Website Renewal

[Jared Norris]

> Hi all,
>
> I was the other person discussing fixing up the website (IRC nick - jaddi27)
> with Jared after the meeting on Tuesday.
>
> From what I can see, which is not too much without having admin permissions,
> it looks like the ubuntu.org.au website is using Drupal 5.x. This version
> was recently retired with the release of Drupal 7 earlier this year, so as a
> start I would suggest getting the site upgraded to Drupal 6.x. After the
> upgrade of the core Drupal install, the other modules adding functionality
> to the site can be upgraded.
>
> The current calendar on the site looks to be using the Event module, which
> has not had a new release since 2007. The module used by most people now for
> calendars is a combination of the Date + Calendar modules. This setup is
> quite different to Event from what I can tell (I haven't used Event module
> at all), so it might take a bit more configuration to change to. However it
> is worth changing to the Date + Calendar modules, as it give a full upgrade
> path in the future. Another positive is that the Calendar module support
> subscribing to ical format calendars, so the loco.u.com calendar should be
> able to be used on the u.org.au website (no doubling up on adding entries).
>
> The Ubuntu Drupal modules are all made for Drupal 6.x at the moment. This
> would be one of the main reasons for going with Drupal 6.x and not Drupal 7.
> You can see an example site with the Ubuntu Drupal modules and theme at
> http://staging.profarius.com/. There are also other colours available in
> that theme, not just brown.
>
> I am happy to assist where I can, in between Uni assignments and study.
>
> Regards,
> Joel
>
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Joel,

Thanks for your input, as someone "on the outside" (of the Drupal
community) I know what I'd like the website to do but no idea how to
make it happen so this is the sort of information I/we need. If you
could have a quick look at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam/Projects/WebsiteRenewal and add
some detail there that would be absolutely wonderful. It will just
save us all trawling through email threads to find bits and pieces of
information.

If anyone else has any thoughts on other modules we could include that
haven't been mentioned, or just want to add your own 2 cents, just put
your ideas up on the wiki page and shoot the mailing list and email
describing your idea so we can all discuss the options.


Regards,

Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris