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Re: [LUG] Moving forward

 

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 06:42:54PM +0100, Neil Williams wrote:

> Yes, that would be fine. Put a demo page somewhere on your own webspace
> using static HTML from the current front page (logged in and logged out)
> with your CSS (3?) changes and I'll take a look.

CSS2. Will do.

> I'm under no illusions about my lack of artistic flair (as evidenced by
> my recent request for artwork - anyone interested, at all?)

Didn't see. Forward to me :)

> Yes, Plone was what I had in mind. Ne'er again.

I'll say it again, Plone is good. It is just a lot of stack. CNUK doesn't use
Plone anymore.

> Simple, plain, LAMP. The P in our case is a mix of PHP and Perl. The
> wiki declares it's own heritage and doesn't customise the wiki engine
> itself, just the parameters. However, changing to a different Wiki
> engine is NOT a simple task because the current Wiki procedural
> framework and data schema is woven into the PHP and Perl of the rest of
> the site to make things like Forthcoming Events work. We also use GnuPG
> encryption. An interface to mailman is pending. (Alex?)

Awesome.

> Don't forget, Matt, ours is a quiet website and despite all the changes
> over the years, nothing has changed that. The group operates principally
> on the mailing list. IRC is usually quiet, website traffic isn't large
> and meetings are always difficult given the coverage area of the group.
> As such, the website doesn't need to have a wizzo engine.

About IRC, I think we should be on Freenode. People are already there, and its
the home of many free projects. I don't think we need to have our own IRC
server. 

I don't care much about the engine. I do care about the content and having
good content. :)

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