so.... anyone? - bram
On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Bram de Jong <bram.dej...@gmail.com> wrote: > guys guys guys don't get ahead of yourselves! :-) > > musicdsp.org is pretty simple in terms of code. Rewriting in drupal > (or similar) would take way too long and would -this is much more > important- require someone who is dedicated to musicdsp.org for the > next few years (as I myself have very little experience with Drupal, > except the nightmare that is called "security updates"). > > I'm just looking for someone who has a bit more time than me and feels > like hacking (not coding) a few extra things like a captcha > (recaptcha?) and what not into musicdsp's current code base - which is > PHP. > > And anyway, if I would rewrite it, I would rewrite it in django as I > have a vast amount of experience with django. ;-)) > > > - Bram > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 8:12 AM, <david.lowenf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> adding recaptcha to an existing site would not be too difficult, and would >> get the job done. >> >> if you decide to overhaul... I'm partial to Rails, it's pretty awesome. >> (disclosure I'm a ruby/rails developer as my day job) >> there are a handful of CMS solutions for rails 3, here are two options that >> look decent... I could help customize >> http://refinerycms.com/ >> http://www.browsercms.org/ >> >> -D >> >> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Kevin Dixon wrote: >> >>> I would vote for a CAPTCHA... specifically recaptcha >>> http://www.google.com/recaptcha/whyrecaptcha >>> >>> -Kevin >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Bastian Schnuerle >>> <bastian.schnue...@silberstein.de> wrote: >>>> just did wordpress for a friend .. looks nice .. +1 .. >>>> >>>> Am 05.04.2012 um 21:50 schrieb douglas repetto: >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I think even Wordpress would work very well for the content on >>>>> musicdsp.org. I agree a full drupal site seems like overkill! >>>>> >>>>> douglas >>>>> >>>>> On 4/5/12 10:05 AM, Bjorn Roche wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:53 AM, Ross Bencina wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Bjorn, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 5/04/2012 1:52 AM, Bjorn Roche wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any thoughts about modernizing the whole thing with a fresh CMS? >>>>>>>> I think it would be easier to maintain, have built-in spam >>>>>>>> filters, and it would be easier to have multiple people do the >>>>>>>> work. Plus it would look more attractive. I don't think it would >>>>>>>> take much effort to redo the whole thing in, say, drupal. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Have you ever set up a Drupal site? I have. It is not for >>>>>>> small-time, non-commercial, low-maintenance overhead projects >>>>>>> imho. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. Quite a few. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Imho it would be a huge job to port the current site to Drupal and >>>>>>> there is a lot of ongoing maintenance required to keep security >>>>>>> patches up to date etc etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes. The biggest problem is security updates. You are right: major >>>>>> PITA factor. This can be mitigated by a hosted solution, or a >>>>>> multi-site install where someone is already monitoring the site for >>>>>> security updates. But, at the end of the day, that might not be >>>>>> realistic. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Doing the theme port alone would be a lot of work. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I would not dream of porting the existing theme, but rather use a >>>>>> new, or built-in theme. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Unless I'm completely out of touch it is really non-trivial to set >>>>>>> up something like musicdsp.org in Drupal with adequate spam >>>>>>> filtering. The standard Drupal capcha solution (Mollom) is not >>>>>>> great -- in my experience it flags a lot of false positives (spam >>>>>>> that isn't spam). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Mollom sucks. Captchas alone catch the vast majority of spam. The >>>>>> rest can be handled with moderation. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway, this is really just a vote against Drupal for musicdsp.org, >>>>>>> not against using a CMS. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I actually think the current ad-hoc php solution is not so bad -- >>>>>>> but Bram knows more about these things than me. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Recaptcha could be added to the existing site with fairly little >>>>>> effort, but there are other advantages to a CMS: they are easier to >>>>>> team-manage, organize, and they have a number of potentially useful >>>>>> features like taxonomies (giving the ability to tag and categorize >>>>>> algos by language and purpose for example.) >>>>>> >>>>>> bjorn >>>>>> >>>>>> ----------------------------- Bjorn Roche http://www.xonami.com Audio >>>>>> Collaboration http://blog.bjornroche.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >>>>>> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book >>>>>> reviews, dsp links http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >>>>>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ............................................... http://artbots.org >>>>> .....douglas.....irving........................ http://dorkbot.org >>>>> .......................... http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >>>>> ...........repetto............. http://music.columbia.edu/organism >>>>> ............................... http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >>>>> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, >>>>> dsp links >>>>> http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >>>>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >>>> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, >>>> dsp >>>> links >>>> http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >>>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >>> -- >>> dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >>> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, >>> dsp links >>> http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >>> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp >> >> -- >> dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: >> subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp >> links >> http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp >> http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp > > > > -- > http://www.samplesumo.com > http://www.freesound.org > http://www.smartelectronix.com > http://www.musicdsp.org > > office: +32 (0) 9 335 59 25 > mobile: +32 (0) 484 154 730 -- http://www.samplesumo.com http://www.freesound.org http://www.smartelectronix.com http://www.musicdsp.org office: +32 (0) 9 335 59 25 mobile: +32 (0) 484 154 730 -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp links http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp
