[ubuntu-za] Ubuntu-ZA Moving Forward

[Helge Reikeras]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:01 PM, David Rubin <drubin at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> == Plan ==
> We are going to switch over to a proper  CMS for our home page. In the
> past we have mainly used our wiki as a CMS -- this way it allows us to
> have a nice pretty home page linking to other things(planet, mailing
> lists, forums, wiki ie moving our wiki related stuff to
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZATeam) The pretty home page is something that
> I feel strongly about since it is the first thing new users see.
>
> === Hosting ===
> The next thing we need to decide on is the hosting environment. Do we
> continue to use the shared hosting that Jonathan has been providing to
> us at no cost or do we switch over to a VPS/other shared hosting? What
> ever we choose it would need to be sponsored, see the Financial point
> below.
>

We definitely need a wiki, but do agree that a wiki is not (and should not
be used as) a CMS.

If we want to go local we might want to consider
Chisimba<http://avoir.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=news&action=viewcategory&id=gen14Srv6Nme27_8917_1219322157>
which
is an open source CMS developed as a collaboration by 12 African
universities. One of them is UWC and they might also be able help us out
with shared hosting. Apparently it can do blogs, wikis and has got a pretty
cool photo gallery module. However, I don't have any experience with this
CMS. If anybody do, please share your insights.

- Helge


> Hope to get some good comments and suggestions
> ~ David Rubin
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