On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 1:50 PM, Anurag <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Raghavendra Kamath < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Do we have a website? I searched but I couldn't find it. I think we have > > the domain http://ilug-bom.org.in/ which has a note pointing to the > > mailing list. > > > > What do you guys think about creating a website? > > It can be static, generated via Jekyll or pelican. > > > > Rushabh had an idea of hosting from GitHub pages, I think it is good idea > > if hosting space is a problem. > > > > I support this option too. We used to have a wiki, a rails based website, > and one based on zope over the time. But as serveral members mentioned > here, setting up the website is easy, keeping it up to date is a task. > > IMO, github (or gitlab pages) based static website would be the best bet. A > jekyll/hugo/pelican powered static website maintained via ilug-bom > organization in github that accepts PRs from the community - lets try this? > > I think it is a control vs. simplicity paradox. If we want a user interface which anybody knows how to use, it has to be simple like wiki. Anyone can contribute/update/edit/produce/maintain the content. There is no need for a separate maintainer for content.
On the other hand, the github pages approach is not for everyone. It may be simple for sophisticated/power users, but definitely not straight forward for everyone. IMHO, sending, approving, and merging PR requests is to much to ask for if change is very small (like, sentence/spelling correction or small additions). In short, if priority is to have few people control/approve the website content, then github pages is no doubt a good option, but if we want everyone/anyone to contribute, would suggest to go for some simpler options. Thanks, -- Rahul Upakare PS: Has anybody tried github wiki? Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ~Confucius -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
