sample nodes that link to empty pages
>>>> to show off main->secondary page functionality.  I can get the basics going in
>>>> the migrated site but can't figure out how they loaded the "secondary" page
>>>> style or make nice bold headings in the front page blocks.. etc.
>>>>
>>>> == TODO ==
>>>>
>>>> Sooo... the next thing to do is to decide whether it's more work to try to get
>>>> this theme/templates running on our migrated site (www2) or to do the
>>>> migration import directly into this (www3) site.  Any pro Drupalers have an
>>>> opinion?
>>>>
>>>> I've also put the raw files accessible in svn:
>>>> /osgeo/marketing/website/design/nov2010-deliverables/theme-OSGeo/themes/osgeo/
>>>>
>>>> Register on www3 and shoot me an email to confirm if you'd like in to poke
>>>> around.
>>>>
>>>> Tyler
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tyler Mitchell
>>>> Executive Director, OSGeo
>>>> tmitchell at osgeo.org
>>>> +1-250-303-1831
>>>> See you at FOSS4 2011 Denver in September!
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