[SWLUG] swlug site

[Justin Mitchell]

On Tue, 2013-10-08 at 10:33 +0100, Mark Einon wrote:
> On 8 October 2013 10:03, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:
> > I think keeping static pages in a repository is a really dumb idea,
> > working with raw html all the time is just asking for a big mess further
> > down the road.
> >
> > I felt the offered single static page was a little bit too minimalist,
> > there wasn't any visual clues on how you could ever expand it to more
> > than one page without having to start again from scratch
> 
> The page I suggested isn't meant to be changed, and starting from
> scratch isn't a big issue - it only took me 20 mins to put together.
> The 'big mess' that we're in right now with a large site full of old
> and dated content is what I intended to avoid. With the present levels
> of time being spent on the website, I believe that having a minimalist
> site is essential to making it usable.

istr this whole conversation started from the request to put something
on the website for the GNU celebrations, so the whole revamp idea was
triggered by a need to make some small temporary changes.

but yes, there is too much junk at the moment, and we need to clear out
the mess.

> 
> Also, the page is setup to be viewed easily on mobile devices - which
> in my experience most CMSs are quite bad at.
yes, many of the CMS's are terrible at layout, which is why i like
pmwiki, the look of the entire site is just one html template file and
one css file. it can look however you want it to look, but can be edited
online in a simple fashion. 

> I don't really understand the comment about static pages in a
> repository...perhaps you could expand on that a bit more?
Someone suggested making the site editable by storing the pages on
github and automatically updating the webserver from it.

> 
> >
> > I was planning to use the stylings of the offered page, but adapt it to
> > a more expandable layout, and use it as the theme for a pmwiki, but i
> > just haven't had the time to do that yet as i have been busy with the
> > local hackspace.
> 
> I guess this is a similar thing for most people, it certainly is for
> me too - lots of great ideas, but not enough time. I don't see this
> situation changing any time soon. In the meantime, why not just put up
> the one page? It doesn't rule out changing it when something else
> becomes available, and IMHO is an improvement on the current site,
> which isn't really inviting to new members - which, if my thinking is
> correct, is one of the major requirements for our website.