[Charlug] Website/Mailing List status

[C. Michael Pilato]

vmware guest?  You win!  It really doesn't get much easier than that.

Sean Hogston wrote:
> True. But the current site is running as a guest in vmware so all that
> needs to happen is shut it down tar it and move it to new host. Open it
> there and change the ip and it's up as is.
> If someone wants to redesign anything they can do that once it is up in
> it's new home.
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 21, 2009, at 17:43, "C. Michael Pilato" <cmpilato at red-bean.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Really?  The time-sensitive bits seems to involve exactly these:
>>
>>   * backing up all the data from the current host(s).
>>
>>   * getting some sort of charlug.org web presence up on a new host
>>     (could be a single static splash page with content from the current
>>     homepage).
>>
>>   * getting some sort of mailing list configuration up and running on
>>     a new host (at a minimum, copying subscribers lists, with a
>> preference
>>     for migrated archives, too).
>>
>> Nothing here forces the redesign to happen now.  But I would suspect that
>> it's easier than a full site migration.  That said, I'm not on the
>> hook to
>> manage that migration, so you can safely ignore me.  Those doing will
>> prevail over those merely saying in the end (which is as it should
>> be).  :-)
>>
>> Sean Hogston wrote:
>>> I dont hink there is enough time to change things at this point. It
>>> needs to be moved then a redesign can be done after the fact.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 1:39 PM, C. Michael Pilato wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joe Josey wrote:
>>>>> Sean Hogston has advised that his co-location servers
>>>>> that presently host the CharLUG website and mailing list will be shut
>>>>> down next week. Hence, we have to find a new home for the
>>>>> website/mailing list.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a prime opportunity to rethink, redesign, and simplify?
>>>>
>>>> How much of the current website framework is actually used?  Does
>>>> the LUG
>>>> need both a mailing list *and* forums?  Is there value in a cute,
>>>> dynamically generated empty calendar?  Do the guest/user stats reflect
>>>> positively on the health of the LUG, or just provide more eye candy?
>>>>
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>>>> C. Michael Pilato <cmpilato at red-bean.com> |
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>>
>>
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