[TriLUG] TriLUG Website Infrastructure

Thu Nov 21 11:17:19 EST 2013

Dudle looks like a nice program. Thanks for sharing and I agree TriLUG
should try to do everything possible with FOSS.

As active as Linus Torvalds is on G+, I assume it is not too terribly
shameful for TriLUG to use Google services occasionally. Certainly the FOSS
options should always be exhausted first though.

Gravity Forms for WordPress would make a very nice and frictionless
solution for signups and RSVPs as well.
On Nov 21, 2013 9:39 AM, "Jonathan Mainguy" <jon at jmainguy.com> wrote:

> Dudle seems about as frictionless as it gets, and allows Trilug to remain
> in control of the data, rather then hand another service to google. I
> believe Trilug should do everything possible to host services using FOSS
> and stay away from Google services unless absolutely necassary.
>
> https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/about.cgi
>
> Example meeting using their service, but I recommend we just grab the
> source and host it ourselves.
>
> https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/Trillug_meeting/
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:26 PM, Jeremy Davis
> <jeremydavis at jeremydavis.biz>wrote:
>
> > If you want my two bitcoins, the all inclusive solution we are looking
> for
> > here is Sharepoint!....LOL :-)
> >
> > Ok, on a more serious note..
> > Friction - For a signup roster, a Google spreadsheet set to "public all
> can
> > edit" is about as frictionless as it gets and it is also super easy to
> make
> > a form to populate it. Spam issues are minimal. It is not open source, it
> > is not a wiki, and you should consider why this incredible service is
> free,
> > however, it is frictionless and ridiculously easy.
> >
> > Wordpress would have the easiest solutions for everyone *except* the guy
> > who maintains the security of it. Frequent backups are a must and there
> are
> > ways to harden the security.
> >
> > Benefits include:
> > CMS is the easiest
> > Plugins to push updates to Git
> > Responsive theme to adjust content and navigation to screen size -
> mobile,
> > tablet, PC, etc...
> > Gravity Forms to collect info which also includes drag and drop Captcha
> > feature to slow down the spam
> > BuddyPress theme could enable users to customize their own "Facebook
> like"
> > profiles with feeds etc..
> > BuddyPress Wiki plugin provides easy tools for updating and editing
> > LDAP is an option, which would help address the wiki and user account
> > management
> > Analytics - just copy paste the Google analytics code into a field in the
> > CMS and you have incredible stats. Also WordPress provides some
> statistical
> > information right out of the box.
> > All-In-One SEO pack plugin submits posts to all major search engines if
> > indexing is a concern (this plugin developer is hosting Raleigh WordCamp
> > 2013)
> > WP can also be easily automated to push published posts via RSS to our
> > Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and email subscribers, which cuts down on PR
> > work
> >
> > BTW WordCamp is this weekend at NCSU!
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Jeremy Davis
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Bill Farrow <bill at arrowsreach.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Matt Pusateri
> > > <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com> wrote:
> > > > I’d like to to hear the issues, that are holding us back as a group.
>  I
> > > can
> > > > see where there current versions are dated.  But I’d like to know
> what
> > > > problems are trying to be solved?
> > >
> > > 1. Friction - If you want to increase community involvement you must
> > > reduce the friction for contributors to contribute. Our members find
> > > it difficult to contribute information to the website. To edit a page
> > > on trilug.org you need to enter the simple spam blocking username and
> > > password, create an account, authenticate with the wiki, and then
> > > enter the editing mode. We have received numerous complaints from
> > > users when they have failed to collaboratively edit stuff in the past.
> > > An example was last years Dec party sign-up on the wiki. Over the last
> > > 365 days we have had a total of 4 editors touching only 3 pages.
> > >
> > > 2. Search - The trilug website is not indexed by search engines
> > > because we implemented a simple short term spam block for the wiki.
> > > This short term solution has been in place for a couple of years.
> > >
> > > 3. Authentication - having multiple passwords on the same site sucks.
> > > We use LDAP for shell accounts, so why not use the same credentials
> > > for other services.
> > >
> > > 4. Markdown, GIT, etc. - As a leading technology group we should be
> > > keeping up with the our wider community.
> > >
> > > 5. Analytics - almost non-existant. Which services should we be
> > > putting our effort into ? Moderating email lists ? Helping people on
> > > IRC ? Adding content to the website ? Numbers would help.
> > >
> > >
> > > If we can solve some of these problems, I think we can grow our
> > > community and encourage participation. Once this is done I would like
> > > to see us move to offer more services, like dynamic dns, firefox sync,
> > > personal wiki's.
> > >
> > > Bill
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