Re: [ML] Re: Hosting of gnustep.org

Some options:

- Should we turn the index into a set of static pages generated from
MySQL data, which we then check in?
- If we turn each entry into a single .md file, we can perhaps
leverage https://github.com/allejo/jekyll-toc
- We could have a tiny nginx host which does nothing but route
requests to serving backends based on the path:
  - either proxy the request to gnustep.github.io,
  - or proxy it to a host with the software index (or even return a
301 to something like index.gnustep.org)

I can play with moving things around over some weekend, if I get
sufficient access to current host.


On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:03 PM H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just recognized that making gnustep.org point somewhere else will break
>
> http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/
>
> unless this is moved as well.
> It is long ago that someone did set this up and it still works...
>
> The Software Index needs php, a httpd and a mysql database to be hosted somewhere. I am not sure if gnustep.github.io can provide this.
>
> BR,
> Nikolaus
>
> > Am 18.01.2021 um 18:26 schrieb Patryk Laurent <[email protected]>:
> >
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> > Could we make a plan to implement pointing the domain to the Gitub-hosted site and/or delegate someone to do it?
> >
> > Aside from the navigation menu improvements already committed on the GitHub version of the site, we could also incorporate or link to sites to increase visibility e.g., https://teespring.com/stores/gnustep
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Patryk
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Dec 18, 2019, at 13:01, Ivan Vučica <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:17 PM Manuel Guesdon <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> - make a CNAME www.gnustep.org => gnustep.github.io (but server hosting
> >>>   gnustep.github.io should accept requests for www.gnustep.org)
> >>
> >> This merely requires creating a file named 'CNAME' in the github repo
> >> for gnustep.github.io (i.e.
> >> https://github.com/gnustep/gnustep.github.io).
> >>
> >> See https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site
> >>
> >>> I can't make a CNAME gnustep.org => gnustep.github.io (due to the way DNS
> >>> works) but I can make a 301 redirect http://gnustep.org
> >>> => http://www.gnustep.org
> >>
> >> Looks like Github documents the exact IPs that can be used:
> >>  https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site#configuring-an-apex-domain
> >>
> >> Then again, 301 + CNAME for www are probably more maintainable.
>
>