[SWLUG] swlug site

[Mark Jones]

Surely what the site needs is a few people to review it every 6 months or
so to ensure it is up to date?

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

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.
On 8 Oct 2013 10:52, "Justin Mitchell" <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
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