The translation tools Drupal 7+ look quite good. On the flipside there's much discussion of Pootle[1]
I was more thinking of splitting out the core site functions (Classic CMS with feeds) from some other components that are separate apps in a way. Anyways I'm meeting with Dave (my Drupal coworker) next week. If you have a good list of Apps/Functions/Services from the site that we can go through in planning and testing a move that would help. Thanks, Alex [1] http://pootle.translatehouse.org/ On 09/27/2013 01:52 PM, Ian Edwards wrote: > agreed - we should keep implementation options open at this stage, I'm > equally happy with Django and I'll try to help with other options if > they're chosen. > > I'll do some investigations into Drupal 8's multilingual support and see if > it supports the following requirement: > "We have to keep in mind that translation is being done by a growing bunch > of people who have little or no technical background. We need this to be > bullet proof and we need well defined processes on how to create > translations and whether or how to translate news / community spotlights, > etc." [1] > > I'll report back on the WebCom list > > [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/202 > > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Alex Mandel > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Ian, >> >> That plan is I think the same conclusion I had reached. That some parts >> of the site simply need to be recoded, and I would open that it does not >> necessarily have to be drupal if we have experts in other platforms >> willing to jump in, things like the Service directory can easily be >> django or other platforms heavily used in the community. >> >> Our current goal, is to move the current site as is if possible over to >> the OSUOSL hosted machines. We hit a snag in PHP being too new for the >> older drupal and it broke some stuff. www.osgeo2.org I think it is. >> If we can pull that off it would allow us to retire osgeo1 which is >> somewhat expensive to run, and would potentially free up funds to put >> towards re-coding of the site. >> >> FYI, if you feel Webcom needs a project management tool, how about a >> Trac instance? >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> >> On 09/27/2013 03:31 AM, Ian Edwards wrote: >>> Thanks Alex, Frank. I'm happy to leave the project management tools >>> (basecamp) alone and lean more on SAC. I'm also keen to make extensive >> use >>> of the wiki pages and to fill in missing documentation as we go. >>> >>> Looking through our custom Drupal modules I believe that we're unlikely >> to >>> find an upgrade path that will work - I suspect we're looking at a >> detailed >>> investigation of the functionality of the current site, followed by a >>> rebuild in Drupal 8 and automating the migration of content across. We >> can >>> have several attempts at this in a development environment before >>> performing live migration tests and then making the decision to move >> across >>> to the new site when all of the requirements have been met. Alex - I'm >>> very interested in hearing the thoughts of your Drupal colleague. If he >>> agrees with this route then I think we should get started and we can use >>> WebCom to report regular progress on the specifics. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Alex Mandel < >> [email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> On 09/26/2013 02:10 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Alex Mandel < >> [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 09/26/2013 05:26 AM, Ian Edwards wrote: >>>>>>> To make more concrete progress on the larger issues facing WebCom I'd >>>>>> like >>>>>>> to start some closed discussions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you have experience with the admin of any of the OSGeo >>>> infrastructure >>>>>>> then please join us. We'll report back progress on the open WebCom >>>>>> mailing >>>>>>> list. Sensitive information about the systems will be thoroughly >>>>>> documented >>>>>>> and tested and will become a closed resource for the team moving >>>>>> forwards. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please reply off list and I'll add you to the discussion. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ian >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Webcom to my knowledge has been inactive for several years, are you >> the >>>>>> new Chair? The infrastructure you refer to has all been handled by >>>>>> members of the System Administration committee. Everything except >>>>>> security information (passwords) is publicly on the OSGeo Wiki if >>>>>> someone has taken the time to write it up. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Alex, >>>>> >>>>> Webcom still notionally exists even if it is somewhat moribund. >>>>> >>>>> Ian has agreed to assist with the migration of Drupal, aspects of which >>>>> touch on SAC. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Excellent, I think it might be best to discuss how to get it done on the >>>> SAC list as Martin and I are the most familiar with the situation and >>>> have roughly attempted to do this task before getting distracted by >>>> other things (we can probably find old message thread for background). >>>> Once it's migrated I'm happy to let Webcom figure out what they want to >>>> change on a running site. >>>> >>>>> I don't think it would be all that helpful for Ian to struggle with >>>> whether >>>>> there ought to be a webcom, or if it is a SAC issue or a marketting >>>>> committee issue. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Agreed, revamp of the drupal site just needs to happen. >>>> >>>>> It is hopefully just about migrating Drupal and possibly doing some >>>> updates >>>>> to the web site - particularly as needed to make things work with a >> newer >>>>> drupal. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Right, I actually have someone who looked at it briefly (A drupal expert >>>> I work with), the trouble was we didn't have all the non-standard Drupal >>>> add-ons documented, so its hard to figure out how to keep them working >>>> right. If we feed him the right info, I can bug him to get it done or >>>> give us a quote if it'll cost some hours. >>>> >>>>> That said, I'm non-plussed by this idea of "closed" discussions and use >>>> of >>>>> some thing called basecamp. Ian - why are closed discussions valuable >>>>> other than the need to be protective of a few passwords? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I agree, no need for basecamp (I do know what it is). We have a wiki and >>>> should use it. >>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> Frank >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alex >>>> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
