On Sep 10, 2014 11:50 AM, "James Bradley" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only advantages I'd see, offhand, are independence and local > control. The wiki markup language used at Ubuntu is obscure and only > slightly less arcane than Hittite, making customization problematic. > There would also be fewer hoops to jump through in giving people access > rights. On the other hand, I'm not sure how Canonical would feel about > us using the Ubuntu name on something they didn't fully control. > > JVLB > > On 09/10/2014 11:07 AM, Patrick Olson wrote: > > Thanks for the detailed review of WordPress. Perhaps that's something the > > team would want if it has some advantage over the wiki, but the point I > > was getting at was actually just making it easy for folks who might need > > to type in a URL and pull up the wiki. After reading your message, it > > finally came to me: TinyURL. > > > > tinyurl.com/ubuntuoregon now points to the Ubuntu Oregon wiki. It isn't > > case sensitive, so it should be easy for anyone who needs to type it in. > > The only thing is, TinyURL didn't ask for any verification, validation, > > login or registration; so I don't know what the process would be if it > > ever needed to point somewhere else. > > > > On Wed, September 10, 2014 10:19 am, James Bradley wrote: > >> On the issue of hosting an independent Ubuntu Oregon website, you might > >> want to consider Automattic's free WordPress hosting. In case you aren't > >> familiar with that service, let me elaborate. > >> > >> Automattic is a primary vendor of WordPress-based hosting and products. > >> They offer free hosting under a wordpress.com URL. WordPress offers a > >> number of advantages, along with some limitations. > >> > >> On the plus side, with WordPress site maintenance is greatly simplified. > >> In the case of Automattic's offering, they take care of updating all the > >> software. WordPress itself is extremely easy to implement and manage. > >> Designed to facilitate blogging, it also supports more presentational > >> formats. It allows for granular permissions to accommodate multiple > >> authors and administrators. The ability to control comments and limit > >> spam is well designed. A wide variety of themes are offered and many > >> incorporate responsive design characteristics, allowing for hassle-free > >> support of multiple device parameters. > >> > >> On the downside, WP is bloated and not particularly efficient. It is > >> written in PHP and some customizations require at least a superficial > >> knowledge of that rather arcane and inefficient language. Additionally, > >> properly implementing customizations requires some knowledge of WP's > >> internal functioning. In some cases, it is difficult to prevent > >> customizations from being overwritten by updates. For the most part, > >> these considerations only affect the primary administrator of the site. > >> > >> So, there it is, for your consideration. > >> > >> JVLB > >> > >> > >> On 09/10/2014 09:38 AM, Patrick Olson wrote: > >>> On Wed, September 10, 2014 8:38 am, ∅ wrote: > >>> > >>>>> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:28:20 -0700 > >>>>> From: "Patrick Olson" <[email protected]> > >>>>> The URL that I think would be the easiest to give people verbally (for > >>>>> example you meet someone who seems interested in learning more) is > >>>>> probably facebook.com/ubuntuoregon as it's simpler than the other > >>>>> URLs. > >>>> Disagree. Not everyone wants to be on Facebook. In fact, some people > >>>> are vehemently opposed to it. > >>> OK I was just trying to make the URL simpler for cases where someone is > >>> going to have to remember it and/or type it in. If you tell someone > >>> wiki.ubuntu.com/OregonTeam and they type it in without capitalizing the > >>> O > >>> and the T, it says the page doesn't exist. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or > >> > > > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-us-or mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-or
I don't believe that would be an issue. We would just need to link to it from the wiki ( or have an automatic redirect)
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