'lo, 2009/5/28 Matthew Nuzum <[email protected]>
> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:41 PM, Cody A.W. Somerville > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I see your point here, but being watched the Xubuntu website in the > last, > >> what, 9 months, I definitely feel that it's not going to overgrow WP > with > >> this amount of activity. > > > > You have a valid point here but I think our website can do more. For > > example, its always been my intention to investigate the possibility of > > reusing the drupal module that I suspect powers the download section on > the > > Ubuntu website. Furthermore, I'm also interested in using the launchpad > > integration modules created for Drupal. > > > > Matthew: Do you know if it would be possible for us to use the download > > stuff from Ubuntu's website? Open sourcing it would not necessarily be a > > requirement. > > Launchpad integration is available for both Drupal (versions 5 and 6) > as well as Wordpress. The internal to Canonical development team is in > the QA stage (I believe) for wordpress integration with LP. Which ever > solution you choose can be integrated. What does the LP integration actually do/which features it provides? > > > Regarding the download code, I don't have good news for you. The > problem isn't the availability of the code but the availability of > useful data. Launchpad monitors official mirrors to ensure they have > all of the necessary cd images and files and then provides a list of > suitable mirrors to ubuntu.com. Xubuntu's CD images aren't among the > list that are required to be an official mirror. > That was actually what I was asking some time ago at #ubuntu-website. > > A different technical solution will be needed. If we could get the code that checks the official mirrors, I might add some checking to ensure if they have Xubuntu images as well. Would this be possible? > > > >>> > >>> Drupal is not as much a CMS as it is a web development framework with > >>> a simplistic CMS application built in. If you want to describe and > >>> publish all kinds of information or build simple dynamic content > >>> applications Drupal is an excellent option. Another thing it excels at > >>> is themeing. It has a very simple to use themeing system and doesn't > >>> in the least sacrifice flexibility. It is unfortunately much more > >>> challenging to configure and use. > >> > >> > >> I have to say that my personal opinion somewhat differs here. I've also > >> developed on Drupal (and WP), and I must say that the theming system of > WP > >> is way more logical in my hands than Drupals. I see that Drupal > (theming) > >> doesn't sacrifice flexibility at all, but the question to be asked is > that > >> do we really need that much *complexity*? > > > > The toughest part is creating the actual styling and html which is why I > > have tons of respect for folks like you and Matthew. As for converting > that > > into a "theme" for Drupal or WP, that can easily be done with folks who > have > > the necessary experience working with the targetted software. > > > I think what Matthew was trying to point out here is Drupal has some very > > powerful modules that can be pieced together to provide flexible > > solutions/functionality without needing to touch any code. > > I'm missing out on a good part of this discussion so if you've already > done this, just ignore me here... > > Change for the sake of change is often not good. If you have > requirements that are not being met you should clarify them amongst > yourselves. Then choosing a solution is as simple as "we need X, Y, > what will provide this?" > > If you are mostly happy with a drupal site but need a blog you will > probably be most satisfied by enabling the blog module for drupal. > Otherwise you have to create and maintain a new theme. If you are > planning on making a new theme anyway and a blog mostly meets your > needs then you could gain from the simpler/optimized interface and > workflow in wordpress. I couldn't say it better myself. > > > Before you chose a solution come to an agreement on what the problem > is. (I'd post this on your wiki) That will make the discussion much > more productive. Thansk for your valuable opinions. > > > -- > Matthew Nuzum > newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > ,ol' -- Pasi Lallinaho Xubuntu Marketing Lead Web designer, graphic artist IRC: knome @ freenode
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