Patrick, you sent the link about WordPress at my request, and I have been investigating it. I have in fact set up a test WordPress site just to test multilingualism.
I think you may have some valuable experience in this regard. I do know PHP, albeit not at an expert level, and can certainly help with things such as drop-down menus. I would prefer to stay away from customisations as far as is possible because, as Kevin has said, we need this to be maintainable by non-technical people. My suggestion is that Kevin, you and I take this off-list (so we don't clutter it up) and have a bit of a chat. I'd hate to duplicate work that someone else is already doing. Sometime this weekend would be great for me, whether on IRC, Skype or some other method. What do you think --- Patrick and Kevin, and whoever else wants to join in? Paddy On 26/07/12 23:09, Patrick Dickey wrote: > I agree with Paddy, that WordPress (or another CMS system like Drupal) > would be the best way to go. With WordPress at least, you can > > 1. Configure logins and permissions for the editors and other admin. > 2. Change the theme relatively easily (and even create your own > themes). > 3. Create multi-lingual sites. > > And because it's all php based, you should be able to create a string > with the language code in it, so the user will download the manual for > whatever language the site is in. You might even be able to create a > dropdown, where they can pick whatever language it's avialable in (in > case they're viewing it in one language but want it in another). > > Depending on whether you used any php on the test site, you might be > able to migrate it over without a lot of major changes. > > Some questions that I have are these (and they're meant to help whoever > develops the site) > > 1. Would it be safe to say that the look and feel of > test.ubuntu-manual.org is what you're after? > 2. Do you have a template page for the test site (without any text in > it)? > 3. Are you able to install a CMS on the current host, or will you need > to find new hosting? > > > All in all, you've got the right idea. Get the requirements down, then > create a mockup of what you want the site to look like. Then create the > site itself. I should note, that I'm not a web developer (as my > partially created site will definitely show), but I do occasionally > tutor some of the web development courses in my local college. > > I would say that if the test site will convert over to a php-based site, > it looks like the best way to go. Since it's all there--just needing to > be tweaked a bit. > > I've got about 3 hours before I have to leave for work, so I'll do a > little research into actually creating a multi-lingual site in > WordPress. I did post a couple of links to the group a while back, so > I'll add those to the page (along with any information I can find about > specifying the language used in the download). > > Have a great day:) > Patrick. > > On Thu, 2012-07-26 at 09:55 +0200, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: >> Hello all, >> So far, we have not been able to find developers to build a new website >> for us. But maybe one day someone knocks on our door and says: hey, I >> want to take up this challenge! Who knows ;) >> In that case, we need to point out what it is we want. John already >> created the following page: >> >> http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/UMP-needs >> >> I added parts of our brainstorming email correspondence (Kevin, Hannie, >> c7p) to this pad. If you have any ideas, just add it to this public pad. >> Hannie >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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