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*** html→pmwiki converter: libhtml-wikiconverter-pmwiki-perl | *** html→pmwiki converter: libhtml-wikiconverter-pmwiki-perl | ||
*** The LyX people took good notes on how to set it up ( | *** The LyX people took good notes on how to set it up ([http://www.lyx.org/SiteDocumentation here]) and are approachable. | ||
*** A good [http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/PmWikiPhilosophy philosophy] ([http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/Audiences more]) | *** A good [http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/PmWikiPhilosophy philosophy] ([http://wiki.lyx.org/PmWiki/Audiences more]) | ||
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*** All [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Skins skins] look somewhat old-fashioned to me (MN) | *** All [http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/Skins skins] look somewhat old-fashioned to me (MN) | ||
**** Lyx wiki [http://www.lyx.org/Skins?skin=blog skins] | |||
*** Install by hand as no Debian package | *** Install by hand as no Debian package | ||
*** Might have a single administrative password for locked pages (ie homepage), so need to investigate how change history is stored ([http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki?action=diff e.g.]). | *** Might have a single administrative password for locked pages (ie homepage), so need to investigate how change history is stored ([http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWiki?action=diff e.g.]). |
Revision as of 18:45, 26 August 2010
GRASS Web Site planning
The current GRASS web site appear a bit overloaded and unmodern (since it has been kindly handcrafted with vim since 1998, of course following some evolution from plain HTML to HTML/PHP with RSS integrated). The question is:
- go Content Management System (CMS)?
- or stick with static pages?
To keep in mind:
- traditionally low number of contributors (hey, this could be better with a CMS)
- mirror sites want to copy/clone the site without more efforts than using rsync (i.e., static copy)
- the new layout should be modern, fresh and attractive
Update 7/2010: grass.osgeo.org is now running on new hardware on Debian Lenny.
Nice sites
Here a list of sites which are looking nice:
reSt + Sphinx
- Geotools.org
- System: Sphinx
- Advantages:
- Page files can be maintained in SVN
- Disadvantages:
- No WYSIWYG editor
- I think the GeoTools site is about as fancy as you can get with it (not very).
CMS Made Simple
- CMS Made Simple
- System: CMS Made Simple
- Advantages:
- WYSIWYG editor
- Access control via roles
- Static mirroring seems to be possible via http
- Very light system, installed in a few minutes
- Disadvantages:
- Requires browser for editing
Drupal
- OSGeo Foundation
- System: Drupal
- Advantages:
- WYSIWYG editor
- Access control via roles
- Static mirroring seems to be possible via http (? check)
- Can be run within OSGeo's Drupal server
- Disadvantages:
- Requires browser for editing
- Rather heavy system, installation may be complex but OSGeo can provide it
- Geopublishing
- System: Drupal (? unsure)
- Advantages:
- see OSGeo above
- Disadvantages:
- see OSGeo above
PmWiki
- LyX
- System: PmWiki
- Advantages:
- Looks professional, it's very hard to tell that their front page is actually a wiki
- Does not make the homepage look like a personal blog (/node12345) or wiki site
- Wiki editing means low barrier to entry
- Lightweight (200kb) & snappy
- html→pmwiki converter: libhtml-wikiconverter-pmwiki-perl
- The LyX people took good notes on how to set it up (here) and are approachable.
- A good philosophy (more)
- Stored on disk in flat files so you can use unix command line power tools to bulk maintain pages.
- thus Mirrorable
- See lyx's www-* svn
- See lyx's RSS feeds
- Active, monthly/quarterly new releases for the last 5 years
- Translations status looks nice
- Disadvantages:
Unknown
- Sakai
- It's obviously using one but I'm not sure which one it is