Re: [SLUG] Website

[James Gray]

Is "deterioration" a kinder way of saying "neglect"? ;)

Well, we *can *moan and criticise, but can anyone step up and give ye olde
web page a shot in the arm? I'll bow up now as I am NOT a UI person. Hell,
anything much beyond to command line is far to fancy for my taste! Just
interested what the SLUG process is for getting the community engaged -
this is obviously something we've noticed, and don't like, so how can we
change it?

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On 14 September 2015 at 06:31, Amos Shapira  wrote:

> I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a web
> server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.
>
> There is a link to "See the code" which points to
> https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where the
> last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
> just a case of deterioration more than active change.
>
> --Amos
>
> On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:
>
> > I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
> > into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
> > with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
> > I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
> > front page - which is worse than useless!
> >
> > Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

[James Gray]

I wouldn't describe Confluence as a true wiki any more. They ripped out the
Wiki syntax for editing  while ago.  The wiki syntax is still supported for
creating documents via API.  Confluence is probably best described as an
"Documentation Collaboration" product now. Don't get me wrong; it's still
bloody good at what it does but it isn't a wiki in the strictest sense. If
having the ability to edit plain text offline and be able to dump it into
Confluence and have it formatted nicely, then Confluence isn't the best
option (things may have changed and happy to be corrected here!).

I've always just ended up with MediaWIKI (
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) but there are simpler options
obviously.

Good luck with your hunt :)

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On 14 September 2015 at 18:22, Jonathan Molyneux <
jonat...@infinitedepth.com.au> wrote:

> Confluence is a good start for a wiki:
>
> https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing?_mid=206e3e3a242fb80ba4d7ba972f52c657&gclid=CIbO5Y-M9scCFYkrvQodRNoAOw#server
>
> Doesn't cost heaps and it's a solid wiki.
>
>
> On 11/09/2015 11:21 AM, DaZZa wrote:
>
>> Learned ones,.
>>
>> I'm looking for a Wiki to setup for the company to make available to
>> contractors semi-private documents
>>
>> I don't mind if I have to pay a little for it, but open source would
>> be most excellent.
>>
>> So, I'm looking for suggestions for some form of Wiki.
>>
>> I'd like
>>
>> 1) Secure - two levels of access (view/edit)
>> 2) Lightweight
>> 3) Linux (obviously, 'cause f**k paying Microsoft tax where I don't have
>> to)
>>
>> It'd be nice if I could integrate it with AD (or at least LDAP query
>> for usernames/passwords), but that's not critical.
>>
>> It'd also be nice if I could put some kind of skin or theme on it
>> customised by the marketing nazi's to make it look all company-ie.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> DaZZa
>>
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Re: [SLUG] Wiki suggestions?

[DaZZa]

On 21 September 2015 at 13:59, James Gray  wrote:
> I wouldn't describe Confluence as a true wiki any more. They ripped out the
> Wiki syntax for editing  while ago.  The wiki syntax is still supported for
> creating documents via API.  Confluence is probably best described as an
> "Documentation Collaboration" product now. Don't get me wrong; it's still
> bloody good at what it does but it isn't a wiki in the strictest sense. If
> having the ability to edit plain text offline and be able to dump it into
> Confluence and have it formatted nicely, then Confluence isn't the best
> option (things may have changed and happy to be corrected here!).

We've already got a Confluence instance for the "inside" - but I (the
business) don't want to put that on the Internet, as it has a lot of
very proprietary information on it -and we don;t want to pay for
another one - hence the search for free version for the "outside" Wiki
(which will be much less detailed and simpler).

> I've always just ended up with MediaWIKI
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) but there are simpler options
> obviously.

I've actually got an instance of that up and running - but getting it
talking to AD for authentication is proving problematic - and I don't
have the resources to dig into it properly.

I'll keep investigating - maybe I can find one which is point and click. :)

Thanks for your input.

DaZZa
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Re: [SLUG] Website

[Marghanita da Cruz]

The SLUG AGM must be coming up.
Any nominations for committee - webmaster?

Marghanita

On 15/09/15 08:54, Tom Worthington wrote:

On 09/09/15 23:12, Heracles wrote:


... SLUG Site, now I cant get past the front page  ...


