BTW, I transposed letters in your name, so I just remade the account. On 08/22/2012 12:06 PM, Dan Yasny wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Karsten 'quaid' Wade" <[email protected]> To: "Dan Yasny" >> <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 22 August, >> 2012 8:55:00 PM Subject: Re: vdsm hooks pages at ovirt.org >> >> On 08/22/2012 08:47 AM, Dan Yasny wrote: >>> >>> Wiki pages are used by engineering, mainly to describe features >>> and projects. I really want the hooks to have a consumable look >>> to them, just like https://extensions.gnome.org/ or >>> http://gallery.zimbra.com/ or marketplace.redhat.com >>> >>> This will have to be built, and will take a lot of effort, so I >>> don't expect too many changes there, once it's up and running, >>> and the entry barrier is negligible, compared to the amount of >>> work I'll be putting in there anyway. >>> >>> So if Wiki is the only choice, we'll have to use wiki, but if >>> it's possible to do this in a nicer, more mature-looking way, I'd >>> rather go there >> >> It's not that the wiki is the only choice, I just didn't see an >> explanation in the discussion as to why it won't suffice. I reckon >> I see your point now. My only concern is if you can get the design >> resources to make the look&feel. However, using WordPress at least >> gets you the same look&feel as the rest of the site (including when >> it is updated.) >> >> BTW, WordPress isn't a requirement either - you could build this >> another way, but WordPress has some conveniences, including making >> it much simpler for other people to help with maintenance. > > What other way would that be? I'm open for suggestions, since this is > quite new to me too
For example, we could setup /hooks as an actual sub-directory that Apache serves up. The directory could be populated with a different publishing framework, hand-built pages, etc. It could be automatically generated from a git checkout, etc. It all comes down to what the VDSM folks want to have and maintain. Using WordPress is easy, though: Infra maintains it for the projects, it has built-in authentication, it has the same design as the rest of the site, etc. >> Are these 'hooks' only going to be for VDSM? Or could there be >> others for other components? I'm asking because hooks.ovirt.org is >> a generic namespace, vs. vdsm-hooks.ovirt.org etc. Just want to >> make sure we don't lock ourselves in to a name usage that we may >> not always want. > > Makes sense. We might also have a simpler repository for API and SDK > scripts, instead of people keeping their own githubs all over the > place, but hooks are important because they allow you to expand the > functionality of oVirt in a very broad range of features Does this mean hooks.ovirt.org is fine to use, and could be used by non-VDSM projects? I'm fine with api.ovirt.org, sdk.ovirt.org, etc. Just want to make sure we are thinking about them in a nice information-architecture as well as program-support ways. >> I'll add Dan as an Editor for the WordPress instance - you can >> always start a page and rename it if the naming changes. I'll >> hold-off on requesting the DNS addition to see what the answers to >> my questions are. > > OK, is there a place I can read up on getting started with wordpress? > Used to play with Joomla a few years ago, but nothing too serious WordPress is essentially a blog engine, but it has other features that allow it to be a CMS - stand-alone (static) pages, categories, etc. This is a good place to start: http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress It's a very popular website framework so there is a lot out there about how to use it. For myself, it's usually my favorite piece of software as a user, which says a lot because I loathe webapps. :) (It's pretty great as a sysadmin, too.) - Karsten -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Sr. Analyst - Community Growth http://TheOpenSourceWay.org .^\ http://community.redhat.com @quaid (identi.ca/twitter/IRC) \v' gpg: AD0E0C41
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