Re: [GMOD-devel] [Gmod-tripal] Migrating gmod.org advice/RFC

[Nathan D. <nat...@lb...>]

Scott,

I would advocate moving to GH pages just for the long-term ease of use, permission management, and cost.   There is no server to setup, but you’ll have to configure a Jekyll theme (http://jekyllthemes.org/ <http://jekyllthemes.org/>) and add the content, which is a PITA unless you create a single-page app (which I don’t advocate).  

My guess is that actually converting the content will be easier (and I’m sure folks in the community will be glad to help).  

https://github.com/philipashlock/mediawiki-to-markdown <https://github.com/philipashlock/mediawiki-to-markdown>


Nathan

> On Sep 1, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Scott Cain <sc...@sc...> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm addressing this to a few of the more heavily trafficked GMOD mailing lists in hopes of getting some good advice.  The server that runs gmod.org <http://gmod.org/> is being retired at the end of the month, so I have to find it a new home.  One option includes leaving it at OICR on a new virtual machine, but it will require me to port the existing MediaWiki instance, which I already know won't be fun.
> 
> There are other alternatives though--it was suggested recently that the content in gmod.org <http://gmod.org/> could be migrated to GitHub pages, which sounds appealing but I have no idea how much work would be involved.  I've also considered migrating to AWS, which I think will be a similar amount of work as the internal migration at OICR but would likely be cheaper in the long run.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any insights!
> Scott
> 
> 
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