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Re: Getting involved in the Kubuntu website development

 

I think the code should be hosted on launchpad git. This makes most
sense for allowing permissions with a launchpad team, and security-wise
when that code would get pushed to a canonical owned and administered
server.

On 29/06/2020 13:14, Carl Schwan wrote:
> Le lundi, juin 29, 2020 11:06 AM, Rick Timmis <ricktimmis68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
> 
>> Hello Carl
> 
> Hi Rick,
> 
>> Thank you for reaching out, your timing is perfect. 
>>
>> Thanks valorie for picking this up 🥰
>>
>> I've been working on a proposal to upgrade the Kubuntu website to use the Huge static site generator, and manage the content either with launchpad, or kde's GitLab.  
>>
>> I've been recently handed th admin for the website team on launchpad.
>>
>> It would be great to work with you on coordinating this with KDE.
>>
>> Please can you point me in the right direction, of what to look at ?
> 
> I love Hugo and prefer it a lot more than Wordpress and I'm already moving some parts of kde.org to it. For the code hosting on KDE Gitlab instance, I don't think it will be a big problem but I need to ask the sysadmins if they are ok with it.
> 
> Do you already have some code somewhere, I could look at? Otherwise, I will create a personal repo and give you access to it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carl
> 
>> Thanks
>> Rick
>>
>> On Sun, 28 Jun 2020, 21:59 Valorie Zimmerman, <valorie.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Carl, I think all of us have been admiring the work of the team you are building on all the KDE websites. Not only are they attractive, but they use the best new tech, which will make them easier to keep up over the long run. 
>>>
>>> I think I can add you to the LP team: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-website-administrators but the system does not find carl schwan. If you do not have a launchpad account please create one. https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/NewAccount
>>>
>>> Rick Timmis: new volunteer! ^^^
>>>
>>> Valorie
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 4:45 PM Carl Schwan <carl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I'm the current main KDE web developer and I would like to work a bit on the Kubuntu website.
>>>>
>>>> My main goal would be to bring the design closer to the rest of the KDE websites and improving the promotional effect of the website.
>>>>
>>>> I heard the website is a Wordpress theme, I would like to know if it would be possible to give me a link to the current theme source code and an export of the content so that I can work on it locally without disrupting the current website and then I'm done give you the new content and theme source code.
>>>>
>>>> I would also love to get some ideas of stuff that could be added to it, I already have some but more is always better so that select the best one.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>> PS: this is the second time I send this mail, I was told the first one never arrived. Sorry for the potential spam.
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