<div dir="ltr">I am one of the lurkers. I was planning to get to the last meeting back in the spring but unfortunately another baby arrived. I would love for the group to have some activity particualy social/meetings and would be happy to show you all my linux hacked xbox running XBMC. I agree the website could do with a make over. A t the moment it amkes the group look like it has been totally inactive for a couple of years. I think a CMS makes more sense than a wiki. Am happy to help out with anything realting to that. <br>
<br>I think whoever kindlyoffered to redesign the site should just go ahead with it and break the inertia and it may kick us all into being more active.<br><br>just my twopence<br><br>//guy<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Andy Copland <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy.copland@gmail.com">andy.copland@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">Why not go half-way and use something like wordpress or typo3?<br><br>They offer basic cms functionality (improving steadily) and allow multiple admins and users can register themselves onto the system. They are both easy to skin up and theme - but just from experience - the chance of us all taking time out to update the site are slim.<br>
<br>So is the effort better spent on tidying up the current site - removing the bits that are outdated and setting up something that is easy to update for the events page (although I reckon most people will hear about those from the mailing list).<br>
<br>The facebook idea may flush out some more people interested in a social get together in Scarborough which would be nice :-)<br><br>On a side note - I am happy to host a geek night at my house :-) I think we just need a theme :-) Gadgets you bought and now hate perhaps? Or maybe a geek walk up the coastal path to Hayburn Wyke for a beer (and back by mini-bus for those too inebriated)?<br>
<br>On another note entirely - I plundered the SLUG emails that have bounced around recently and came up with the following names who are active (i.e. have emailed the list since I joined the group) - Sorry if I missed any - just ran a quick check.<br>
<br>Ross Kendall<br>John Allsopp<br>Martin Webb<br>Stephen O'Neil<br>Al Girling<br>David Knight<br>Andy Copland<br>Fintan Gaughan<br>Mathew Toseland<br>Pete Redwood<br>Des<br>Woz<br><br>There may be more lurking in the shadows - but these seem to be the vocal ones!<br>
<br>Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/8/3 John Allsopp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@johnallsopp.co.uk" target="_blank">john@johnallsopp.co.uk</a>></span><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Martin Webb wrote:<br>
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Here are a couple of my thoughts for the discussion:<br>
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* The website is very out-of-date and needs updating. It would be<br>
good if it could be a community portal where every member could<br>
post news, discussion topics and generally help with keeping it<br>
up-to-date. /I would be happy to port the current site to Drupal<br>
to help this happen./<br>
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Yes, I like the sound of this, and support the use of Drupal. Used Moodle (which is not that dissimilar, but needed adaptation) for a while, for similar purposes. Worked very well.<br>
Martin<br>
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Might a wiki be better than a CMS? I was just thinking .. how will we pass the codes for amending the CMS to each other? I know that's not an insurmountable problem, but it occurred to me if we publish them here, that's public. So that led to the thought of .. well, why not have it public anyway?<br>
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