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[Paddy Landau <paddy@xxxxxxxxx>]

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
>>
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