<p dir="ltr">Surely what the site needs is a few people to review it every 6 months or so to ensure it is up to date? </p>
<p dir="ltr">As for Static/Wordpress, i'd argue for a LUG something simple will do, and provided the template is commented properly should be easy to maintain</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm not in South Wales that much, (i'm a Gog) but as a SysAdmin myself Wordpress is a PITA as it needs constantly updating. A wiki might be better for a LUG though, it's entirely your choice.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 8 Oct 2013 10:52, "Justin Mitchell" <<a href="mailto:justin@discordia.org.uk">justin@discordia.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 10:33 +0100, Mark Einon wrote:<br>
> On 8 October 2013 10:03, Justin Mitchell <<a href="mailto:justin@discordia.org.uk">justin@discordia.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> > I think keeping static pages in a repository is a really dumb idea,<br>
> > working with raw html all the time is just asking for a big mess further<br>
> > down the road.<br>
> ><br>
> > I felt the offered single static page was a little bit too minimalist,<br>
> > there wasn't any visual clues on how you could ever expand it to more<br>
> > than one page without having to start again from scratch<br>
><br>
> The page I suggested isn't meant to be changed, and starting from<br>
> scratch isn't a big issue - it only took me 20 mins to put together.<br>
> The 'big mess' that we're in right now with a large site full of old<br>
> and dated content is what I intended to avoid. With the present levels<br>
> of time being spent on the website, I believe that having a minimalist<br>
> site is essential to making it usable.<br>
<br>
istr this whole conversation started from the request to put something<br>
on the website for the GNU celebrations, so the whole revamp idea was<br>
triggered by a need to make some small temporary changes.<br>
<br>
but yes, there is too much junk at the moment, and we need to clear out<br>
the mess.<br>
<br>
><br>
> Also, the page is setup to be viewed easily on mobile devices - which<br>
> in my experience most CMSs are quite bad at.<br>
yes, many of the CMS's are terrible at layout, which is why i like<br>
pmwiki, the look of the entire site is just one html template file and<br>
one css file. it can look however you want it to look, but can be edited<br>
online in a simple fashion.<br>
<br>
> I don't really understand the comment about static pages in a<br>
> repository...perhaps you could expand on that a bit more?<br>
Someone suggested making the site editable by storing the pages on<br>
github and automatically updating the webserver from it.<br>
<br>
><br>
> ><br>
> > I was planning to use the stylings of the offered page, but adapt it to<br>
> > a more expandable layout, and use it as the theme for a pmwiki, but i<br>
> > just haven't had the time to do that yet as i have been busy with the<br>
> > local hackspace.<br>
><br>
> I guess this is a similar thing for most people, it certainly is for<br>
> me too - lots of great ideas, but not enough time. I don't see this<br>
> situation changing any time soon. In the meantime, why not just put up<br>
> the one page? It doesn't rule out changing it when something else<br>
> becomes available, and IMHO is an improvement on the current site,<br>
> which isn't really inviting to new members - which, if my thinking is<br>
> correct, is one of the major requirements for our website.<br>
<br>
<br>
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