Re: Possible volunteer for website

["Felix Rabe (public)" <public felixrabe textdriven com>]

Hi,

( Sorry Martyn for sending that message twice - do you have a hint how 
to tell Thunderbird to reply to gtk-devel-list, or do you change To: 
manually every time you reply to the list? )

Martyn Russell wrote:
> I have used both and I think it is obvious from just using it, let alone
> the administrative advantages/disadvantages. I also think that Mikael
> outlined exactly why Drupal would be the best choice for gtk.org.

I'll give my comments where I can and/but accept the final decision.

> > I currently use Cheetah [2] for a total website revamp [3, 4] and like
> > its simplicity and Python integration.
>
> I am not sure we really need that with gtk.org at this point. At the
> moment it is a clear case (x)html/css update of the site and general
> clean up.

As I know XHTML and CSS, I guess my starting point would be to check out
gtk-web, have a look at it and come back into the migration discussion,
as currently I'm just not qualified to give any comment, but I'm sure to
be able to lend a hand.

> Also, after speaking with Tim further, we have decided to progress with
> the site update without a CMS for the time being since we don't have the
> hardware for it and the wait is likely to be several months.

I use Cheetah to generate static pages and think that performance should
not be wasted on dynamic generation where avoidable.

As a sidenote, I learned to use Rsync a short while ago thanks to the
great advice on the textdrive.com help pages - it solves many of the
hassles I had earlier with website uploads and backups.  My home
directory contains .rsync-exec-usb-hd.sh and similar scripts, together
with .rsync-filter-*.txt files.

Well, but I better have a look at existing GTK web practices before
making tons of that sort of comments :)

Greetings,
Felix Rabe