Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-04 Thread thomasg
Having it handled by CVS instead of a webgui-CMS doesn't mean to have no CMS
at all.
There are some CM-systems out there that can create the content out of
simple text files with a simple markup language.
This would allow to keep the CVS structure and have people to write articles
without having to mess around with web developing.

There's an even more interesting project, called WCV (web content viewer).
It's basically a CMS that creates content out of text files with a basic
markup. The cool thing is, that it even uses SVN (or CVS) metadata to track
revisions and so on.
It supports RSS and some stuff like this, but is still not functional enough
to be used directly.
Anyway - the concept is interesting and something like this might be a good
choice.
Here's the link: http://web-content-viewer.org/

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:23 PM, dan sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 On 2-Aug-08, at 2:55 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:

  I'm not saying having a CMS will suddenly bring people to write.
  That's a separate problem.
  I think it will not BLOCK people from writing. There's a difference.
  There are various avenues we can pursue to attract writers.
  Bounties, request for articles on the front page, etc can easily
  attract writers.
 
  Also, we need to have a strict no drinking and writing policy.

 Nothing we have now blocks people from writing (and this is coming
 from the guy that wrote a _lot_ of documentation for Ewl and the EFL).

 Use your blog. Use the wiki. Everything is available. If people wanted
 to write they'd be doing it already. If we have to pay them, then I'd
 say they're just in it for the money. Probably not the type of
 community we want to foster.

 dan

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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread The Rasterman
On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0500 Nathan Ingersoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
babbled:

i agree here. i like our fairly flat (and lax) access structure. if we trust
you to go writing bits of e.org's website - we trust you to write code - if
that is your skill, or to just know to keep your hands off what you aren't good
at. people make mistakes and if someone who was given access in order to do www
goes and starts screwing with code so it breaks - a few reprimands on the
mailing lists should cure that really fast, and if it doesn't - access to cvs
can be removed (and will be) as if we can't trust them - why keep access to www?

i like our own and flat trust structure. it's simple. it works as we are not a
massive organisation. it allows or fluid movement and help wherever it is
needed quickly. it shows we have faith in our fellow humans :)

 On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in cvs - u
  want to work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-updates. if
  u need to test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-php, allow
  symlinks outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's cvs checkout
  of the www site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php is also
  very simple. the main www site is meant to be simple and relatively static
  - the wiki, and other sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the dynamic
  stuff happens...
 
 There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
 segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or trying to
 place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
 hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
 you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
 website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
 should know how interact within the project.
 
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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread dan sinclair
We've tried this about 3 times. Someone comes along and says if we  
have a CMS non-technical people will write articles. We implement a  
CMS. No-one writes articles. We drop the CMS.

If you want to write news releases put them on blogs. Or write a news  
blurb for the front page. If longer articles are put into the wiki  
other people can fix the formatting and the wiki syntax later.

dan


On 2-Aug-08, at 1:36 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:

 All good points, and I definitely agree that having a flat access
 structure is very nice.
 Perhaps we can keep it even if we use a CMS? Worth looking into.

 But, here are some arguments FOR a CMS:

 1. We except articles to be written not by devs, but by users. I.E.
 People who are not technical enough to fiddle with CVS, or even HTML.
 They are good at writing and they can use a word processor. We
 shouldn't create a barrier of entry for these people.

 2. It automatically provides all the things a website needs. Many of
 which are lacking in the current site.
 For example: Search, RSS feeds for posts, flexible templates  styles,
 wysiwyg editors  previews, taxonomy.
 Additionally a few CMSes also provide modules for integrating our
 other systems (wiki, bugs, etc) into the site.

 3. Module support. Most big CMSes have support for modules. This
 means, they have a large library of 3rd party modules already, and its
 relatively easy to whip up our own.
 This means we can integrate all our other systems into the main e.org
 website. We could put the latest wiki articles on the front page, or
 the highest rated themes from exchange, or the latest CVS commits.
 Of course, we could write all of these things ourselves and stick 'em
 into CVS, but having a nice module api definitely helps speed up
 development. And some of these modules already exist.

 As far as the wiki being the place for articles, it definitely is the
 place for how-tos and tutorials, but its no place for news articles,
 articles on new features (wikis have a very poor sense of time) and
 articles that just show off EFL  E.


