Re: [Ardanet-developers] website update

[Josh H. <jo...@hu...>]

GCCG is at http://gccg.sourceforge.net/

On 8/2/07, Ris Misner <rm...@ne...> wrote:
>
>  Continuing the brainstorming, here are some more suggestions for more
> links to put on the new website.  Seems like these links could all be ver=
y
> useful to have around for reference for obvious reasons, other than in my
> bookmarks=85
>
>
>
> - Meccg.net
>
> - The GCCG site (and any special MECCG link for GCCG=85 I'm looking for
> these links now in order to download the latest version)
>
> - The NetMECCG page hosted on meccg.net
>
>
>
> -- Ris
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* ard...@li... [mailto:
> ard...@li...] *On Behalf Of *Ris
> Misner
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:02 PM
> *To:* 'Developer discussion'
> *Subject:* Re: [Ardanet-developers] website update
>
>
>
> Hi Josh H,
>
>
>
> Thanks for setting this up!  I browsed over to the new site today and
> registered there so I could take a look around.  I like the look of it ve=
ry
> much but I have a couple of questions/concerns/change requests=85
>
>
>
> First, since you mentioned running into problems with your permissions on
> sourceforge, I enabled you as a project admin, so you should have full
> priveleges now.  I don't mind continuing to host your new site at
> ardanet.hunholz.com or back on sourceforge, the host location makes littl=
e
> difference to me.  But I wanted to make sure you won't run into more
> restrictions on sourceforge for any reason, just to keep things moving
> smoothly.  The sourceforge user permission management is limiting, not
> offering any "web developer" role, and didn't offer me any way to increas=
e
> your permission level for web development purposes only, so I just checke=
d
> the project admin box which should give you access to everything.
>
>
>
> Is it still in your plans to add Bugzilla to the site?  We don't need a
> serious bug tracker very soon, but I'd like to eventually get one up and
> running rather than use a less organized forum in order to track the
> revision history of a bug, link duplicates together, assign
> responsibilities, mark them as closed, etc.  We can do all that "by hand"
> with a Bugs forum like you set up, but I think Bugzilla would be more
> powerful.  Would it still be possible to set that up at some point?  (I
> don't actually have much experience with Bugzilla and I'm always open to
> opposing opinions)
>
>
>
> On the new portal ( http://ardanet.hunholz.com/bb3portal.php ) I would
> like to add links to some more useful pages
>
> -          the "Project Summary Page for Developers"
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ardanet/
>
> -          the Ardanet wiki on sourceforge
> http://ardanet.wiki.sourceforge.net/
>
> -          the mailing list info and archives
> http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3D192968
>
>
>
> What about the "tasks" area on sourceforge?
> http://sourceforge.net/pm/?group_id=3D192968  The idea for this area is t=
o
> keep track of who is doing what for the project, how far along they are, =
and
> when they think they'll be done.  As the project leader, I find it import=
ant
> to have something like this, especially given the "on again / off again"
> nature of projects like this where each of us may be likely to take break=
s
> from it for weeks at a time now and then (such as I did recently leading =
up
> to Worlds this past weekend).  Do you guys like this feature?  Would you
> ever use it?  Should we use the one that comes with Sourceforge, or use
> something else?  Or just report on our progress to the mailing list and
> leave it at that?  I want you guys to have access to update that kind of
> info yourselves, but I assume that as the project leader, I will do most =
of
> the maintenance on keeping the info updated.  Do you think it's useful to
> put a link to it on the portal ( http://ardanet.hunholz.com/bb3portal.php=
) ?  Or should we leave it as-is so that you have to go through the project
> summary page to get there (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ardanet/) ?  O=
r
> should I just disable/hide it?
>
>
>
> Along those lines, I also intend to keep track of a "project roadmap
> document" in the wiki, which will show up here:
> http://ardanet.wiki.sourceforge.net/Project+Roadmap.  When I get around t=
o
> writing it up (probably later today, definitely by the end of the week) t=
he
> project roadmap will list the upcoming project goals similar to how I hav=
e
> announced them in the News area in the past, but looking farther into the
> future (and all of the planned features listed in the roadmap will link t=
o
> other wiki pages describing those features' design and implementation
> details)  I'll keep the roadmap updated as we meet the various goals to s=
how
> what has been done and what remains.
>
>
>
> Does the project roadmap make a separate "tasks" area unnecessary, or is
> it still useful to separately track task assignments, who is working on
> what, how far along they are, and when they expect to complete?  Or shoul=
d
> we just write that added info into the wiki pages?  Or is this kind of
> formal tracking of task assignments and progress too much unnecessary has=
sle
> for such a small team to bother with?
>
>
>
> Does the new forum support avatar images and more detailed profiles so we
> could define our roles in our profiles?  It's unnecessary fluff I admit, =
but
> if it's only a simple a matter of turning on a switch, then I would vote =
do
> it.  But if it would take any significant work, then I would say don't
> bother.
>
>
>
> On the project summary page (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ardanet/) we
> have a link in a drop-down menu to Project > Web Site, which currently li=
nks
> to http://ardanet.sourceforge.net/  I thought I saw something in the
> project admin settings where you can redirect this link, so I'm looking f=
or
> it, and will redirect it to http://ardanet.hunholz.com/ if/when I find
> that option again.  However, I gave away some of our cards at Worlds with
> the http://ardanet.sourceforge.net/ address on them, so I want to make
> sure that address continues to work, if even as an auto-redirect to
> ardanet.hunholz.com.
>
>
>
> That's all the comments I have on the website for now.  GREAT JOB and
> thanks again for setting it up in time for Worlds.  I will follow up with=
 a
> separate note about my experience at Worlds 2007 this past weekend.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ris
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* ard...@li... [mailto:
> ard...@li...] *On Behalf Of *Josh
> Hunholz
> *Sent:* Friday, July 27, 2007 12:50 PM
> *To:* Developer discussion
> *Subject:* [Ardanet-developers] website update
>
>
>
> Team,
>
> After much fiddling around with the SourceForge webspace, and having
> little success for a few reasons (some permissions issues, as well as the=
ir
> having older version of key tools like PHP), I set the site up on my web
> server and put a link on the ardanet.sourceforge.net site.  I have no
> problem hosting the site there, as long as it's okay with the rest of you
> guys.  In fact, we could register ardanet.com/org/net (whichever you
> prefer) and point it to the server.  For now, you an access it either by
> going to ardanet.sourceforge.net and following the link, or by going to
> ardanet.hunholz.com directly.
>
> As far as the software, I'm using PHPbb3 with the "Portal mod" that gives
> the main page more of a website feel and lets us have a lot of control in
> customizing it.  My original thought was to make a site, and then just
> integrate the forum and a bug tracker, but I think this works for us just=
 as
> well.  I've also put in the comments from the posts on the Sourceforge
> boards, so it has the same info.
>
> The admin account on the forums is username admin and password (same as
> password Ris sent me for Mysql on Sourceforge. I won't put it in this not=
e
> since it can be accessed publicly.  Send me a note if you need it and I'l=
l
> reply with it).  If we all create accounts on the site, we can all have
> admin access and that will list us as "team members".
>
> Okay, my lunch is over so I'm back to work, but wanted to get this info
> out to the list as soon as I could.
>
> --Josh <><
>
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