[kde-community] stackexange site for krita

Scott Petrovic scottpetrovic at gmail.com
Fri May 29 13:47:05 BST 2015


I think I am mixing up conversations. To clarify, if we do a WordPress
multi-site, The Q&A plug-in will work perfect without any modification. For
themes, I am sure different sites can have different themes if they need
them.That would be odd if all sites had to share the same theme.

I will still have to make a theme for Krita and KDE, but that will be the
case regardless of what direction we go.

Scott




On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Scott Petrovic <scottpetrovic at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > WordPress multi-site might be worth a try. I am sure if I spent a lot of
> > time modifying the plug-in, I might be able to get it to work. One issue
>
> Do plugins not necessarily support it out of the box? Rather annoying
> if they don't, but it wouldn't surprise me considering how Wordpress
> Multi-Site is designed...
>
> > with modifying plug-ins is that any updates to WordPress or other
> plug-ins
> > could be a problem. If there is an update by the plug-in author or
> > WordPress, there is no easy way to patch it in.
>
> Could we try contributing any necessary patches to the upstream plugin?
>
> >
> > I did see in a different email thread that Ben mentioned something about
> > content in WordPress multi-site being shared. With how I understand
> > WordPress multi-site, these are the main differences
>
> Sorry, by content I meant things like themes.
>
> >
> > WordPress Multisite
> > 1. Has a new role Super User that controls all sites
> > 2. New network admin area. Plugins and themes are installed here and
> managed
> > for each site. Only Super Users can do this (probably Ben)
> > 3. Out of the 11 database tables that WordPress usually creates for a
> single
> > site, 9 of those are duplicated for each new site. This keeps the content
> > separate
> >
> >
> > This might be a good project to test WordPress multi-site out. I will
> help
> > in any way I can.
> > Scott
> >
>
> Regards,
> Ben
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 7:19 AM, Ben Cooksley <bcooksley at kde.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Scott Petrovic <
> scottpetrovic at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > The way we are designing this Q&A site, I am starting to think it is a
> >> > bit
> >> > clumsy. This "answer to a question" will always be specific to a
> >> > project.
> >> > Even if we get the filtering thing to work, it will always need to be
> >> > filtered on every page. Every project will have to have this sticky
> >> > state -
> >> > hiding all other project questions and answers from the end user. It
> >> > adds a
> >> > level of 'required configuration' that doesn't exist in Q&A sites.
> This
> >> > just
> >> > seems clunky and unnecessary.
> >> >
> >> > I almost feel that this solution needs to take a slightly different
> >> > approach.
> >> >
> >> > 1. Have http://answers.kde.org/kde/ go to a KDE specific Q&A site.
> "What
> >> > is
> >> > KDE". "How do I help with translations". Things like that.
> >> > http://answers.kde.org could also redirect to here
> >> >
> >> > 2. From there, individual projects will need to request their own Q&A
> >> > site
> >> > if they really think they are wanting one. Krita would be (
> >> > https://answers.kde.org/krita/ )
> >> >
> >> > With the Krita pilot site, KDE will be able to decide if the
> WordPress +
> >> > plugin is a good standard for any future infrastructure requests. If
> the
> >> > Krita version is successful, I could also help if KDE wants to have a
> >> > more
> >> > general purpose KDE themed version. This KDE version could also be the
> >> > base
> >> > theme for any new projects that are created in the future.
> >> >
> >> > How does this direction sound? Are there technical hurdles with this?
> >> > What
> >> > are the downsides?
> >>
> >> This direction is fine with me, assuming the current plugin can't work
> >> with all applications sharing the same instance.
> >> I'd recommend we use Wordpress Multi-Site functionality as the core is
> >> essentially the same for each subsite.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Scott
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Ben
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Scott Petrovic
> >> > <scottpetrovic at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Alright.
> >> >>
> >> >> Carl - I think once we start adding content to this and use it, we
> >> >> don't
> >> >> want to have the possibility of everything being deleted. A lot of
> >> >> people
> >> >> are going to be spending time building this up. It would be
> >> >> disheartening
> >> >> since this is part of a support system. Links will be pointing to
> this
> >> >> in
> >> >> blogs. We will be referencing it in IRC and forums - in addition to
> any
> >> >> SEO
> >> >> benefits that would be lost in the trial months. We need to get a
> good
> >> >> long
> >> >> term solution in place and then roll with it. I think that will
> create
> >> >> more
> >> >> confidence and drive higher usage as well.
> >> >>
> >> >> Rick - you seem to have a solution for this. Do you want to take a
> stab
> >> >> at
> >> >> making the fixes? With the direction we were going, we were wanting
> to
> >> >> have
> >> >> the search be filtered by category. Also, it would be nice to have a
> >> >> URL
> >> >> that would make the categories sticky. That way when you are on a
> >> >> product,
> >> >> it will stay on that project. This will make it easier for a project
> to
> >> >> link
> >> >> to the Q&A site and they know everything will be filtered by their