On the Slug home page I see a row of menu items across the top: "Home | Events 
| Archives | Mailing
Lists | Get the code!": http://www.slug.org.au/

Here is what happens when I select them:

* Home: takes me to the same page (as expected).
* Events: displays the text "SLUG Events", with a yellow rectangle below
it, but no actual events.
* Archives: displays the text "Welcome to nginx!" but no archives
* Mailing List: displays "Welcome to nginx!" but no mailing lists.
* Get the code!: takes me to GitHub with a repository of Slug stuff, but why?

Below these menu items it says "Sydney Linux User Group" and there is a 
paragraph describing the
group (which makes sense).

Then below that it says "#sydlug @slugupdates both Loading tweets..." which 
does not make much
sense. I assume these are the hastag, twitter address and a list of recent 
Tweets is then supposed
to appear (but thankfully does not: who would want this?).

Next to that is "Previously at SLUG (more on YouTube) Enabled HTML5 Video!" 
with a video window
underneath. I have video turned off by default so thankfully nothing plays (why 
would I want it to?).

Below that is "Attend the next meeting, Sponsor An event or SLUG as a whole, 
Give a talk Educate
your fellows". Here is what I get when selecting each:

* ATTEND: "Traceback (most recent call last):
   File
"/base/data/home/runtimes/python/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/_webapp25.py",
line 715, in __call__
 handler.get(*groups)
   File 
"/base/data/home/apps/s~sydney-linux-user-group-hr/8.353599326443764872/events.py",
 line 26,
in get
 self.redirect(event_lists.get_next_event().get_url())
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get_url'"

* SPONSOR: Creates an email with the address 
"commit...@slug.org.au&subject=Sponsoring SLUG". I
assume "Sponsoring SLUG" is supposed to be in the subject line, but is not.

* GIVE A TALK: Opens a window asking for my Open Id to log into the Slug 
website, but why?

I suggest:

1. Replace the video and the twitter feed windows with hypertext links.
2. Delete "Get the code!"
3. Get the other menu options to work.

ps: I am using Firefox 40.0.3 for Linux.





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Re: [SLUG] Locale settings in Debian

[James Gray]

You haven't set up your keyboard with a European mapping by any chance? If
so, this might solve the problem for you:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Also, you might want to try launching from the command line and for a
specific locale and see if it fixes anything:

LANG=en_AU.utf8 google-chrome

If that fixes it, then also check your locale settings in your environment
(window manager et al).

HTH.

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out on me this afternoon!)

On 15 September 2015 at 13:53, Heracles  wrote:

> Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT:
> I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on converting
> everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change it to display
> Australian Dollars?
>
> Heracles
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Re: [SLUG] Locale settings in Debian

[Heracles]

On 21/09/15 16:42, James Gray wrote:
You haven't set up your keyboard with a European mapping by any 
chance? If so, this might solve the problem for you:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Also, you might want to try launching from the command line and for a specific 
locale and see if it fixes anything:
LANG=en_AU.utf8 google-chrome
If that fixes it, then also check your locale settings in your 
environment (window manager et al).


HTH.

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(Apologies for any funky formatting; Gmail web interface is totally 
wigging out on me this afternoon!)


On 15 September 2015 at 13:53, Heracles > wrote:


Maybe I need to ask this on the Debian list BUT:
I have set my system to Australian English and it insists on
converting everything in Google Chrome to euros! How do I change
it to display Australian Dollars?

Heracles

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Thanks James, but it turned out that Chrome somehow setup a currency 
conversion extension. Once I deactivated and removed it all works as 
expected.

Heracles


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Re: [SLUG] Website

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Hi All,

How about a hackfest of the website at the SLUG meeting on Friday evening.

Who has the passwords? Do we have to recover them?

Marghanita
On 14/09/15 06:31, Amos Shapira wrote:

I agree the site doesn't give a great shot of confidence in Linux as a web
server, it doesn't render any page to completion for me.

There is a link to "See the code" which points to
https://github.com/sydney-linux-user-group/slug/commits/master, where the
last commit happened over three years ago (29 May 2012), so perhaps it's
just a case of deterioration more than active change.

--Amos

On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles  wrote:


I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site
into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8
with enlightenment e17 as a desktop.)
I used to find it easy to navigate the SLUG Site, now I cant get past the
front page - which is worse than useless!

Heracles

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