On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Scott Petrovic <scottpetro...@gmail.com> wrote: > The way we are designing this Q&A site, I am starting to think it is a bit > clumsy. This "answer to a question" will always be specific to a project. > Even if we get the filtering thing to work, it will always need to be > filtered on every page. Every project will have to have this sticky state - > hiding all other project questions and answers from the end user. It adds a > level of 'required configuration' that doesn't exist in Q&A sites. This just > seems clunky and unnecessary. > > I almost feel that this solution needs to take a slightly different > approach. > > 1. Have http://answers.kde.org/kde/ go to a KDE specific Q&A site. "What is > KDE". "How do I help with translations". Things like that. > http://answers.kde.org could also redirect to here > > 2. From there, individual projects will need to request their own Q&A site > if they really think they are wanting one. Krita would be ( > https://answers.kde.org/krita/ ) > > With the Krita pilot site, KDE will be able to decide if the WordPress + > plugin is a good standard for any future infrastructure requests. If the > Krita version is successful, I could also help if KDE wants to have a more > general purpose KDE themed version. This KDE version could also be the base > theme for any new projects that are created in the future. > > How does this direction sound? Are there technical hurdles with this? What > are the downsides?
This direction is fine with me, assuming the current plugin can't work with all applications sharing the same instance. I'd recommend we use Wordpress Multi-Site functionality as the core is essentially the same for each subsite. > > Scott Cheers, Ben > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Scott Petrovic <scottpetro...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Alright. >> >> Carl - I think once we start adding content to this and use it, we don't >> want to have the possibility of everything being deleted. A lot of people >> are going to be spending time building this up. It would be disheartening >> since this is part of a support system. Links will be pointing to this in >> blogs. We will be referencing it in IRC and forums - in addition to any SEO >> benefits that would be lost in the trial months. We need to get a good long >> term solution in place and then roll with it. I think that will create more >> confidence and drive higher usage as well. >> >> Rick - you seem to have a solution for this. Do you want to take a stab at >> making the fixes? With the direction we were going, we were wanting to have >> the search be filtered by category. Also, it would be nice to have a URL >> that would make the categories sticky. That way when you are on a product, >> it will stay on that project. This will make it easier for a project to link >> to the Q&A site and they know everything will be filtered by their project. >> If interested, you can probably put in a infrastructure support ticket to >> get access (https://sysadmin.kde.org/tickets/). >> >> >> For the styling, we will have to make it KDE styled since it will be for >> all projects. Making the design look like Krita branding would be confusing. >> Scott >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:25 AM, Rick.Timmis <rick.tim...@abazander.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my Dragon 32 >>> >>> Carl Symons <carlsym...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On 05/13/2015 06:02 PM, Scott Petrovic wrote: >>> > I started configuring the Q&A site plugin. >>> > >>> > https://answers.kde.org/ >>> > >>> > You can search for questions or add your own. One issue I am having >>> > with >>> > this plug-in is you cannot filter by category(product) before you ask a >>> > question. All of the different products get lumped together in the same >>> > search. For the questions I made, typing in "transform" will bring up >>> > questions in multiple products. There is no way to tell what product a >>> > question belongs to currently. >>> > >>> > Out of the solutions that I have found, I haven't seen a Q&A site >>> > solution that is designed in the direction we were going (select a >>> > category, then ask a question). Does anyone else have any thoughts? >>> > >>> > Scott >>> > >>> >>> My first thought is that this is not ready for general KDE Q&A. The plan >>> was to get the wrinkles out with Krita, using this as a pilot (and dev >>> site). People need to know that it is likely that there will be major >>> tweaks, as well as the possibility that all the data may disappear. >>> >>> I agree with you Scott. I would expect to be able to look for questions >>> dealing with Krita and not get other products. It doesn't work like I >>> thought it would. >>> >>> Carl >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> I think the Ajax type ahead search might be the cause of the problem. I >>> don't think it will work well with lots of data and results. Also it is most >>> likely not honouring the category selected. Can it be turned off ? >>> >>> I really like this as a starting point, clean, simple and the categories >>> are perfect for KDE Applications. >>> >>> Support for wildcard entries would be good too. >>> >>> So far I like it >>> >>> Rick >>> > >>> > >>> > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <b...@valdyas.org >>> > <mailto:b...@valdyas.org>> wrote: >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org >>> > >>> > On Wed, 6 May 2015, Luca Beltrame wrote: >>> > >>> > Boudewijn Rempt wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello Boudewijn, >>> > >>> > first of all thanks for replying. >>> > >>> > model. The forum encourages discussion and sharing work, >>> > while here we >>> > want to have a question per topic, answers, and a kind of >>> > game system >>> > >>> > >>> > Do you think that such a way would be better suited for Krita? >>> > I >>> > ask because at least in the forums I man (not Krita, you guys >>> > are too good at it yourselves ;) I see (still occasionally >>> > though) other users stepping in and giving advice (this is most >>> > evident in the Plasma 5 forum). >>> > >>> > >>> > Well, as I said, it's mostly a different kind of interaction, so >>> > what I want is give users what they're expecting: a forum for >>> > wide-ranging discussion-type interaction and a q&a site for >>> > questions and answers. The one doesn't replace the other. >>> > >>> > >>> > OK, that's not the level of involvement I'd like to see, but >>> > it's a start. >>> > >>> > where answers can be upvoted or downvoted and marked as >>> > correct. And then >>> > the site must be easily searchable. >>> > >>> > >>> > This last sentence warrants some additional questions: what are >>> > issues w/search? >>> > >>> > >>> > It's a matter of how google indexes stuff, I'd say. >>> > >>> > Boudewijn >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > kde-community mailing list >>> > kde-community@kde.org <mailto:kde-community@kde.org> >>> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > kde-community mailing list >>> > kde-community@kde.org >>> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kde-community mailing list >>> kde-community@kde.org >>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> kde-community mailing list >>> kde-community@kde.org >>> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > kde-community mailing list > kde-community@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list kde-community@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