> >> >> project.
> >> >> If interested, you can probably put in a infrastructure support
> ticket
> >> >> to
> >> >> get access (https://sysadmin.kde.org/tickets/).
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> For the styling, we will have to make it KDE styled since it will be
> >> >> for
> >> >> all projects. Making the design look like Krita branding would be
> >> >> confusing.
> >> >> Scott
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:25 AM, Rick.Timmis
> >> >> <Rick.Timmis at abazander.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Sent from my Dragon 32
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Carl Symons <carlsymons at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> On 05/13/2015 06:02 PM, Scott Petrovic wrote:
> >> >>> > I started configuring the Q&A site plugin.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > https://answers.kde.org/
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > You can search for questions or add your own. One issue I am
> having
> >> >>> > with
> >> >>> > this plug-in is you cannot filter by category(product) before you
> >> >>> > ask a
> >> >>> > question. All of the different products get lumped together in the
> >> >>> > same
> >> >>> > search. For the questions I made, typing in "transform" will bring
> >> >>> > up
> >> >>> > questions in multiple products. There is no way to tell what
> product
> >> >>> > a
> >> >>> > question belongs to currently.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Out of the solutions that I have found, I haven't seen a Q&A site
> >> >>> > solution that is designed in the direction we were going (select a
> >> >>> > category, then ask a question). Does anyone else have any
> thoughts?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Scott
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>> My first thought is that this is not ready for general KDE Q&A. The
> >> >>> plan
> >> >>> was to get the wrinkles out with Krita, using this as a pilot (and
> dev
> >> >>> site). People need to know that it is likely that there will be
> major
> >> >>> tweaks, as well as the possibility that all the data may disappear.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I agree with you Scott. I would expect to be able to look for
> >> >>> questions
> >> >>> dealing with Krita and not get other products. It doesn't work like
> I
> >> >>> thought it would.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Carl
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I think the Ajax type ahead search might be the cause of the
> problem.
> >> >>> I
> >> >>> don't think it will work well with lots of data and results. Also it
> >> >>> is most
> >> >>> likely not honouring the category selected. Can it be turned off ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I really like this as a starting point, clean, simple and the
> >> >>> categories
> >> >>> are perfect for KDE Applications.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Support for wildcard entries would be good too.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> So far I like it
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Rick
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <
> boud at valdyas.org
> >> >>> > <mailto:boud at valdyas.org>> wrote:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >     --
> >> >>> >     Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.valdyas.org |
> https://www.krita.org
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >     On Wed, 6 May 2015, Luca Beltrame wrote:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         Hello Boudewijn,
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         first of all thanks for replying.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >             model. The forum encourages discussion and sharing
> work,
> >> >>> >             while here we
> >> >>> >             want to have a question per topic, answers, and a kind
> >> >>> > of
> >> >>> >             game system
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         Do you think that such a way would be better suited for
> >> >>> > Krita?
> >> >>> > I
> >> >>> >         ask because at least in the forums I man (not Krita, you
> >> >>> > guys
> >> >>> >         are too good at it yourselves ;) I see (still occasionally
> >> >>> >         though) other users stepping in and giving advice (this is
> >> >>> > most
> >> >>> >         evident in the Plasma 5 forum).
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >     Well, as I said, it's mostly a different kind of interaction,
> so
> >> >>> >     what I want is give users what they're expecting: a forum for
> >> >>> >     wide-ranging discussion-type interaction and a q&a site for
> >> >>> >     questions and answers. The one doesn't replace the other.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         OK, that's not the level of involvement I'd like to see,
> but
> >> >>> >         it's a start.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >             where answers can be upvoted or downvoted and marked
> as
> >> >>> >             correct. And then
> >> >>> >             the site must be easily searchable.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >         This last sentence warrants some additional questions:
> what
> >> >>> > are
> >> >>> >         issues w/search?
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >     It's a matter of how google indexes stuff, I'd say.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >     Boudewijn
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
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