From: techtonik <tec...@us...> - 2007-03-20 20:40:47
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On 3/20/07, ja...@so... <ja...@so...> wrote: > A while ago there was some discussion at length about the MinGW website. I > ignored it mostly because it hinged on an argument between CVS and SVN. And IIRC something about total responsibility and editorship what drove the web site to the current state. > Where do we stand on the website? The main problem is that we need hosting. SF is insecure by design. I can offer my DreamHost plan, but it is unlikely that my offer will be accepted. There were also some talks about SourceWare hosting, so as a last resort we can use their facilities. > Do we simply need to update it? No. We need to setup a CMS for it and migrate content (the last thing is the one I could be able to help with). There was a very nice MediaWiki about MinGW somewhere, but the common opinion was to try Drupal. Its new version 5 looks very promising. The problem was that Drupal hadn't had wiki module and we've got a lot of wiki pages. > Are there updates already in the pipeline that simply need to be posted? > Do we want it revamped? Definitely. > Sorry to bring up the topic again, but depending on what > exactly needs to be done I might be willing to lend my efforts to the > website. Exactly: 1. Decide hosting options. 2. Install Drupal. 3. Tune Drupal. 4. Migrate content. 5. Tune Drupal even more, add a bits of design. -- --anatoly t. |