Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) There's another good site for CMS comparisons at: http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=73&name=Zikula&page=2&sortby=dateasc David Nelson -- E-mail to website+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libre

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
Well... I'd be willing to help with drupal and I have 4+ years of theme and module development and site configuration experience. I just really started doing commercial projects about 18-24 months ago. I released a website for an association of all libraries in new jersey that was very complicat

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Benjamin Horst
On Oct 18, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy Folks, > > Just an idea - as even though I just gone done saying in a different > email that we have only existed for 21 days, it has been 21 days and the > time to choose and start is, IMO, drawing nigh. > > So a different perspective - W

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
The demo site is at: http://www.mywebclass.org/~bhorst I installed the silverstripe and I can see that its not a bad system, compared to Joomla. I can see how someone would like it for a top down traditional cms site. Its basic, it has some plugins to do some

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
The demo is at: http://www.mywebclass.org/~bhorst This isn't themed, it is just for a feature demo On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Erich Christian wrote: > Hi, > > Am 19.10.2010 02:51, schrieb Keith Williams: > > So i spent about 45 minutes on the demo site... Anything about the site > c

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Erich Christian
Hi, Am 19.10.2010 02:51, schrieb Keith Williams: > So i spent about 45 minutes on the demo site... Anything about the site can > basically be configured through the GUI on the admin side and groups can run > autonomously. If I added and configured the notifications module you can > send anything

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Erich Christian
Hi, Am 19.10.2010 01:39, schrieb Keith Williams: > My opinion... > Basically the only person that seems to want silverstripe is Christian. wrong > I think there are 3-4 people here that like Drupal in this group. but it seems none of them has got the time to maintain or even set it up, so we

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
Ok... So i spent about 45 minutes on the demo site... Anything about the site can basically be configured through the GUI on the admin side and groups can run autonomously. If I added and configured the notifications module you can send anything from an email to text message to group members. I

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
My opinion... Basically the only person that seems to want silverstripe is Christian. I think there are 3-4 people here that like Drupal in this group. The couple people interested in Drupal are working on a demo on my server. I wish I had time to put in this week to this, but I literally am doi

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
Hi again, Can you guys help me out here - We are down to two viable choices: silverstipe Drupal We have individuals willing to install/tweak either package. More folks for Drupal then Silverstripe perhaps, but Cloph is going to be around, so just that alone probably isn't a good determining f

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Keith, On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Keith Williams wrote: > I'm going to do a real demo, but i'm waiting for other to say they want to > signup for one.  contact me on skype to have one and i'll do a screen > share.  You never contacted me directly to set one up Hmm - I don't use skype,

[libreoffice-website] Localized marketing mailing lists

2010-10-18 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Sorry for not sending this mail here too, I just posted it to the marketing and the discuss list. If someone here is not subscribed to any of them, here is the link to the archive (that killed formatting...): http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/marketing/msg00296.html Best regards Bernhard --

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Carlos, On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Carlos Jenkins wrote: > >>>Should not be hard to modify the existing form to use it, it's just >>> not available by default. >> >>On Drupal? Yes, it is available by default... well, if you mean by > "default" Oh, don't blame me for your misunderstandi

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
I'm going to do a real demo, but i'm waiting for other to say they want to signup for one. contact me on skype to have one and i'll do a screen share. You never contacted me directly to set one up kaw3939 is my skype ID Silverstripe.org presents more information better than silverstripe.org it

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Carlos Jenkins
Hi Christian, Citation please, I never wrote that. > I wrote that this is something lacking on silverstripe, the one thing > that I disliked, but also one I don't deem very important, as approval > for members (granting them write/modification rights) is to be > requeste/approved by the project-le

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Keith, *, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Keith Williams wrote: > Yes.  I am new to this project; however, I have to really tell you... I cannot resist either, then this: > If you use something like silverstripe over drupal you WILL be spending MORE > development time implementing features

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hallo Carlos, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Carlos Jenkins wrote: > [...] > Christian, after your suggestion that e-mail confirmation on register wasn't > on Drupal Citation please, I never wrote that. I wrote that this is something lacking on silverstripe, the one thing that I disliked, but

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Benjamin, *, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:13 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: > > You had dropped off the discussion for the past several days, so I wasn't > sure if you were still following. I thought I made it pretty clear that to judge, I want a demo that meets all the initial requirements. And peo

