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On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 00:32:30 +0100 Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's not often that I will raise my head above the parapet, however > this is one of those times. > > I feel that Paul has done amazing work for the LUG over several > decades (organising and running meetings, website maintenance, > maintaining the IRC presence, etc), and having someone put down what > he's worked on mostly off his own back, despite there having been a > number of requests for help and input, is simply not acceptable. I > can empathise with Paul's feelings about being in a no win situation, > I've been there and experienced that also. > > That aside, I do think that the site might benefit from a bit of a > re-theme... I am also not a graphical designer (I am also a > sysadmin), it does feel like it's wanting some TLC in that > department... exactly what though, not sure. Personally I like dark > themes, I've spent too many hours/days/years staring at CRT and > LCD/TFT screens to appreciate the dazzle of bright websites, though > they do tend to look rather crisp... I will take a look through the > Wordpress gallery to see if I can find a few themes I like... if > other people could also do similar then we may be able to find some > common ground and get an agreed way to progress this. Wordpress is a > great tool for content management, I've setup a number of sites on it > (none particularly difficult) so I'm a little familiar with some of > its capabilities, yes there are other tools out there... but the > plugin and theme availability from WP is outstanding. Yes you get the > odd bit of wp tracker code, most of that is for analytics though > (visitor stats mostly, similar to that which you get on many other > sites). I'm not sure why there's an objection to linking to the LUG > Twitter/LinkedIn pages, but widgets like that can be removed if so > desired. > > If people would like a discussion forum for a website rejig/refresh > please join #DCGLUG-Website on Libera and we can have a sensible chat > about what we want to do. The site is the public face of the LUG, are > we happy with how it is, or do we feel it's time to change it > somehow... If you honestly don't mind how it looks, just sit back and > see what happens, if you do care, join the discussion. > > Does anyone know who the appropriate person(s) is (are) to discuss > changes such as theme and plugins (Simon?) ? > > Chat soon, > > Neil > > > On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 at 20:03, comrade meowski <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > On 16/06/2021 18:33, Simon Waters wrote: > > > On Wednesday, 16 June 2021 17:37:32 BST Jon Davey via list > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Oh I didn't know there was a group on IRC. How do I find > > >> that ?.... > > > > > > Paul updated the website > > > > > > https://www.dcglug.org.uk/moving-to-libera-chat-irc-network/ > > > > > > Oh god I made a terrible mistake and out of curiousity I clicked the > > link and for the first time in many years beheld the DCGLUG website > > in all it's glory. > > > > I'm going to exercise some self-restraint and delete my original > > questions which were a bit... sarcastic and try and be polite > > instead. > > > > Ummm, is the site supposed to look like that? Has anyone ever > > looked at the page on a 4K/high-dpi screen before? Those wordpress > > trackers are supposed to be there right? The prominent links to > > Twitter and LinkedIn aren't ironic jokes or memes but are actually > > supposed to be there? > > > > I could go on. And on. > > > > Just to be clear I don't care what the site looks like: no skin off > > my nose. I'm also a sysadmin and not a webdesigner so hell no I'm > > not volunteering to fix it. I imagine it only gets about 3 hits a > > week anyway and it's not like it's important to me or presumably > > anybody else in any way. > > > > But does it have to be _that_ awful? I'm genuinely embarrassed for > > it. Even though I'm not a webdesigner if I was unfortunate enough > > to be responsible for it I'd immediately 503 the service and redo > > it by hand in vi in 5 minutes. The result wouldn't necessarily be > > any better but it would certainly be infinitely less bad: it > > wouldn't render incorrectly, have trackers on it or advertise a > > Microsoft product on the front page at least. When the bar has been > > set that low it's difficult to see how much worse it could possibly > > get... > > > > So, anyone got an explanation? Anyone want to defend it? > > > > -- > > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > > https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list > > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > > I have an art degree and have coded a site using HTML (many moons ago). But I checked out the site and I thought it was good as it is.... -- (sent using CLAWS mail) All the best, as always, Jon Davey -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq