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

Nikolaus,

On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:18 AM H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> > Am 19.01.2021 um 00:36 schrieb Ivan Vučica <[email protected]>:
> >
> > 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
>
> Hm.
>
> The page is highly interactive (searching/filtering/jumping) and accepts
> proposing updates. It is even counting access and building a TOP10 list.
>
> How should that work with static content?
>
> > - 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)
>
> Keep it simple...
>
> Why not just redirect the entry point www.gnustep.org/index.html to
> the new page and leave the remainder like the softwareindex on the
> existing infrastructure (apache, php, mysql)?
>

The idea is to get off of the existing server.  I really would like to move
to something hosted on github or on some other server that we push changes
to more easily.

>
> This should suffice
>
> www.gnustep.org/index.html;
>
> <meta http-equiv = "refresh" content = "0 ; url =
> https://gnustep.github.io/index.html"/>
>
>
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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