 On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:47 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0500 Nathan Ingersoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 
 babbled:

 i agree here. i like our fairly flat (and lax) access structure. if  
 we trust
 you to go writing bits of e.org's website - we trust you to write  
 code - if
 that is your skill, or to just know to keep your hands off what you  
 aren't good
 at. people make mistakes and if someone who was given access in  
 order to do www
 goes and starts screwing with code so it breaks - a few reprimands  
 on the
 mailing lists should cure that really fast, and if it doesn't -  
 access to cvs
 can be removed (and will be) as if we can't trust them - why keep  
 access to www?

 i like our own and flat trust structure. it's simple. it works as  
 we are not a
 massive organisation. it allows or fluid movement and help wherever  
 it is
 needed quickly. it shows we have faith in our fellow humans :)

 On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in  
 cvs - u
 want to work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto- 
 updates. if
 u need to test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod- 
 php, allow
 symlinks outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's  
 cvs checkout
 of the www site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php  
 is also
 very simple. the main www site is meant to be simple and  
 relatively static
 - the wiki, and other sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the  
 dynamic
 stuff happens...

 There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
 segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or  
 trying to
 place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
 hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
 you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
 website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
 should know how interact within the project.

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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread Luchezar Petkov
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 8:58 PM, dan sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 We've tried this about 3 times. Someone comes along and says if we
 have a CMS non-technical people will write articles. We implement a
 CMS. No-one writes articles. We drop the CMS.

 If you want to write news releases put them on blogs. Or write a news
 blurb for the front page. If longer articles are put into the wiki
 other people can fix the formatting and the wiki syntax later.

 dan


Indeed. A CMS is not a solution for the lack of content. I've started the
project's blog now and any articles, reviews, etc are more than welcome.
Also, for documentation and HOWTOs the wiki is by far more appropriate.


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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread Toma
While drunk at the moment (yet again) i think i would contribute to
any user controlled content as would a lot of people. (while not drunk
of course.) People semi-excited about the project would like to show
their support too. And thats the great thing about OSS I believe that
the community gets a say no matter what they do FOR the community!
Maybe its a dream, but its what i hope for.
Toma.

On 8/3/08, dan sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 We've tried this about 3 times. Someone comes along and says if we
 have a CMS non-technical people will write articles. We implement a
 CMS. No-one writes articles. We drop the CMS.

 If you want to write news releases put them on blogs. Or write a news
 blurb for the front page. If longer articles are put into the wiki
 other people can fix the formatting and the wiki syntax later.

 dan


 On 2-Aug-08, at 1:36 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:

 All good points, and I definitely agree that having a flat access
 structure is very nice.
 Perhaps we can keep it even if we use a CMS? Worth looking into.

 But, here are some arguments FOR a CMS:

 1. We except articles to be written not by devs, but by users. I.E.
 People who are not technical enough to fiddle with CVS, or even HTML.
 They are good at writing and they can use a word processor. We
 shouldn't create a barrier of entry for these people.

 2. It automatically provides all the things a website needs. Many of
 which are lacking in the current site.
 For example: Search, RSS feeds for posts, flexible templates  styles,
 wysiwyg editors  previews, taxonomy.
 Additionally a few CMSes also provide modules for integrating our
 other systems (wiki, bugs, etc) into the site.

 3. Module support. Most big CMSes have support for modules. This
 means, they have a large library of 3rd party modules already, and its
 relatively easy to whip up our own.
 This means we can integrate all our other systems into the main e.org
 website. We could put the latest wiki articles on the front page, or
 the highest rated themes from exchange, or the latest CVS commits.
 Of course, we could write all of these things ourselves and stick 'em
 into CVS, but having a nice module api definitely helps speed up
 development. And some of these modules already exist.

 As far as the wiki being the place for articles, it definitely is the
 place for how-tos and tutorials, but its no place for news articles,
 articles on new features (wikis have a very poor sense of time) and
 articles that just show off EFL  E.


 On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:47 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0500 Nathan Ingersoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 babbled:

 i agree here. i like our fairly flat (and lax) access structure. if
 we trust
 you to go writing bits of e.org's website - we trust you to write
 code - if
 that is your skill, or to just know to keep your hands off what you
 aren't good
 at. people make mistakes and if someone who was given access in
 order to do www
 goes and starts screwing with code so it breaks - a few reprimands
 on the
 mailing lists should cure that really fast, and if it doesn't -
 access to cvs
 can be removed (and will be) as if we can't trust them - why keep
 access to www?

 i like our own and flat trust structure. it's simple. it works as
 we are not a
 massive organisation. it allows or fluid movement and help wherever
 it is
 needed quickly. it shows we have faith in our fellow humans :)

 On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in
 cvs - u
 want to work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-
 updates. if
 u need to test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-
 php, allow
 symlinks outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's
 cvs checkout
 of the www site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php
 is also
 very simple. the main www site is meant to be simple and
 relatively static
 - the wiki, and other sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the
 dynamic
 stuff happens...

 There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
 segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or
 trying to
 place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
 hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
 you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
 website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
 should know how interact within the project.

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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread Sthithaprajna Garapaty
I'm not saying having a CMS will suddenly bring people to write.
That's a separate problem.
I think it will not BLOCK people from writing. There's a difference.
There are various avenues we can pursue to attract writers.
Bounties, request for articles on the front page, etc can easily
attract writers.

