That sounds like a good plan. Right now, it's about 10:25 a.m. UTC. I have to work from about 5:00 a.m. UTC until around 9:00 a.m. UTC tomorrow (tonight for me), and I normally sleep from about 1:00 p.m. UTC until around 8 or 9 p.m. UTC (but I can adjust that tomorrow if necessary). On Sunday, I'm pretty much stuck with sleeping from around 1 to 8 or 9, as I have to work that evening (from about 12:00 a.m. UTC until 10:00 a.m. on Monday).
For Kevin, or anyone in my time zone (CDT), I work at 11:00 tonight until 4:00 tomorrow morning, and normally sleep from 8 am. to 3 or 4 pm. And, on Sunday I have to work from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m on Monday. If you want to do it via Skype, my name on there is patrickdickey_52761. We can meet in IRC also, if that works better. Have a great weekend. :) Patrick. On Fri, 2012-07-27 at 10:24 +0100, Paddy Landau wrote: > Patrick, you sent the link about WordPress at my request, and I have > been investigating it. I have in fact set up a test WordPress site > just to test multilingualism. > > I think you may have some valuable experience in this regard. > > I do know PHP, albeit not at an expert level, and can certainly help > with things such as drop-down menus. I would prefer to stay away from > customisations as far as is possible because, as Kevin has said, we > need this to be maintainable by non-technical people. > > My suggestion is that Kevin, you and I take this off-list (so we don't > clutter it up) and have a bit of a chat. I'd hate to duplicate work > that someone else is already doing. > > Sometime this weekend would be great for me, whether on IRC, Skype or > some other method. > > What do you think — Patrick and Kevin, and whoever else wants to join > in? > > Paddy > > On 26/07/12 23:09, Patrick Dickey wrote: > > > I agree with Paddy, that WordPress (or another CMS system like Drupal) > > would be the best way to go. With WordPress at least, you can > > > > 1. Configure logins and permissions for the editors and other admin. > > 2. Change the theme relatively easily (and even create your own > > themes). > > 3. Create multi-lingual sites. > > > > And because it's all php based, you should be able to create a string > > with the language code in it, so the user will download the manual for > > whatever language the site is in. You might even be able to create a > > dropdown, where they can pick whatever language it's avialable in (in > > case they're viewing it in one language but want it in another). > > > > Depending on whether you used any php on the test site, you might be > > able to migrate it over without a lot of major changes. > > > > Some questions that I have are these (and they're meant to help whoever > > develops the site) > > > > 1. Would it be safe to say that the look and feel of > > test.ubuntu-manual.org is what you're after? > > 2. Do you have a template page for the test site (without any text in > > it)? > > 3. Are you able to install a CMS on the current host, or will you need > > to find new hosting? > > > > > > All in all, you've got the right idea. Get the requirements down, then > > create a mockup of what you want the site to look like. Then create the > > site itself. I should note, that I'm not a web developer (as my > > partially created site will definitely show), but I do occasionally > > tutor some of the web development courses in my local college. > > > > I would say that if the test site will convert over to a php-based site, > > it looks like the best way to go. Since it's all there--just needing to > > be tweaked a bit. > > > > I've got about 3 hours before I have to leave for work, so I'll do a > > little research into actually creating a multi-lingual site in > > WordPress. I did post a couple of links to the group a while back, so > > I'll add those to the page (along with any information I can find about > > specifying the language used in the download). > > > > Have a great day:) > > Patrick. > > > > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 09:55 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > So far, we have not been able to find developers to build a new website > > > for us. But maybe one day someone knocks on our door and says: hey, I > > > want to take up this challenge! Who knows ;) > > > In that case, we need to point out what it is we want. John already > > > created the following page: > > > > > > http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UMP-needs > > > > > > I added parts of our brainstorming email correspondence (Kevin, Hannie, > > > c7p) to this pad. If you have any ideas, just add it to this public pad. > > > Hannie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
