Re: [Gimp-web] Check static.gimp.org

I just finished building a site that had many of the same features.
Http://blenderstorm.tuxfamily.org check it out and tell me what you think.
It was supposed to be a site for feature requests for Blender. It does have
a forum though.

On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Pat David <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm actually sort of leaning towards the idea of possibly using a
discourse instance as a replacement for the registry. It would serve the
dual purpose of incorporating a forum/comment system that we could use on
the site as well (if we were so inclined).
>
> Honestly, the existing functionality of the registry was pretty much
exactly this. I'll expand on my rationale a little later.
>
> I'm personally not so sure that a Wordpress infrastructure would be the
most appropriate (but would be happy to hear thoughts around it).
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 10:14 PM John Roper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I would be willing to set it up. I have setup at least 5 wordpress sites
for various uses before.
>> I also write scripts for it.
>> On Monday, November 9, 2015, Andrew Toskin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > If we decide to rebuild the registry site from scratch, I think
>> > WordPress would be *much* easier to set up than Drupal or Joomla, and
>> > WordPress has pretty good spam filters via plugins officially sponsored
>> > by Automattic, the company developing. There are a lot of web CMS
>> > applications out there, but WordPress is by far the easiest to use
>> > among the PHP/MySQL stacks, and still pretty versatile for web
>> > development.
>> > Either way, I think the GIMP Plugin Registry provides an important
>> > service. We shouldn't let it fall to the wayside.
>> > On Sun, 2015-11-08 at 16:44 -0500, Kasim Ahmic wrote:
>> >> The site looks great! I only have a few minor cosmetic concerns
>> >> though:
>> >>
>> >> 1. The About GIMP, Documentation, Donations, Get Involved, and
>> >> Tutorial links in the footer and menu bar don't have icons next to
>> >> them. What's strange is that on the mobile version, the Documentation
>> >> and Tutorials links both have icons. I personally think these would
>> >> look nice:
>> >>  - About GIMP: Not sure but maybe a question mark?
>> >>  - Donations: A simple dollar sign
>> >>  - Get Involved: A handshake
>> >>
>> >> 2. The images for the GIMP icon in the menu bar and footer are much
>> >> lower quality than the other icons. I'm only looking at the site on
>> >> my phone so I can't tell for sure but I'm gonna assume that the other
>> >> icons are vectors whereas the GIMP icon is a bitmap image. Also, the
>> >> icons for Scribus, Inkscape, and SwatchBooker should either be halved
>> >> in size or replaced with higher DPI icons for hi-res devices. Perhaps
>> >> do the same thing with the "Graphic Design Elements" and "Programming
>> >> Algorithms" backgrounds but loading higher DPI images for those might
>> >> start causing load issues for people on mobile devices so I don't
>> >> think that's too important personally.
>> >>
>> >> 3. The Recent News title on the News page doesn't have a border and
>> >> shadow underneath it like the Documentation, Tutorials, and other
>> >> titles on their respective pages do.
>> >>
>> >> 4. The OpenHub activity tracker's design and style doesn't fit with
>> >> the rest of the site. But that's just mostly color scheme and font.
>> >>
>> >> Other than that, everything else looks great!
>> >>
>> >> A far as the GIMP registry goes, part of me wants to preserve it and
>> >> just update Drupal to the latest version (assuming it's backwards
>> >> compatible) and hope it has better spam protection. But on the other
>> >> hand, I'd like to see it redone entirely in a way that's built for
>> >> spam protection from the group up. They both have their pros and
>> >> cons:
>> >>
>> >> Fix the Current Site
>> >> Pros:
>> >>  - Should be relatively simple.
>> >>  - No loss of plugins and posts.
>> >>  - Current registry users won't have to learn a new system for
>> >> posting plugins or responses.
>> >>
>> >> Cons:
>> >>  - AFAIK, there's no real version control on Drupal making it
>> >> difficult for users to find the version of a plugin their looking
>> >> for.
>> >>  - Potential for future problems due to old server configs.
>> >>
>> >> Create an All New Site
>> >> Pros:
>> >>  - We can rest assured spam won't be an issue.
>> >>  - We can modify it to our and the users needs from the ground up.
>> >>
>> >> Cons:
>> >>  - Will be a massive undertaking.
>> >>  - Will have the need for moving over old plugins from the old site.
>> >>
>> >> Those are just my thoughts on it.
>> >>
>> >> Kasim Ahmic
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> > On Nov 8, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Pat David <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback!
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:37 PM yahvuu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On http://static.gimp.org/:
>> >> > >   There is a typo in Section 'High Quality Photo Manipulation':
>> >> > >       'GIMP provides the tools for needed for high quality image'
>> >> > >                  (delete word)  -------^
>> >> >
>> >> > Awesome!  Thank you for that - fixed in 41b3f77
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > >   Things you might consider:
>> >> > >     - Section 'Extensibility & Flexibility':
>> >> > >       Add Link to http://registry.gimp.org/
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I agree with adding this link to the section, but am not sure if we
>> >> > should
>> >> > hold off until we decide what we want to do with the registry (or
>> >> > just go
>> >> > ahead and link it, and let folks get the archived version until we
>> >> > switch
>> >> > things up).  The registry is in a poor state, and there's not much
>> >> > we can
>> >> > do about it from our end (old drupal install that is vulnerable to
>> >> > spam).
>> >> >
>> >> > I was going to address some ideas in a separate thread on the ML
>> >> > later at
>> >> > some point and see what everyone thought.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > >     - A new Section "Get Involved":
>> >> > >       ~ "GIMP is a community project which is driven by
>> >> > > volunteers with
>> >> > > a wide range of interests and skills. Have a look how you can
>> >> > > become
>> >> > > part of the community" with link to gimp.org/develop/.  *)
>> >> >
>> >> > Great idea!  I'll have a look at integrating a section like
>> >> > this.  Along
>> >> > that same idea, we should probably have a look at cleaning up
>> >> > /develop/ and
>> >> > making it a bit cleaner, simpler, clearer?  We've already had a
>> >> > couple of
>> >> > commits for those pages, yay!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On http://static.gimp.org/develop/
>> >> > >   - Section "GIMP Development Links":
>> >> > >
>> >> > >     "Martin Nordholts’ GIMP Blog -- What happens in GIMP
>> >> > > development."
>> >> > >       ^--- The blog is not active anymore, this item can be
>> >> > > deleted.
>> >> >
>> >> > I see that it's not active, though the information is still
>> >> > archived
>> >> > there.  Should we delete the link completely or mark it as inactive
>> >> > and
>> >> > leave the link to the old material?  I'm not sure on this and am
>> >> > looking
>> >> > for some guidance/opinions from those who know more than me. :)
>> >> >
>> >> > pat
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