I guess I like kiwi too much, I suppose to type kwiki, but I typed kiwiki instead:)
Maria On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Maria Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sean, > > I am glad I can help a little, because I consider me a part of kiwi (Just > kiding, kiwiki) group or new wikispaces for Boston.pm, and I should thank > you guys for creating such a wonderful community! > > Cheers, > Maria > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Sean Quinlan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds fine to me. Let me know if there is anything specific you need >> from me. In the meantime I still have a bunch of sites to relocate over >> this weekend and even if those all go well (fracking email, joomla, etc), I >> still probably wouldn't get to boston.pm untill the following weekend at >> very the earliest. >> >> And if the new location isn't ready by the time I need to move it, that >> isn't terrible. All of these shared hosting accounts are still on basically >> the same version of perl, so it will _probably_ just work once restored >> from backup, with maybe a few config/path updates. >> >> But regardless, many thanks for all your help! >> >> -Cheers, >> Sean >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Maria Huang <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
