[Imc-sydney] Re: [Imc-drupal-dev] Indymedia developers looking to focus on one CMS
Sasha Costanza-Chock
schock at riseup.net
Tue Jul 10 21:59:46 UTC 2007
Hi Steve,
There are various people working on indymedia drupal package. This work
should definitely be coordinated via regular updates on imc-drupal-dev,
and on IMC docs: http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/ImcDrupalDev
Also, since docs is back up, you might wanna move phillyIMC wiki off
that commercial wiki ;)
peace
schock
+Steve Bozzone wrote:
> We here at Philly IMC are trying to create a drupal package for deployment
> throughout the network, I know some work has been done within the community
> to make it happen. Has it happened yet, and are there plans to release
> this
> soon? We are hoping to build a CMS that any IMC can install easily.
>
> Your thoughts and ideas are appreciated, our Drupal wiki is here:
> http://phillymedia.wikispaces.com/
>
> Peace,
> Steve Bozzone // PhillyIMC.org
>
> On 7/9/07, Andrew McNaughton <andrew at scoop.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This is an interesting development.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [Imc-aotearoa-tech] Indymedia.org CMS Developers Survey
>> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:57:48 +1300
>> From: Sebastian <aotearoa at kodeaffe.de>
>> Reply-To: IMC Aotearoa (New Zealand) tech collective.
>> <imc-aotearoa-tech at lists.indymedia.org>
>> To: imc-aotearoa-tech at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>>
>>
>> kia ora...
>>
>> to let people know about global efforts.
>> also, i setup a page in the wiki and we can fill in collaboratively:
>> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Aotearoa/IndyCMSSurvey
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sebastian
>>
>> ----- Forwarded message from ryan <ryan at linefeed.org> -----
>>
>> Delivery-date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:46:56 +1300
>> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:58:25 -0800
>> From: ryan <ryan at linefeed.org>
>> To: imc-drupal-dev at lists.indymedia.org
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>> Subject: [Imc-drupal-dev] Indymedia.org CMS Developers Survey - please
>> read!
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>> Dear Drupal development group,
>>
>> We are writing on behalf of a working group within the Indymedia
>> network which is tasked with researching content management systems.
>> We are contacting you as part of a survey we are conducting of
>> development teams of active CMS software projects.
>>
>> Indymedia is a global network of websites which acts as a
>> clearinghouse for independent media. We've been successfully deploying
>> real world applications of user networks and user-generated content
>> websites since 1999. There are over 100 IMC groups around the world
>> who meet in real life and operate these websites.
>>
>> Over the years, we have internally created a number of CMS projects
>> with varying success. An overview of those projects can be found here:
>> https://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/WebHome
>>
>> In 2006, a conference of Indymedia developers was held in Sao Paulo,
>> Brazil. Indymedia programmers from all over the world came together
>> and met about the state of Indymedia CMS'es. A resolution was adopted
>> that we should abandon our miscellaneous and scattered projects, find
>> a mainstream open source CMS and dedicate all of our resources to
>> customizing that software and contributing to that project.
>>
>> The first step in that process is conducting a survey of active CMS
>> software projects. As part of that, we are contacting each CMS
>> developer team with this same email and survey. We are asking that
>> anyone who is an active developer for a particular CMS project respond
>> in part or completely to the questions listed below. The information
>> and insight we get from your responses will help us find the perfect
>> match for our development plans.
>>
>> Some of the questions are simple and we already know ("what language
>> does the CMS use?"). However, we believe we'll find value in getting
>> answers like this from everyday developers on the project.
>>
>> We thank you in advance for your time. When we find the right
>> project match, we hope there will be a mutual exchange which will
>> greatly benefit both Indymedia and the CMS software teams.
>>
>> Signed,
>> ryan, from the imc-cms working group
>> imc-cms at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>> ---------- (survey begins) ----------
>>
>> INDYMEDIA CMS DEVELOPERS SURVEY
>> Please fill in as many questions as you can. When you are completed,
>> you should email your responses to imc-cms at lists.indymedia.org
>>
>> 1) Survey Part 1 - Personal Details
>> a) Your name?
>>
>> b) Your geographic location?
>>
>> c) How long have you worked with Drupal and what work do you do
>> with the project?
>>
>> d) Do you work on any other CMS projects?
>>
>> 2) Survey Part 2 - CMS Basics
>> a) What programming language is Drupal written in?
>>
>> b) What is the backend database used by Drupal?
>>
>> c) Are there other servers required (application server, Tomcat,
>> etc)?
>>
>> d) How do you describe the overall software design of Drupal?
>>
>> e) Can you give details about real-world scaleability
>> considerations for Drupal?
>>
>> 3) Survey Part 3 - CMS Functionality
>> a) A core feature of our software is the ability for anonymous
>> users to post media to appear on the site. Is this easily
>> added to a site using Drupal?
>>
>> b) Can you describe the site search functionality available?
>>
>> c) How is RSS/XML/RDF support included?
>>
>> d) We would like to have one server per site which allows many
>> instances of actual websites, each with different admin logins
>> and different websites altogether. Is this easy to set up with
>> Drupal?
>>
>> e) Can you describe the multimedia support in the software? We
>> allow users to upload and manipulate online all types of media -
>> mpeg, mp3, ogg, jpg, pdf, etc.
>>
>> f) Internationalization is very important to us. Many of our sites
>> support 2-3 or more languages. Can you describe how this is
>> accomplished in Drupal?
>>
>> g) What types of anti-abuse or anti-spam measures are in the code?
>>
>> h) Is there a calendar included in the codebase?
>>
>> i) How do you describe how a user would edit a given piece of content
>> on the website, or briefly describe the model used in this part
>> of the functionality?
>>
>> j) How do you describe any type of user moderation system that
>> is built into Drupal?
>>
>> k) What types of integration is there with P2P networks?
>>
>> l) Another important feature for us is networking between the
>> websites. If we want users from one website to have rights on
>> another website in the network, how could we do this?
>>
>> m) We are concerned with the ability to easily rsync pages from a
>> website to other servers and setup a type of mirroring scheme.
>> How would this be accomplished with Drupal?
>>
>> 4) Survery Part 4 - Miscellaneous
>> a) What do you believe are the top selling points for Drupal?
>>
>> b) From what you know about the Indymedia network, how well do you
>> think IMC would mesh with the development community for the CMS?
>>
>> c) What are the top 3 areas you believe the development team for
>> the CMS needs to be improved?
>>
>> d) Where do you see Drupal in five years?
>>
>> Thank you for your time and consideration. Please return this survey
>> to imc-cms at lists.indymedia.org
>>
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