On 25 June 2014 18:03, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > Lena, I'd say just go with whatever you think looks best. Design is > often best left to a single person. :) >
+1 :) > > On 25 June 2014 17:57, Andy Wenk <andyw...@apache.org> wrote: > > +2 for http://publishdemo.wordpress.com/ > > +1 for http://trulyminimaldemo.wordpress.com/ > > -0 for the rest > > > > But we will have the CouchDB Logo will we :) > > > > Thanks Lena > > > > Cheers > > > > Andy > > > > > > On 25 June 2014 17:42, Lena Reinhard <l...@thehoodiefirm.com> wrote: > > > >> I'd suggest keeping things as simple as possible for now. If we find a > >> designer who'd want to create a nice design, we could still do a > relaunch. > >> > >> Thus, I'd suggest just using one of the free WP themes. > >> I have already taken a closer look at available Wordpress themes, there > >> would be e.g.: > >> http://trulyminimaldemo.wordpress.com/ > >> http://publishdemo.wordpress.com/ > >> http://en.wordpress.com/themes/syntax/ > >> http://tonaldemo.wordpress.com/ > >> More themes are here: http://en.wordpress.com/themes/type/free/ > >> > >> > >> > >> On 25.06.2014, at 12:35, Andy Wenk <a...@nms.de> wrote: > >> > >> > any idea who's going to create a simple but nice design for the new > >> blog? I > >> > do not have the skills to do that ... > >> > > >> > > >> > On 24 June 2014 21:15, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> On 24 Jun 2014, at 16:39 , Lena Reinhard <l...@thehoodiefirm.com> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> d'oh. Updated. > >> >>> > >> >>> so, as far as I got it, next steps would be: > >> >>> 1) data migration – Jan and Alexander, could you handle that? > >> >>> 2) granting access (= creating accounts, preferrably admin > accounts, if > >> >> no one is opposed; accounts needed for: > >> >>> - Noah > >> >>> - Alexander (see step 1) > >> >>> - Lena > >> >>> - … ? > >> >>> 3) updating design (include new header + tagline) > >> >>> 4) notifying dev@ about the change > >> >>> 5) posting last week's weekly news ;) (can do that as soon as I got > >> >> access) > >> >>> 6) post promotion > >> >>> 7) check if categories are correct; we should also keep in mind to > tag > >> >> at least new posts correctly > >> >> > >> >> 8) Update the main website to link to the new blog. > >> >> 9) eventually post on the old blog that we have a new blog :) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>> > >> >>> Anything else? :) > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On 24.06.2014, at 16:38, Lena Reinhard <l...@thehoodiefirm.com> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> so, as far as I got it, next steps would be: > >> >>>> 1) data migration – Jan and Alexander, could you handle that? > >> >>>> 2) granting access (= creating accounts, preferrably admin > accounts, > >> if > >> >> no one is opposed; accounts needed for: > >> >>>> - Noah > >> >>>> - Alexander (see step 1) > >> >>>> - Lena > >> >>>> - … ? > >> >>>> 3) notifying dev@ about the change > >> >>>> 4) posting last week's weekly news ;) (can do that as soon as I got > >> >> access) > >> >>>> 5) post promotion > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Anything else? :) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On 24.06.2014, at 15:45, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> +1 on supporting Lena's choice: WordPress. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> As the other major blogger on this project, WP is also my > preference. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On 24 June 2014 13:58, Andy Wenk <andyw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >>>>>> I am perfectly fine with WP also. Bonus points for being able to > use > >> >>>>>> Markdown. > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> Thanks for laying out your opinions. I think we can keep that > short > >> >> and > >> >>>>>> move on with using WP? I hope Dave is not too disappointed :) ... > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> Cheers > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> Andy > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> On 24 June 2014 12:24, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> On 24 Jun 2014, at 12:20 , Lena Reinhard < > l...@thehoodiefirm.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Dave, as you know I did some work with Hugo in the Swirl > project. > >> >> My > >> >>>>>>> blog > >> >>>>>>>>> on the other hand is now created with jekyll. I have to admit, > >> that > >> >>>>>>> jekyll > >> >>>>>>>>> is way easier to use and is also based on git ( > >> >>>>>>>>> https://github.com/andywenk/andywenk.github.io). So my > >> conclusion > >> >> is > >> >>>>>>> that > >> >>>>>>>>> hugo is great for usage as a documentation tool and jekyll > fits > >> >> better > >> >>>>>>> for > >> >>>>>>>>> a blog. > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> On the other hand, the software on blog.couchdb.org is > already a > >> >> WP. > >> >>>>>>> So do > >> >>>>>>>>> we need to change that? > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Although I heard Jekyll and Hugo are nice, I'd say: > >> >>>>>>>> - Community management hat: I'd love to choose a tool that > keeps > >> >> entry > >> >>>>>>> barriers low, also for future committers. I know that many > >> marketing > >> >> people > >> >>>>>>> are used to WP and I'd definitely love to get more non-coding > >> >> committers on > >> >>>>>>> board and reduce dependencies. It's bad for devs if marketing > >> people > >> >> have > >> >>>>>>> to ask for help frequently, also regarding lack of focus, and > can > >> >> tend to > >> >>>>>>> be frustrating for marketing people, too. And the more we can > >> reduce > >> >> that > >> >>>>>>> from the beginning, the better for the community. > >> >>>>>>>> - Personal hat: happy with anything, but used to WP :)) > >> >>>>>>>> - Marketing hat: whatever makes migration easiest. Plus: WP > could > >> be > >> >>>>>>> good as it's already there, and makes administration etc. easy. > >> >> Also: tools > >> >>>>>>> preferred that enable independence. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>>> And who wants to do the data migration? > >> >>>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>> I can do it, I like tedious repetitive tasks that can be done > >> >> whenever > >> >>>>>>>>>> a few spare minutes appear. > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> he he :) > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>> I should be able to revert the current > >> >>>>>>>>>> HTML versions into markdown via pandoc without too much pain. > >> >>>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> oh yes - I was wondering how we can manage that and pandoc > should > >> >> be > >> >>>>>>>>> perfect. > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> When using pandoc in the way Dave proposed, it is maybe a good > >> >> idea to > >> >>>>>>>>> rethink WP but I have to admit that I don't know with what > format > >> >> one > >> >>>>>>> can > >> >>>>>>>>> feed WP for content. Maybe also Markdown? > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> WP can't be fed with Markdown yet, unfortunately. > >> >> WYSIWYG-editor-only. > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> In fact, since this is hosted on wordpress.com, Markdown is > >> >> supported :) > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> Best > >> >>>>>>> Jan > >> >>>>>>> -- > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Else: what Jan says :) > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>> A+ > >> >>>>>>>>>> Dave > >> >>>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>>> [1]: http://hugo.spf13.com/ > >> >>>>>>>>>> [2]: http://octopress.org/ > >> >>>>>>>>>> [3]: http://jekyllrb.com/ > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Cheers > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> Andy > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> -- > >> >>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk > >> >>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany > >> >>>>>>>>> RockIt! > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 > >> 9588 > >> >>>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> -- > >> >>>>>> Andy Wenk > >> >>>>>> Hamburg - Germany > >> >>>>>> RockIt! > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 > 9588 > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> -- > >> >>>>> Noah Slater > >> >>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >> >>>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Andy Wenk > >> > Hamburg - Germany > >> > RockIt! > >> > > >> > http://www.couchdb-buch.de > >> > http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > >> > > >> > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > >> > > >> > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Andy Wenk > > Hamburg - Germany > > RockIt! > > > > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > > > > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater > -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! 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