I would be willing to set it up. I have setup at least 5 wordpress sites for various uses before. I also write scripts for it. On Monday, November 9, 2015, Andrew Toskin <and...@tosk.in> wrote: > If we decide to rebuild the registry site from scratch, I think > WordPress would be *much* easier to set up than Drupal or Joomla, and > WordPress has pretty good spam filters via plugins officially sponsored > by Automattic, the company developing. There are a lot of web CMS > applications out there, but WordPress is by far the easiest to use > among the PHP/MySQL stacks, and still pretty versatile for web > development. > Either way, I think the GIMP Plugin Registry provides an important > service. We shouldn't let it fall to the wayside. > On Sun, 2015-11-08 at 16:44 -0500, Kasim Ahmic wrote: >> The site looks great! I only have a few minor cosmetic concerns >> though: >> >> 1. The About GIMP, Documentation, Donations, Get Involved, and >> Tutorial links in the footer and menu bar don't have icons next to >> them. What's strange is that on the mobile version, the Documentation >> and Tutorials links both have icons. I personally think these would >> look nice: >> - About GIMP: Not sure but maybe a question mark? >> - Donations: A simple dollar sign >> - Get Involved: A handshake >> >> 2. The images for the GIMP icon in the menu bar and footer are much >> lower quality than the other icons. I'm only looking at the site on >> my phone so I can't tell for sure but I'm gonna assume that the other >> icons are vectors whereas the GIMP icon is a bitmap image. Also, the >> icons for Scribus, Inkscape, and SwatchBooker should either be halved >> in size or replaced with higher DPI icons for hi-res devices. Perhaps >> do the same thing with the "Graphic Design Elements" and "Programming >> Algorithms" backgrounds but loading higher DPI images for those might >> start causing load issues for people on mobile devices so I don't >> think that's too important personally. >> >> 3. The Recent News title on the News page doesn't have a border and >> shadow underneath it like the Documentation, Tutorials, and other >> titles on their respective pages do. >> >> 4. The OpenHub activity tracker's design and style doesn't fit with >> the rest of the site. But that's just mostly color scheme and font. >> >> Other than that, everything else looks great! >> >> A far as the GIMP registry goes, part of me wants to preserve it and >> just update Drupal to the latest version (assuming it's backwards >> compatible) and hope it has better spam protection. But on the other >> hand, I'd like to see it redone entirely in a way that's built for >> spam protection from the group up. They both have their pros and >> cons: >> >> Fix the Current Site >> Pros: >> - Should be relatively simple. >> - No loss of plugins and posts. >> - Current registry users won't have to learn a new system for >> posting plugins or responses. >> >> Cons: >> - AFAIK, there's no real version control on Drupal making it >> difficult for users to find the version of a plugin their looking >> for. >> - Potential for future problems due to old server configs. >> >> Create an All New Site >> Pros: >> - We can rest assured spam won't be an issue. >> - We can modify it to our and the users needs from the ground up. >> >> Cons: >> - Will be a massive undertaking. >> - Will have the need for moving over old plugins from the old site. >> >> Those are just my thoughts on it. >> >> Kasim Ahmic >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Nov 8, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Pat David <patda...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback! >> > >> > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:37 PM yahvuu <yah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > On http://static.gimp.org/: >> > > There is a typo in Section 'High Quality Photo Manipulation': >> > > 'GIMP provides the tools for needed for high quality image' >> > > (delete word) -------^ >> > >> > Awesome! Thank you for that - fixed in 41b3f77 >> > >> > >> > > Things you might consider: >> > > - Section 'Extensibility & Flexibility': >> > > Add Link to http://registry.gimp.org/ >> > >> > >> > I agree with adding this link to the section, but am not sure if we >> > should >> > hold off until we decide what we want to do with the registry (or >> > just go >> > ahead and link it, and let folks get the archived version until we >> > switch >> > things up). The registry is in a poor state, and there's not much >> > we can >> > do about it from our end (old drupal install that is vulnerable to >> > spam). >> > >> > I was going to address some ideas in a separate thread on the ML >> > later at >> > some point and see what everyone thought. >> > >> > >> > > - A new Section "Get Involved": >> > > ~ "GIMP is a community project which is driven by >> > > volunteers with >> > > a wide range of interests and skills. Have a look how you can >> > > become >> > > part of the community" with link to gimp.org/develop/. *) >> > >> > Great idea! I'll have a look at integrating a section like >> > this. Along >> > that same idea, we should probably have a look at cleaning up >> > /develop/ and >> > making it a bit cleaner, simpler, clearer? We've already had a >> > couple of >> > commits for those pages, yay! >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On http://static.gimp.org/develop/ >> > > - Section "GIMP Development Links": >> > > >> > > "Martin Nordholts’ GIMP Blog -- What happens in GIMP >> > > development." >> > > ^--- The blog is not active anymore, this item can be >> > > deleted. >> > >> > I see that it's not active, though the information is still >> > archived >> > there. Should we delete the link completely or mark it as inactive >> > and >> > leave the link to the old material? I'm not sure on this and am >> > looking >> > for some guidance/opinions from those who know more than me. :) >> > >> > pat >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gimp-web-list mailing list >> > gimp-web-list@gnome.org >> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-web-list mailing list >> gimp-web-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list > _______________________________________________ > gimp-web-list mailing list > gimp-web-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list >
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