[Bradford] Fw: Website Construction

Thu Apr 11 14:11:47 UTC 2013

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On 11 April 2013 14:45, John McLear <john at mclear.co.uk> wrote:

> Blogger is not open source, good luck using it when Google decide it's no
> longer profitable for them..
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> Sources:  Internet.
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> John McLear
> McLear Ltd
> Etherpad Foundation
> Primary Technology Ltd
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> From: xpd259 at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:44:12 +0100
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> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction
> To: john at mclear.co.uk
> CC: david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk; pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk;
> bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
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> While I like Wordpress my +1 goes to blogger
> As it's free to have a domain name pointed to your blog once you have paid
> for it from any provide and you can edit the html to your heart's desire
> To achive the look you wish, plus you can embed code in posts and
> "widgets" etc
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> Dick
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> About.me http://about.me/dick.thomas
> Blog: www.xpd259.co.uk
> G+:   www.google.com/profiles/xpd259
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> On 11 April 2013 10:48, John McLear <john at mclear.co.uk> wrote:
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> +1 for Wordpress.com
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> *Things you can't do*
> No Embed so no embedding primarywall, primarypad, wordle, voki etc.
> [Excludes youtube and vimeo]
> No XMLRPC so no ability to use mobile apps such as classdroid.
> You can’t use your own domain IE myschoolblog.com
> You can’t heavily modify themes so changing the layout of your blog can be
> difficult.
> No plugin uploads so you can’t access the millions of plugins available in
> the wordpress Codex.
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> *Things you can..*
> No need to worry about growth, wordpress.com can handle millions of
> requests per second.
> No need to worry about upgrades or updates.
> Preview new versions of WordPress.
> All of your data is backed up and protected for you.
> Comes pre-loaded with a spam filter.
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> Shamelessly stolen from:
> http://mclear.co.uk/2011/09/03/wordpress-com-vs-primaryblogger-vs-self-hosted/
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> John McLear
> McLear Ltd
> Etherpad Foundation
> Primary Technology Ltd
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> > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:30:15 +0100
> > From: david.carpenter at nornir.co.uk
> > To: pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk
> > CC: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
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> > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction
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> > My advice would be for them to look at Wordpress.com
> >
> > Their current site is not very complicated and would transfer via copy
> > and paste quickly.
> >
> > A domain can be bought easily at an independent supplier, or through
> > wordpress.com. (it then costs $10 a year to 'map' the domain to
> > wordpress.com software, otherwise the hosting costs are zero)
> >
> > If they out grow the site, they would then be on a portable platform
> > where they can take it onto their own servers in future.
> >
> > Add in something like google calendar for their events and they'd
> > basically have the BradLIUG site!
> >
> > They may need some help to achieve this, and with any project like
> > this is worth working out what the capacity is within the organisation
> > to cope with their website, but in my experience Wordpress is picked
> > up quite quickly be people and is quite easy to look after.
> >
> > Cheers
> > David
> >
> > On 10 April 2013 15:29, Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > > This is what the Society in question has at present
> > >
> > > http://www.communigate.co.uk/brad/standrewssocietybradford/
> > >
> > > Constructors of Scottish heritage will be looked upon favourably, I
> imagine.
> > >
> > > P.
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk>
> > > To: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> > > Cc: BradLUG <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 14:26
> > >
> > > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction
> > >
> > > Here is the response:
> > >
> > > Do they want help:
> > > · to obtain a domain name Yes
> > > · to host a website No
> > > · to set up their own website Yes
> > > · to create a website from scratch Preferably
> > > · to create a website using templates Possibly
> > > · to create a website using a content management system ??
> > > · primarily to provide information Yes
> > > · primarily to interact with people, whether their own volunteers or
> > > the wider community? Eventually yes
> > >
> > >
> > > We only need ball park figures initially and maybe a look at someone’s
> > > previous work.
> > >
> > > Don't know how helpful that is but it's a start.
> > >
> > > If anyone is interested in throwing their hat in the ring (or
> recommending
> > > someone) please let me know asap.
> > >
> > > P.
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> > > To: Paul Colley <pchcolley at yahoo.co.uk>
> > > Cc: BradLUG <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 21:19
> > > Subject: Re: [Bradford] Fw: Website Construction
> > >
> > > Some thoughts.
> > >
> > > Do they want help:
> > > to obtain a domain name
> > > to host a website
> > > to set up their own website
> > > to create a website from scratch
> > > to create a website using templates
> > > to create a website using a content management system
> > > primarily to provide information
> > > primarily to interact with people, whether their own volunteers or the
> > > wider community?
> > >
> > > John
> > > --
> > > On Tue, 2013-04-09 at 20:48 +0100, Paul Colley wrote:
> > >> Hi all
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Received the following enquiry from a colleague today.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I’m involved with a local Society that is looking to create a new
> > >> website and domain. Can you recommend any people that might be able
> > >> to undertake this – we are looking to get quotes?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Said I certainly can recommend or signpost - but that it will be
> > >> difficult to quote without further info.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Anybody potentially interested? Anyone willing to suggest basic
> > >> questions that would need to be answered in order to come up with an
> > >> offer?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Paul
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
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> > >> Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford
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> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bradford mailing list
> > > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford
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> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Bradford mailing list
> > > Bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford
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> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bradford
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