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Steven Yi

Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

Hi All,

I was talking with Victor today and was discussing the csound.sf.net
site for Csound. The design is looking a bit dated and maintenance
has been a bit tricky. I am proposing to replace it with Wordpress,
as I think it would be much simpler to maintain the site, as we
wouldn't need to use ssh to copy and update files, just log in and use
the Wordpress site manager to update the site.

If everyone is alright with this I'll look further into this.

Thanks!
steven

p.s. - We did look at the Wordpress installation through the
Sourceforge applications that can be enabled for the project (same as
how mediawiki is enabled). It's an older version, but does integrate
with Sourceforge. I'm going to do a little more research to see what
is possible for customization and if it's usable for our purposes.

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Michael Gogins-2

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

I use WordPress for my personal Web site. Works fine for me and looks great.

Regards,
Mike

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Steven Yi <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I was talking with Victor today and was discussing the csound.sf.net
> site for Csound. The design is looking a bit dated and maintenance
> has been a bit tricky. I am proposing to replace it with Wordpress,
> as I think it would be much simpler to maintain the site, as we
> wouldn't need to use ssh to copy and update files, just log in and use
> the Wordpress site manager to update the site.
>
> If everyone is alright with this I'll look further into this.
>
> Thanks!
> steven
>
> p.s. - We did look at the Wordpress installation through the
> Sourceforge applications that can be enabled for the project (same as
> how mediawiki is enabled). It's an older version, but does integrate
> with Sourceforge. I'm going to do a little more research to see what
> is possible for customization and if it's usable for our purposes.
>
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rory walsh

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

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So the web address would still be csound.sf.net?

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Andres Cabrera

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

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Hi,

I've got no idea, but wouldn't it be more trouble free to use the sf version? Hopefully they would take care of security, updates and monitor for intrusions. Is that too optimistic, maybe?

Cheers,
Andrés

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Michael Gogins <[hidden email]> wrote:

I use WordPress for my personal Web site. Works fine for me and looks great.

Regards,
Mike

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Steven Yi <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I was talking with Victor today and was discussing the csound.sf.net
> site for Csound. The design is looking a bit dated and maintenance
> has been a bit tricky. I am proposing to replace it with Wordpress,
> as I think it would be much simpler to maintain the site, as we
> wouldn't need to use ssh to copy and update files, just log in and use
> the Wordpress site manager to update the site.
>
> If everyone is alright with this I'll look further into this.
>
> Thanks!
> steven
>
> p.s. - We did look at the Wordpress installation through the
> Sourceforge applications that can be enabled for the project (same as
> how mediawiki is enabled). It's an older version, but does integrate
> with Sourceforge. I'm going to do a little more research to see what
> is possible for customization and if it's usable for our purposes.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning
> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing
> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service.
> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/
> _______________________________________________
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Steven Yi

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

I just researched and the Wordpress installation is not customizable.
The theme from Wordpress 2.8, the version installed, is quite old and
not going to work. It should not be difficult to install wordpress
though. I've scheduled some time and will upload an installation and
look at configuring it. It's quite easy to do (I've used it for years
on kunstmusik.com) and should be a good fit for the content of the
existing site. Also, with the latest wordpress installations,
updating it is quite easy, all doable from the management page.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Andres Cabrera <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got no idea, but wouldn't it be more trouble free to use the sf
> version? Hopefully they would take care of security, updates and monitor for
> intrusions. Is that too optimistic, maybe?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrés
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Michael Gogins <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I use WordPress for my personal Web site. Works fine for me and looks
>> great.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Steven Yi <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I was talking with Victor today and was discussing the csound.sf.net
>> > site for Csound. The design is looking a bit dated and maintenance
>> > has been a bit tricky. I am proposing to replace it with Wordpress,
>> > as I think it would be much simpler to maintain the site, as we
>> > wouldn't need to use ssh to copy and update files, just log in and use
>> > the Wordpress site manager to update the site.
>> >
>> > If everyone is alright with this I'll look further into this.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > steven
>> >
>> > p.s. - We did look at the Wordpress installation through the
>> > Sourceforge applications that can be enabled for the project (same as
>> > how mediawiki is enabled). It's an older version, but does integrate
>> > with Sourceforge. I'm going to do a little more research to see what
>> > is possible for customization and if it's usable for our purposes.
>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning
>> > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing
>> > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service.
>> > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Csound-devel mailing list
>> > [hidden email]
>> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/csound-devel
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Irreducible Productions
>> http://www.michael-gogins.com
>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>
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Steven Yi

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

In reply to this post by rory walsh

With the custom installation, yes, it would remain csound.sf.net.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Rory Walsh <[hidden email]> wrote:

> So the web address would still be csound.sf.net?
>
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Jacob Joaquin

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

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Hey everyone,

Long time no talk. Even though I'm not active these days because of my work schedule, I still read most of the messages that come across the list.

I fully endorse the WordPress idea for various reasons. The first is that it will be much easier to maintain the site as Steven put it. Also, plugin development for WordPress is mostly straightforward once you ge the hang of it. This will open up the possibility of creating things such as a fully Csound-centric automated content management system, allowing Csounders to easily trade code and search through archives of instruments, UDOs, pieces, etc.

Best,

Jake

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Steven Yi <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi All,

I was talking with Victor today and was discussing the csound.sf.net
site for Csound. The design is looking a bit dated and maintenance
has been a bit tricky. I am proposing to replace it with Wordpress,
as I think it would be much simpler to maintain the site, as we
wouldn't need to use ssh to copy and update files, just log in and use
the Wordpress site manager to update the site.

If everyone is alright with this I'll look further into this.

Thanks!
steven

p.s. - We did look at the Wordpress installation through the
Sourceforge applications that can be enabled for the project (same as
how mediawiki is enabled). It's an older version, but does integrate
with Sourceforge. I'm going to do a little more research to see what
is possible for customization and if it's usable for our purposes.

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Iain Duncan-2

Re: Changing csound.sf.net to use Wordpress

I fully endorse the WordPress idea for various reasons. The first is that it will be much easier to maintain the site as Steven put it. Also, plugin development for WordPress is mostly straightforward once you ge the hang of it. This will open up the possibility of creating things such as a fully Csound-centric automated content management system, allowing Csounders to easily trade code and search through archives of instruments, UDOs, pieces, etc.

Wordpress is certainly the easiest to administer of the big three open source cms systems ( Wordpress, joomla, Drupal) and I think moving basic content management to wordpress is a sound idea.

However, for the second concern, ( a csound centric system for trading code, searching through archives, etc ) I would recommend looking hard at Django or Pyramid. My web dev company uses Pyramid, but has used Django in the past, they're both very well documented and tested, though Django has an easier hit-the-ground-running experience than Pyramid. And of course there's Ruby-On-Rails, but I think as we have a lot of Python cross over in the csound community it would make more sense to use a Python based framework.

Another option is a hybrid, do the regular content in wordress, and all the fancy stuff in Django or Pyramid. I can't stress enough though that programmers who are decent coders should really stay away from Wordpress for anything but basic content management ( which it does just fine! ). Under the hood it's a nightmare, with Drupal and Joomla being slightly better. I've done work using all three and avoid those for anything complex now.

I would be more than happy to advise or help on this, we have a lot of experience making custom content and resource management systems in Python using Django, TurboGears, Pylons, and now Pyramid and in Drupal/Joomla/Wordpress. Please let me know if there is anything we can do. You can see our work at www.xornot.com

iain