KDE.org Design - Update after Akademy BoF

[Jeremy Whiting]

I've been following the discussion back and forth about what to do
about www.kde.org. I agree with the idea to move to a CMS as long as
we can make it so translators can use the workflow they have already
(or something similarly easy if it is required for some reason). I
think a good way forward would be to set up a new www.kde.org on a
different subdomain (maybe www-new.kde.org or something) with the
wanted CMS and migrate the existing content over (once the ui has been
designed by all you excellent VDG folks or maybe while?). Then once
all the content is in place on the new subdomain we simply switch it
to www.kde.org to make it live. Does that make sense, sound like a
good way forward, etc.?

BR,
Jeremy

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Ken Vermette <vermette at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd be very up for this; I've been seeing my own progress slip and fail to
> gain momentum, and I think it's *extremely* important that we kick it off
> with a strong start to get traction. It doesn't help that I've had multiple
> projects steal development time. I think this is exactly what is needed. ++.
>
> IRC is good, the VDG has also used Google Hangouts for video chat
> effectively, and there's something about live chat which seems to help
> things along. But, yes, some form of meeting should definitely be scheduled.
>
> I did create a forum, but it's hidden at the moment. I'll delete my (single
> outdated) post from it, and ask the admins to open it up to the public. I'll
> write a new introductory post as well.
>
> In terms of CMS I think from the BOF notes and my own personal research, we
> should just formally pick Drupal 8 as the CMS we'll be using. Everything
> keeps leading back to Drupal. Perhaps before whatever meeting is scheduled
> those of us unfamiliar with Drupal (raises hand) should look though the
> documentation so we can pool our knowledge a bit. There's a few obvious
> things (like getting Drupal to use Kidentity), but we should also look to
> find other "gotchas" so we can address them in the meeting.
>
> And we can all shoot our respective visions around, hammer out a solid plan,
> and divvy out the work.
>
> I don't know if I'll have the chance to do many, but I'll aim to code-up
> some basic HTML designs this weekend.
>
>  - Ken
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Emile de Weerd <mederel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ken and everyone,
>>
>> I am a long time KDE user and came for the first time this year to the
>> Akademy. Goal was to see where I could invest myself for the project. Many
>> people told me about the website redesign project which seems interesting.
>>
>> Went on to read all communications of the past 6 months concerning the
>> website redesign. This is an amazing initiative!
>>
>> Kenny (in CC) and me would be really interested to join you in the effort.
>> We are web developers during the day.
>>
>> Would you be available some time next week to discuss that in more
>> details? (through IRC or whichever mean of communication is best)
>>
>> Also did you create a forum in the end like you proposed back in March?
>>
>> We are reaching out to you after an Akademy BoF about the website
>> redesign. You can find the notes here:
>> https://notes.kde.org/p/E3aBAxrw5q
>> In short the conclusions are:
>>
>> 1. to continue the effort about the redesign, accompanied if possible by
>> VDG people
>>
>> 2. involve the KDE promo team for creating a high level map of the website
>> with its contents
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Emile
>>
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