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Stanislas Garret
+1 I'm willing to be a member of the admin/setup project team. Stan http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:StanG 2010/10/18 Keith Williams > At the moment I'm super busy with projects for the next 2 weeks, but i'm > interested in helping. > > I setup a Drupal install for Ben. If anyone knows

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
Yes. I am new to this project; however, I have to really tell you... If you use something like silverstripe over drupal you WILL be spending MORE development time implementing features, you will HAVE less support, and YOU will NOT have the best CMS for a community / feature rich site. Who would

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Carlos Jenkins
I was also supporting Drupal, trying to explain what features or modules could we use on a Drupal site. On my last e-mail I think I did pointed out that every of the needs we have (or a least has been pointed out) can be covered with Drupal, even with specific modules names. So, If we recheck the

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Keith Williams
At the moment I'm super busy with projects for the next 2 weeks, but i'm interested in helping. I setup a Drupal install for Ben. If anyone knows how to Drupal and can help him I'd provide the login / password for the install to that person. I would be willing to do a webinar to demo Drupal feat

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 18 2010 13:17:18 GMT-0700 (PDT) Drew Jensen wrote: On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 13:06 -0700, Andy Brown wrote: On Mon Oct 18 2010 12:56:25 GMT-0700 (PDT) Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi Drew, *, Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2010, 18:12:35 schrieb Drew Jensen: (...) Just a quick addon here: I'm assu

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 13:06 -0700, Andy Brown wrote: > On Mon Oct 18 2010 12:56:25 GMT-0700 (PDT) Andreas Mantke wrote: > > Hi Drew, *, > > > > Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2010, 18:12:35 schrieb Drew Jensen: > > (...) > >> Just a quick addon here: > >> > >> I'm assuming, and bet most are, that Florian

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 18 2010 12:56:25 GMT-0700 (PDT) Andreas Mantke wrote: Hi Drew, *, Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2010, 18:12:35 schrieb Drew Jensen: (...) Just a quick addon here: I'm assuming, and bet most are, that Florian is the server admin. It looks to me like Per is active doing so also. Is there a

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Andreas Mantke
Hi Drew, *, Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2010, 18:12:35 schrieb Drew Jensen: (...) > Just a quick addon here: > > I'm assuming, and bet most are, that Florian is the server admin. It > looks to me like Per is active doing so also. > > Is there anyone here willing to accept the responsibility to help a

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Stefan Weigel
Marc Paré schrieb: Le 2010-10-18 13:29, James Wilde a écrit : Marc, there already _is_ a LibO forum board. It's at liberofficeforum.org Then, if this is the official LibO forum board It is not. From what I understand, it is a well-meant initiative by someone, whos name is Sam. But...

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:31 -0700, Andy Brown wrote: > On Mon Oct 18 2010 09:54:09 GMT-0700 (PDT) David Nelson wrote: > > Hi, :-) > > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 23:59, Drew Jensen wrote: > >> http://oooforum.org > >> http://user.services.openoffice.org > >> > >> would you like redirects with Li

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Andy Brown
On Mon Oct 18 2010 09:54:09 GMT-0700 (PDT) David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 23:59, Drew Jensen wrote: http://oooforum.org http://user.services.openoffice.org would you like redirects with LibreOffice in the name for a very quick work around to setting up a new site - that

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 13:29, James Wilde a écrit : On Oct 18, 2010, at 19:23 , Marc Paré wrote: <...> Drew, do you know if a LibO forum board is being organised or will the communities take care of this? Marc, there already _is_ a LibO forum board. It's at liberofficeforum.org, but you'll have

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 10:51, James Wilde a écrit : Originally posted on the Discuss list, where the suggestion, quite rightly, was that I move it here. I've been reading the comments on list vs forum, traffic problems and so on, and taking a look at the options available to users. Why, I wondered, ar

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 18, 2010, at 19:23 , Marc Paré wrote: <...> > > Drew, do you know if a LibO forum board is being organised or will the > communities take care of this? Marc, there already _is_ a LibO forum board. It's at liberofficeforum.org, but you'll have a job finding any pointers to it on eith

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 12:54, David Nelson a écrit : Hi, :-) On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 23:59, Drew Jensen wrote: http://oooforum.org http://user.services.openoffice.org would you like redirects with LibreOffice in the name for a very quick work around to setting up a new site - that could be done today,

