Hi Sean, I converted some pages from http://boston.pm.org/kwiki to http://boston-pm.wikispaces.com/ already, but not all of them, like Tom said before, how calendar gets handled needs discussion, also I had thought do we need have a section to hold presentation or talk, and encourage members to sign up to this new site?
I have been busy recently so I didn't work on it. I hope I can continue working on it soon but I need comments or suggestions what will be next step. I hope I answered your question. Best, Maria On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Sean Quinlan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
