Just pinging to get an idea if this is moving anywhere. I need to move boston.pm.org to a new hosting service. I can migrate everything, but it's one less thing to manage if I don't have to keep kwiki running post move. :)
Cheers, Sean On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:32 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your detailed information, and this can give me a jump start, I > will take a close look soon. > > Maria > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 30, 2013, at 11:37 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Bill Ricker wrote: > >>> ...Wikispaces page. (I think I have a site setup for Boston.pm there, > >>> just awaiting content.) > >> > >> pointer ? that might kick start group use so make it worthwhile. > > > > http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/ > > > > Created a year ago. I had intended to do an initial cut of the > > conversion, but it perpetually sits just out of reach at the bottom of > > my todo list. I guess now is as good a time as any to try and move it > > forward. > > > > > > Maria Huang wrote: > >> ...I think I can convert pages at home... > > > > Yes, there's no need to do this as an in-person meeting. That was just > > an idea to create a meeting topic that would also be productive for the > > group. > > > > I think the reasoning behind not opening up the conversion to volunteers > > before is that Bill wanted to see how it would look before committing to > > switching over Boston.pm to use he new service. > > > > > >> And any deadline for this? > > > > None. The sooner it goes done, the sooner Bill can reduce or eliminate > > his efforts to repair spam and vandalism that occurs with our current > wiki. > > > > > >> And where is old wiki site? > > > > http://boston.pm.org/kwiki/ > > > > > >> ...just need some instructions. > > > > The first step is to go to: > > http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/ > > > > and login (you can use OpenID) or create an account, and then request > > membership in the Boston.pm wikispace. > > > > I've picked a theme, colors, and created a logo. (That's the "Ubuntu > > Mono" font. I struggled to find something evocative of a terminal font > > that still looked OK when scaled up to logo size. That aside, I just > > combined the stock Perl onion with "Boston.pm". You should compare it to > > the logo I did for the Boston.pm LinkedIn group, as you might like that > > better.) > > > > I converted over the main page. A little bit of intro text, links to > > pm.org, perl.org, our mailing list page (needs to be created), our jobs > > posting policy page (needs to be created), and I threw in a Creative > > Commons licensed picture of the Zakim Bridge for some cliché Boston > flavor. > > > > I added a section titled "Recent Meetings" which will automatically > > display the 5 most recent wiki pages tagged as "meeting". (It currently > > shows only page page titles. There are probably things we could do to > > get it to pull in a page summary or some such.) > > > > I created a sample meeting page for our last meeting just so the section > > above would have something to show. Well need to figure out a template > > for that, and settle on a page name format. > > > > Once the bulk of the data is moved over, time can then be spent revising > > the look and feel (or perhaps making it look less wiki-like), > > customizing the menus, and making better use of the embedded widgets > > they offer, like to embed a Google Calendar. > > > > Looking at my notes from a prior conversation with Bill, this is the > > list of pages that need to be converted (most parenthetical comments > > from Bill): > > > > Home page (first draft done) > > MITDirections > > JobPostingPolicy > > IrcRoom > > BostonPMCalendar > > MongerLists > > Damian2006Mementos (with images, historical) > > BostonPMHistory (historical; Add entry marking end of kwiki) > > TechMeetingTopics (idea queue) > > > > There is another 4 or 5 less important pages that should also be > > converted at some point. > > > > How the calendar gets handled needs discussion. Bill suggested "The > > Calendar could reasonably get split into history-by-year pages to > > reduce max size. Or not." My first instinct would be to handle it the > > same way the "Recent Meetings" section is handled on the home page, > > using a widget that displays a list of pages matching a tag. This way > > the calendar page could have either a single widget or perhaps one per > > year, while each meeting then gets its own page. > > > > As for using Wikispaces itself, you can create a new page by: > > -typing in the URL where you would like it to be; it'll prompt you to > > create a new page; > > -create a link to the new page, then click on the link; > > -Select the "Pages and Files" menu option, and then click the new page > > button. > > > > In the upper right you'll find a Help link on every page, which will > > take you to extensive documentation on how to use Wikispaces. For the > > most part, due to the WYSIWYG editor, you won't need it. Occasionally it > > is helpful to modify the wiki markup text. To access that, click the > > down arrow next to the save button when editing a page, and choose > > "Wikitext Editor." > > > > -Tom > > > > -- > > Tom Metro > > Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA > > "Enterprise solutions through open source." > > Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Boston-pm mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
