On 31/07/11 23:20, Dave Fisher wrote:
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Different categories of information will need to be gathered:
(1) Infrastructure - which we are discussing now.
(2) Branding.
We will need to be co-ordinate branding between the user forums, wikis, openoffice.org
website and the project website (and much else). One part of this is the overall framing
of the content. It would be good to handle the Oracle to Apache rebranding of the sites
with a simple set of choices while attempting to avoid "bike shedding". I could
go and take screenshots of the two, but would prefer to understand how those templates
are defined and then work to design those to plug together properly.
How do the User Forum and MediaWiki handle webpage templates? How many are used?
The Forums are simple. All 9 language forums use a common code base
which includes a single style template which is supported by the phpBB
team. There are common header and footer templates within this which we
have customised for OOo. I imagine the move from Oracle to Apache.org
will be of similar complexity to that of Sun to Oracle unless the Apache
team require us to move from this phpBB "Prosilver" look and feel, then
it would involve a lot of work.
As far as the wiki goes, this template has been more heavily customised
again using standard MediaWiki hooks and facilities. Switching logos
and banners would be reasonably straight forward, but alas the guys that
did the bulk of the content management are history.
(3) Legal - IP, Copyright and Licensing
We will need to make sure that we have clear documentation of the copyright and
license for the content on the wiki and user forums. We'll need to make sure
that the Migration does not infringe on anyone's copyright and/or inadvertently
change any licenses. If we are clear about what we are planning for these sites
on an openoffice.org domain then it *might* be possible to take everything.
The forum content was all under the Sun then Oracle terms which roughly
mirror CCA but with OOo retaining full rights to use. All bar a few
dozen of the wiki pages likewise. But the lawyers will know doubt find
reasons to charge their fees :-)
Regards
Terry