Also, we need to have a strict no drinking and writing policy.


On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Toma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 While drunk at the moment (yet again) i think i would contribute to
 any user controlled content as would a lot of people. (while not drunk
 of course.) People semi-excited about the project would like to show
 their support too. And thats the great thing about OSS I believe that
 the community gets a say no matter what they do FOR the community!
 Maybe its a dream, but its what i hope for.
 Toma.

 On 8/3/08, dan sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 We've tried this about 3 times. Someone comes along and says if we
 have a CMS non-technical people will write articles. We implement a
 CMS. No-one writes articles. We drop the CMS.

 If you want to write news releases put them on blogs. Or write a news
 blurb for the front page. If longer articles are put into the wiki
 other people can fix the formatting and the wiki syntax later.

 dan


 On 2-Aug-08, at 1:36 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:

 All good points, and I definitely agree that having a flat access
 structure is very nice.
 Perhaps we can keep it even if we use a CMS? Worth looking into.

 But, here are some arguments FOR a CMS:

 1. We except articles to be written not by devs, but by users. I.E.
 People who are not technical enough to fiddle with CVS, or even HTML.
 They are good at writing and they can use a word processor. We
 shouldn't create a barrier of entry for these people.

 2. It automatically provides all the things a website needs. Many of
 which are lacking in the current site.
 For example: Search, RSS feeds for posts, flexible templates  styles,
 wysiwyg editors  previews, taxonomy.
 Additionally a few CMSes also provide modules for integrating our
 other systems (wiki, bugs, etc) into the site.

 3. Module support. Most big CMSes have support for modules. This
 means, they have a large library of 3rd party modules already, and its
 relatively easy to whip up our own.
 This means we can integrate all our other systems into the main e.org
 website. We could put the latest wiki articles on the front page, or
 the highest rated themes from exchange, or the latest CVS commits.
 Of course, we could write all of these things ourselves and stick 'em
 into CVS, but having a nice module api definitely helps speed up
 development. And some of these modules already exist.

 As far as the wiki being the place for articles, it definitely is the
 place for how-tos and tutorials, but its no place for news articles,
 articles on new features (wikis have a very poor sense of time) and
 articles that just show off EFL  E.


 On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:47 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0500 Nathan Ingersoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 babbled:

 i agree here. i like our fairly flat (and lax) access structure. if
 we trust
 you to go writing bits of e.org's website - we trust you to write
 code - if
 that is your skill, or to just know to keep your hands off what you
 aren't good
 at. people make mistakes and if someone who was given access in
 order to do www
 goes and starts screwing with code so it breaks - a few reprimands
 on the
 mailing lists should cure that really fast, and if it doesn't -
 access to cvs
 can be removed (and will be) as if we can't trust them - why keep
 access to www?

 i like our own and flat trust structure. it's simple. it works as
 we are not a
 massive organisation. it allows or fluid movement and help wherever
 it is
 needed quickly. it shows we have faith in our fellow humans :)

 On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in
 cvs - u
 want to work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-
 updates. if
 u need to test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-
 php, allow
 symlinks outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's
 cvs checkout
 of the www site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php
 is also
 very simple. the main www site is meant to be simple and
 relatively static
 - the wiki, and other sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the
 dynamic
 stuff happens...

 There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
 segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or
 trying to
 place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
 hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
 you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
 website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
 should know how interact 

Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread The Rasterman
On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 02:26:57 +0800 Toma [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:

 While drunk at the moment (yet again) i think i would contribute to
 any user controlled content as would a lot of people. (while not drunk
 of course.) People semi-excited about the project would like to show
 their support too. And thats the great thing about OSS I believe that
 the community gets a say no matter what they do FOR the community!
 Maybe its a dream, but its what i hope for.
 Toma.

and we can happily add cvs access for those wanting to work on the site! :)

 On 8/3/08, dan sinclair [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  We've tried this about 3 times. Someone comes along and says if we
  have a CMS non-technical people will write articles. We implement a
  CMS. No-one writes articles. We drop the CMS.
 
  If you want to write news releases put them on blogs. Or write a news
  blurb for the front page. If longer articles are put into the wiki
  other people can fix the formatting and the wiki syntax later.
 
  dan
 
 
  On 2-Aug-08, at 1:36 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:
 
  All good points, and I definitely agree that having a flat access
  structure is very nice.
  Perhaps we can keep it even if we use a CMS? Worth looking into.
 
  But, here are some arguments FOR a CMS:
 
  1. We except articles to be written not by devs, but by users. I.E.
  People who are not technical enough to fiddle with CVS, or even HTML.
  They are good at writing and they can use a word processor. We
  shouldn't create a barrier of entry for these people.
 
