[gimp-web/content/registry] Add content/registry and update pelicanconf



commit 96f3ba5c94261c027b879a2bde8549a62132c93e
Author: Pat David <patdavid gmail com>
Date:   Tue Jun 11 22:32:31 2019 -0500

    Add content/registry and update pelicanconf
    
    Added the page /registry/ to explain the death of rgo and to give
    a heads up that something new is coming.
    
    Had to update pelicanconf* files as well to add 'registry' as a new
    page of content.

 content/registry/index.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pelicanconf.local.py      |  2 +-
 pelicanconf.py            |  2 +-
 pelicanconf.testing.py    |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/content/registry/index.md b/content/registry/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..740c5bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/registry/index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Title: Registry
+Date: 2019-06-11T22:01:27-06:00 
+Author: Pat David
+Status: Published
+
+
+**The registry is dead!**  
+**Long live the registry!**
+
+Yes, for years users could download content to extend GIMP in various ways (plugins, scripts, brushes, etc.) 
from registry.gimp.org.
+
+The problem is that the entire site was hosted on a _very_ old installation of [Drupal][] and there was 
nobody who was willing to step up and take ownership (including upgrading and maintaining the site long term).
+This was not a trivial task to take over and the project is already stretched a little thin for volunteers.
+
+[Drupal]: https://www.drupal.org/ "Drupal - the open-source CMS"
+
+Couple this with the fact that the interface and method of reaching users this way was outdated/needlessly 
complicated for users, and you can understand why we were ok with retiring the site.
+
+On the good side, this cloud is not without a silver lining!
+The one and only Jehan is currently working on integrating the functionality of the old registry site with a 
new approach by bringing it into GIMP properly.
+This means that in the future there will be an interface within GIMP to browse and manage the same types of 
assets you used to find on the registry (plugins, scripts, brushes, etc.).
+Hopefully we'll also have similar functionality to [Firefox Add-ons][] to allow ratings, uploads, and more 
(both in a web-based interface and from within GIMP).
+
+[Firefox Add-ons]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ "Firefox Add-ons"
+
+If you _really_ need something from the old site, there's a static archive of the contents [available on 
Github](https://github.com/pixlsus/registry.gimp.org_static) that you can access.
diff --git a/pelicanconf.local.py b/pelicanconf.local.py
index d084c186..f58fc3d5 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.local.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.local.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ STATIC_PATHS = ['images', 'js', 'pages', 'tutorials', 'about', 'books', 'develop
 
 # This sets which directories will be parsed as pages (vs. news/articles)
 # If a new directory is to be added under content/, make sure it gets added here.
-PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md']
+PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md', 'registry']
 
 ARTICLE_PATHS = ['news']
 
diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 71c88f87..3cbee7d5 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ STATIC_PATHS = ['images', 'js', 'pages', 'tutorials', 'about', 'books', 'develop
 
 # This sets which directories will be parsed as pages (vs. news/articles)
 # If a new directory is to be added under content/, make sure it gets added hereMarkdown.
-PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md']
+PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md', 'registry']
 
 ARTICLE_PATHS = ['news']
 
diff --git a/pelicanconf.testing.py b/pelicanconf.testing.py
index c1a7a249..442dae05 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.testing.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.testing.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ STATIC_PATHS = ['images', 'js', 'pages', 'tutorials', 'about', 'books', 'develop
 
 # This sets which directories will be parsed as pages (vs. news/articles)
 # If a new directory is to be added under content/, make sure it gets added hereMarkdown.
-PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md']
+PAGE_PATHS = ['about', 'frontpage', 'tutorials', 'books', 'develop', 'docs', 'donating', 'downloads', 
'features', 'bugs', 'links', 'man', 'release-notes', 'screenshots', 'source', 'unix', 'search.md', 'registry']
 
 ARTICLE_PATHS = ['news']
 


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