[Ubuntu Oregon] Ubuntu-us-or Digest, Vol 151, Issue 2

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sep 10, 2014 11:50 AM, "James Bradley" <jim at oregoncanoesport.com> wrote:
>
> The only advantages I'd see, offhand, are independence and local
> control. The wiki markup language used at Ubuntu is obscure and only
> slightly less arcane than Hittite, making customization problematic.
> There would also be fewer hoops to jump through in giving people access
> rights. On the other hand, I'm not sure how Canonical would feel about
> us using the Ubuntu name on something they didn't fully control.
>
> JVLB
>
> On 09/10/2014 11:07 AM, Patrick Olson wrote:
> > Thanks for the detailed review of WordPress. Perhaps that's something
the
> > team would want if it has some advantage over the wiki, but the point I
> > was getting at was actually just making it easy for folks who might need
> > to type in a URL and pull up the wiki. After reading your message, it
> > finally came to me: TinyURL.
> >
> > tinyurl.com/ubuntuoregon now points to the Ubuntu Oregon wiki. It isn't
> > case sensitive, so it should be easy for anyone who needs to type it in.
> > The only thing is, TinyURL didn't ask for any verification, validation,
> > login or registration; so I don't know what the process would be if it
> > ever needed to point somewhere else.
> >
> > On Wed, September 10, 2014 10:19 am, James Bradley wrote:
> >> On the issue of hosting an independent Ubuntu Oregon website, you might
> >> want to consider Automattic's free WordPress hosting. In case you
aren't
> >> familiar with that service, let me elaborate.
> >>
> >> Automattic is a primary vendor of WordPress-based hosting and products.
> >> They offer free hosting under a wordpress.com URL. WordPress offers a
> >> number of advantages, along with some limitations.
> >>
> >> On the plus side, with WordPress site maintenance is greatly
simplified.
> >> In the case of Automattic's offering, they take care of updating all
the
> >> software. WordPress itself is extremely easy to implement and manage.
> >> Designed to facilitate blogging, it also supports more presentational
> >> formats. It allows for granular permissions to accommodate multiple
> >> authors and administrators. The ability to control comments and limit
> >> spam is well designed. A wide variety of themes are offered and many
> >> incorporate responsive design characteristics, allowing for hassle-free
> >> support of multiple device parameters.
> >>
> >> On the downside, WP is bloated and not particularly efficient. It is
> >> written in PHP and some customizations require at least a superficial
> >> knowledge of that rather arcane and inefficient language. Additionally,
> >> properly implementing customizations requires some knowledge of WP's
> >> internal functioning. In some cases, it is difficult to prevent
> >> customizations from being overwritten by updates. For the most part,
> >> these considerations only affect the primary administrator of the site.
> >>
> >> So, there it is, for your consideration.
> >>
> >> JVLB
> >>
> >>
> >> On 09/10/2014 09:38 AM, Patrick Olson wrote:
> >>> On Wed, September 10, 2014 8:38 am, ∅ wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:28:20 -0700
> >>>>> From: "Patrick Olson" <compman42 at linuxusers.us>
> >>>>> The URL that I think would be the easiest to give people verbally
(for
> >>>>> example you meet someone who seems interested in learning more) is
> >>>>> probably facebook.com/ubuntuoregon as it's simpler than the other
> >>>>> URLs.
> >>>> Disagree. Not everyone wants to be on Facebook. In fact, some people
> >>>> are vehemently opposed to it.
> >>> OK I was just trying to make the URL simpler for cases where someone
is
> >>> going to have to remember it and/or type it in. If you tell someone
> >>> wiki.ubuntu.com/OregonTeam and they type it in without capitalizing
the
> >>> O
> >>> and the T, it says the page doesn't exist.
> >>>
> >>>
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I don't believe that would be an issue. We would just need to link to it
from the wiki ( or have an automatic redirect)
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