I'd suggest keeping things as simple as possible for now. If we find a designer who'd want to create a nice design, we could still do a relaunch.
Thus, I'd suggest just using one of the free WP themes. I have already taken a closer look at available Wordpress themes, there would be e.g.: http://trulyminimaldemo.wordpress.com/ http://publishdemo.wordpress.com/ http://en.wordpress.com/themes/syntax/ http://tonaldemo.wordpress.com/ More themes are here: http://en.wordpress.com/themes/type/free/ On 25.06.2014, at 12:35, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > any idea who's going to create a simple but nice design for the new blog? I > do not have the skills to do that ... > > > On 24 June 2014 21:15, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 24 Jun 2014, at 16:39 , Lena Reinhard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> d'oh. Updated. >>> >>> so, as far as I got it, next steps would be: >>> 1) data migration – Jan and Alexander, could you handle that? >>> 2) granting access (= creating accounts, preferrably admin accounts, if >> no one is opposed; accounts needed for: >>> - Noah >>> - Alexander (see step 1) >>> - Lena >>> - … ? >>> 3) updating design (include new header + tagline) >>> 4) notifying dev@ about the change >>> 5) posting last week's weekly news ;) (can do that as soon as I got >> access) >>> 6) post promotion >>> 7) check if categories are correct; we should also keep in mind to tag >> at least new posts correctly >> >> 8) Update the main website to link to the new blog. >> 9) eventually post on the old blog that we have a new blog :) >> >> >>> >>> Anything else? :) >>> >>> >>> On 24.06.2014, at 16:38, Lena Reinhard <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> so, as far as I got it, next steps would be: >>>> 1) data migration – Jan and Alexander, could you handle that? >>>> 2) granting access (= creating accounts, preferrably admin accounts, if >> no one is opposed; accounts needed for: >>>> - Noah >>>> - Alexander (see step 1) >>>> - Lena >>>> - … ? >>>> 3) notifying dev@ about the change >>>> 4) posting last week's weekly news ;) (can do that as soon as I got >> access) >>>> 5) post promotion >>>> >>>> Anything else? :) >>>> >>>> On 24.06.2014, at 15:45, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> +1 on supporting Lena's choice: WordPress. >>>>> >>>>> As the other major blogger on this project, WP is also my preference. >>>>> >>>>> On 24 June 2014 13:58, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I am perfectly fine with WP also. Bonus points for being able to use >>>>>> Markdown. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for laying out your opinions. I think we can keep that short >> and >>>>>> move on with using WP? I hope Dave is not too disappointed :) ... >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> >>>>>> Andy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 24 June 2014 12:24, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 24 Jun 2014, at 12:20 , Lena Reinhard <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Dave, as you know I did some work with Hugo in the Swirl project. >> My >>>>>>> blog >>>>>>>>> on the other hand is now created with jekyll. I have to admit, that >>>>>>> jekyll >>>>>>>>> is way easier to use and is also based on git ( >>>>>>>>> https://github.com/andywenk/andywenk.github.io). So my conclusion >> is >>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> hugo is great for usage as a documentation tool and jekyll fits >> better >>>>>>> for >>>>>>>>> a blog. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On the other hand, the software on blog.couchdb.org is already a >> WP. >>>>>>> So do >>>>>>>>> we need to change that? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Although I heard Jekyll and Hugo are nice, I'd say: >>>>>>>> - Community management hat: I'd love to choose a tool that keeps >> entry >>>>>>> barriers low, also for future committers. I know that many marketing >> people >>>>>>> are used to WP and I'd definitely love to get more non-coding >> committers on >>>>>>> board and reduce dependencies. It's bad for devs if marketing people >> have >>>>>>> to ask for help frequently, also regarding lack of focus, and can >> tend to >>>>>>> be frustrating for marketing people, too. And the more we can reduce >> that >>>>>>> from the beginning, the better for the community. >>>>>>>> - Personal hat: happy with anything, but used to WP :)) >>>>>>>> - Marketing hat: whatever makes migration easiest. Plus: WP could be >>>>>>> good as it's already there, and makes administration etc. easy. >> Also: tools >>>>>>> preferred that enable independence. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> And who wants to do the data migration? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I can do it, I like tedious repetitive tasks that can be done >> whenever >>>>>>>>>> a few spare minutes appear. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> he he :) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I should be able to revert the current >>>>>>>>>> HTML versions into markdown via pandoc without too much pain. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> oh yes - I was wondering how we can manage that and pandoc should >> be >>>>>>>>> perfect. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> When using pandoc in the way Dave proposed, it is maybe a good >> idea to >>>>>>>>> rethink WP but I have to admit that I don't know with what format >> one >>>>>>> can >>>>>>>>> feed WP for content. Maybe also Markdown? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> WP can't be fed with Markdown yet, unfortunately. >> WYSIWYG-editor-only. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In fact, since this is hosted on wordpress.com, Markdown is >> supported :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best >>>>>>> Jan >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Else: what Jan says :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> A+ >>>>>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [1]: http://hugo.spf13.com/ >>>>>>>>>> [2]: http://octopress.org/ >>>>>>>>>> [3]: http://jekyllrb.com/ >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Andy >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Andy Wenk >>>>>>>>> Hamburg - Germany >>>>>>>>> RockIt! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Andy Wenk >>>>>> Hamburg - Germany >>>>>> RockIt! >>>>>> >>>>>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >>>>>> >>>>>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Noah Slater >>>>> https://twitter.com/nslater >>>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Andy Wenk > Hamburg - Germany > RockIt! > > http://www.couchdb-buch.de > http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de > > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 > > https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