  2. It automatically provides all the things a website needs. Many of
  which are lacking in the current site.
  For example: Search, RSS feeds for posts, flexible templates  styles,
  wysiwyg editors  previews, taxonomy.
  Additionally a few CMSes also provide modules for integrating our
  other systems (wiki, bugs, etc) into the site.
 
  3. Module support. Most big CMSes have support for modules. This
  means, they have a large library of 3rd party modules already, and its
  relatively easy to whip up our own.
  This means we can integrate all our other systems into the main e.org
  website. We could put the latest wiki articles on the front page, or
  the highest rated themes from exchange, or the latest CVS commits.
  Of course, we could write all of these things ourselves and stick 'em
  into CVS, but having a nice module api definitely helps speed up
  development. And some of these modules already exist.
 
  As far as the wiki being the place for articles, it definitely is the
  place for how-tos and tutorials, but its no place for news articles,
  articles on new features (wikis have a very poor sense of time) and
  articles that just show off EFL  E.
 
 
  On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 2:47 AM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:18:23 -0500 Nathan Ingersoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  
  babbled:
 
  i agree here. i like our fairly flat (and lax) access structure. if
  we trust
  you to go writing bits of e.org's website - we trust you to write
  code - if
  that is your skill, or to just know to keep your hands off what you
  aren't good
  at. people make mistakes and if someone who was given access in
  order to do www
  goes and starts screwing with code so it breaks - a few reprimands
  on the
  mailing lists should cure that really fast, and if it doesn't -
  access to cvs
  can be removed (and will be) as if we can't trust them - why keep
  access to www?
 
  i like our own and flat trust structure. it's simple. it works as
  we are not a
  massive organisation. it allows or fluid movement and help wherever
  it is
  needed quickly. it shows we have faith in our fellow humans :)
 
  On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in
  cvs - u
  want to work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-
  updates. if
  u need to test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-
  php, allow
  symlinks outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's
  cvs checkout
  of the www site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php
  is also
  very simple. the main www site is meant to be simple and
  relatively static
  - the wiki, and other sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the
  dynamic
  stuff happens...
 
  There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
  segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or
  trying to
  place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
  hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
  you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
  website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
  should know how interact within the project.
 
  -
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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-02 Thread dan sinclair

On 2-Aug-08, at 2:55 PM, Sthithaprajna Garapaty wrote:

 I'm not saying having a CMS will suddenly bring people to write.
 That's a separate problem.
 I think it will not BLOCK people from writing. There's a difference.
 There are various avenues we can pursue to attract writers.
 Bounties, request for articles on the front page, etc can easily
 attract writers.

 Also, we need to have a strict no drinking and writing policy.

Nothing we have now blocks people from writing (and this is coming  
from the guy that wrote a _lot_ of documentation for Ewl and the EFL).

Use your blog. Use the wiki. Everything is available. If people wanted  
to write they'd be doing it already. If we have to pay them, then I'd  
say they're just in it for the money. Probably not the type of  
community we want to foster.

dan

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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-01 Thread The Rasterman
On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:46:01 -0700 Ian Caldwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled:

 So now it is your chance to tell us why we should be using a specific cms
 verses the alternative of just making our own specific to our needs and
 keeping it minimalistic. Please give the pros and the cons and explorer the
 issues that would involve e directly (e.g. themeing, translations etc etc)

here's my 2c.

we've been through multiple cms's. none of them suddenly meant the website is
updated often and well maintained. they did nothing but make it harder. they
generally just got in the way (hard to customise etc etc.).

so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in cvs - u want to
work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-updates. if u need to
test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-php, allow symlinks
outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's cvs checkout of the www
site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php is also very simple. the
main www site is meant to be simple and relatively static - the wiki, and other
sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the dynamic stuff happens...

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Re: [E-devel] [e-users] [website] cms?

2008-08-01 Thread Nathan Ingersoll
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 5:27 PM, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler
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 so eventually went back to an old original method. www lives in cvs - u want 
 to
 work on it, u get cvs access. committing means it auto-updates. if u need to
 test the php locally setting up a local apache and mod-php, allow symlinks
 outside of the www doc dir to point to your homedir's cvs checkout of the www
 site, worsk just fine. it's simple and works. the php is also very simple. the
 main www site is meant to be simple and relatively static - the wiki, and 
 other
 sites (trac, bugzilla etc.) are where the dynamic stuff happens...

There is another advantage to keeping the site in CVS: you avoid
segmenting the community into artificial sub-communities, or trying to
place technical barriers around social structures. There is a flat
hierarchy of trust, either you've earned it enough to get access or
you haven't. There is no temptation to give people access to the
website since it's only the website, and anyone with CVS access
should know how interact within the project.

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