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 23:59, Drew Jensen wrote: > http://oooforum.org > http://user.services.openoffice.org > > would you like redirects with LibreOffice in the name for a very quick > work around to setting up a new site - that could be done today, and I'm > counting what I think the t

Re: Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 11:53 -0400, Drew Jensen wrote: > Howdy Folks, > > Just an idea - as even though I just gone done saying in a different > email that we have only existed for 21 days, it has been 21 days and the > time to choose and start is, IMO, drawing nigh. > > So a different perspective

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 23:26 +0800, David Nelson wrote: > +1 for forum for user support... > > David Nelson > http://oooforum.org http://user.services.openoffice.org would you like redirects with LibreOffice in the name for a very quick work around to setting up a new site - that could be done t

Decision about CMS - a different perspective ( was Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS)

2010-10-18 Thread Drew Jensen
Howdy Folks, Just an idea - as even though I just gone done saying in a different email that we have only existed for 21 days, it has been 21 days and the time to choose and start is, IMO, drawing nigh. So a different perspective - Who is actually planning on doing the install, and willing to com

Re: [libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread David Nelson
+1 for forum for user support... David Nelson -- E-mail to website+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/website/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Benjamin Horst
Christian, You had dropped off the discussion for the past several days, so I wasn't sure if you were still following. On Oct 18, 2010, at 10:42 AM, Christian Lohmaier wrote: > Hi Benjamin, *, > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: >> On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Andre Sch

Re: [libreoffice-website] CMS requirements / suitability testing

2010-10-18 Thread Benjamin Horst
Andrea, On Oct 16, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> I'd be happy if someone else could do this for drupal or whatever >> other CMS you think should be in the closer choice. > > Got it! Yes, I understand there are only words above, and you would like to > see a concrete, dedicated,

[libreoffice-website] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-18 Thread James Wilde
Originally posted on the Discuss list, where the suggestion, quite rightly, was that I move it here. I've been reading the comments on list vs forum, traffic problems and so on, and taking a look at the options available to users. Why, I wondered, are so many questions that should be on [users

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Christian Lohmaier
Hi Benjamin, *, On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Benjamin Horst wrote: > On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Andre Schnabel wrote: >> >> Please consider, that we will never find a solution that fits all and >> we will see migrations of infrastrucure in the next year anyway. >> So please help us to get a

[libreoffice-website] Improvement suggestions

2010-10-18 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
Here some inconsistencies in the main website: - The "contact" tab contains twitter addresses but no list of mailing list addresses/archives. If I want to signup for "announcement" I have to go to the the "contribute" tab currently... Can we add a pointer in the contacts tab pointing towards the m

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread leif
I suggest that we take a look at http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ . This is a site with core facts about almost all relevant CMS's. Cheers, Leif Den 18-10-2010 10:37, Andre Schnabel skrev: > Hi, > > I see that there are lots of discussion, which CMS to use, what features > are needed ... at the other

Re: [libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Benjamin Horst
Hello, On Oct 18, 2010, at 4:37 AM, Andre Schnabel wrote: > Hi, > > I see that there are lots of discussion, which CMS to use, what features > are needed ... at the other hand, users and language teams need more > info at our website - nad without the infrastructure in place we cannot > give mor

Re: [libreoffice-website] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Wiki are you there ? - documentation editing woes.

2010-10-18 Thread Stanislas Garret
Hi Alex, The Documentation page has already been translated here : http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/FR/Documentation Regards Stan Le 18/10/2010 11:02, Florian Effenberger a écrit : Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote on 2010-10-18 10.57: Just thought I'd chime in and announce that I've dec

[libreoffice-website] Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Wiki are you there ? - documentation editing woes.

2010-10-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote on 2010-10-18 10.57: Just thought I'd chime in and announce that I've decided to join the merry band on the Documentation project, having been around since the beginning of OOo and been involved in the documentation for that, both in English and in French, and

[libreoffice-website] [SC] Decision about CMS

2010-10-18 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, I see that there are lots of discussion, which CMS to use, what features are needed ... at the other hand, users and language teams need more info at our website - nad without the infrastructure in place we cannot give more information. The issue has been briefly discussed in the last SC-mee