<p dir="ltr">I did send this originally to the kde-www address but I thought I'd send it here as well for a bit of fun.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kind regards,</p>
<p dir="ltr">David</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <<a href="mailto:david.wright12886@gmail.com">david.wright12886@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: 17 Aug 2014 00:24<br>Subject: A change of heart<br>
To: "kde-www" <<a href="mailto:kde-www@kde.org">kde-www@kde.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution">Hi guys,<br>
<br>
I've been doing a bit of research lately on CMS's and stumbled across<br>
<a href="http://commonsinabox.org/" target="_blank">http://commonsinabox.org/</a> which is basically a bundled buddypress plugin<br>
which powers <a href="http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/" target="_blank">http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a> amogest other.<br>
<br>
Given the social nature of this setup, and the fact it is built upon wordpress<br>
(it is basically a set of wordpress plugins that have been tested together), I<br>
felt that this might be something that KDE might like to take under<br>
consideration?<br>
<br>
A standard install would include forums, groups, collaborative docs, social @<br>
mentions, user profiles etc, etc.<br>
<br>
Also, using the multi user aspect of wordpress it would still allow certain<br>
projects to keep their identity, but remain under the networks umbrella, as<br>
evidenced by: <a href="http://helpwanted.commons.gc.cuny.edu/" target="_blank">http://helpwanted.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a><br>
<br>
Naturally, being exposed then to the wordpress plugin ecosphere would allow<br>
then a better integrated events management, job board, even a store if<br>
desired.<br>
<br>
Ultimately though, the goal is to increase funding. The KDE websphere is too<br>
spread out, and this would help reign it in so we can really do focused<br>
funding campaigns on users. That would be the advantage of the groups, as we<br>
could tailor funding drives to particular interests and hopefully have better<br>
success.<br>
<br>
Administration might also be made easier as we could get rid of a fair few<br>
subdomains by moving to this kind of platform.<br>
<br>
Anyway, it's late, and I'm jabbering. Let me know what you think!<br>
<br>
:-)<br>
<br>
ps<br>
<br>
There is also a buddypress app that could be rebranded:<br>
<a href="https://github.com/yuttadhammo/buddydroid" target="_blank">https://github.com/yuttadhammo/buddydroid</a><br>
<br>
Mozilla were also working on bugzilla intergration a while back:<br>
<a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643570" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=643570</a><br>
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