Re: Coordinators: Update GNHLUG calendar?
On Tue September 12 2006 23:53, Ben Scott wrote: On 9/12/06, Jim Kuzdrall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was going to add the announcement for MerriLUG for Heather, but I was waiting for more information from the speaker to get an informative and enticing title. I'm of the opinion that it's better to get something up now and refine it later. This also defends against stuff falling through the cracks. Just this past weekend, I suddenly realized (or rather, my PDA reminded me) that there was a SLUG meeting Monday. I had meant to send out an announcement weeks prior, but then shit happened at work, and I totally forgot about it. :-( That was email, not the website, but same principle applies. I think it's just the way of the SLUG. Same thing happens to me monthly! I have to thank Ben because I finally got on to send something on Sunday and realized it already went out Saturday! I believe I have next months announcement ready for a final proof. Maybe I can break the curse this month! -- -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Centerfax: (603) 862-1761 -- ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
Re: centralug web site
I am for having a single site for all the groups. But I'm not sure that the wiki meets the needs. I know there are other CMS systems out there that have to do a better job than the Wiki does. I'm trying one of them now. I've never been a fan of a Wiki as a main site, it always seems to confusing. Not that I liked SLUG's old flat site, but at least you didn't get lost. Last month I started the Plone served website in an attempt to have it be more collaborative. It's too early to tell if that will work or not. One thing is certain, it's not as easy to get lost in the Plone site as with the Wiki. The obvious down side is that I expect Plone consumes more resources than a wiki would. But it does look nicer. And so far seem fairly easy to use and administrate. If any of the other chapters setup a Drupal or PHP based CMS site I would like to check those out at well. -- -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Centerfax: (603) 862-1761 -- ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
Re: New TWiki is up... But...
I also looked at the Skins just to see what can be done. I assume the features are the same regardless but if anybody cares I liked the following skins: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/FlexibleSkin http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/DragonSkin http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/HobbesSkin On Tue August 23 2005 11:18 am, Ben Scott wrote: My thoughts: Oh... shiny! Seriously, looks nice. I like the increased use of icons and more intelligent use of color. New version still suffers from the problem of wasted space that TWiki had before. Compare the more economical Wikipedia layout. I'm thinking that might be worth stealing. Put our logo in the upper-left corner, tools across the top, popular links on the left One of the design goals on the existing site was simplicity, both technical and stylistic. This was both my own personal preference and the result of feedback that the old site was too busy. Simple sites are also easier to maintain. People who are already afraid of Wiki are likely to run and hide if the confronted with tag soup when they hit edit. That being said, I do think the existing site is rather plain, even for my tastes. I'll check how it looks in Lynx/eLinks when I get a chance. When it comes to migrating content... I propose the following: - Keep the Main web for user pages and other TWiki administrivia. - Keep the Sandbox and TWiki webs for what they are. - Create one web for all GNHLUG content, regardless of scope. From my (admitedly somewhat limited) experience with Wiki's, trying to divide content into solid categories is a lost cause, and often counter-productive. Drawing artificial barriers just impeads the flow of information. It also appeared that people had trouble finding stuff outside the www web, so putting it all together only makes sense. (This ties in with my current anti-Balkanization theme, in case you didn't notice.) If there needs to be manual labor for moving content from old system to new, I'll gladly volunteer to do the grunt work. More later... ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
Re: Announce list non-moderation for chapter coordinators
Me to. Using this very account [EMAIL PROTECTED]. On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 12:13 -0400, Ted Roche wrote: Ben: As we discussed Saturday, could you add my name to the -announce mailing list so that I can post monthly meeting announcements without having to wait for (underpaid, overworked, volunteer) moderator approval? Thanks! Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org -- -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Centerfax: (603) 862-1761 -- ___ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
