{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61/events","html_url":"https://github.com/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61","id":122748919,"number":61,"title":"Rethink TDWG website","user":{"login":"peterdesmet","id":600993,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/600993?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet","html_url":"https://github.com/peterdesmet","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/peterdesmet/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":7,"created_at":"2015-12-17T14:49:07Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T14:36:57Z","closed_at":null,"body":"We're getting to a state were the components that made the [TDWG website](www.tdwg.org) so complex, are no longer tangled together as one big knot:\r\n\r\n* The underlying Typo3 platform has been updated, which allowed the website to be migrated to a new server (hosted at GBIF).\r\n* Standards are hosted and maintained on GitHub.\r\n* The biodiversity information projects and networks databases are [archived on GitHub](https://github.com/tdwg/bii).\r\n* Mailman is being moved to a new server: https://github.com/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/53, with an [archive on GitHub](https://github.com/tdwg/mail-archive).\r\n* We're thinking of archiving the wiki: https://github.com/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/16\r\n* I think we're no longer using OJS? @sblum?\r\n\r\nThat means we can start to rethink what remains of the TDWG website on 3 levels:\r\n\r\n### Content\r\n\r\nMake the website an inviting place for **our community** and **visitors**: what do we do? how can they contact us? where can they see our activities (IG/TG & conferences) and outputs (standards, ...)? how can they contribute?\r\n\r\nWhat we need:\r\n\r\n* Discussion about what content we actually need on the website (keep it lean)\r\n* Remove or update all outdated content (e.g. links to components that are no longer part of the website)\r\n* Write new copy\r\n\r\n### Platform\r\n\r\nUse a platform that makes it easy for the whole community to (suggest to) update the website, ideally with a lean editorial process and revision history. The platform should also be easy to maintain (admin tasks etc.).\r\n\r\nWhat we need:\r\n\r\n* Discussion about which platforms are available and their pros and cons\r\n* Decide on a platform\r\n* If different than Typo3, migrate website to new platform\r\n\r\n### Design\r\n\r\nDesign the website in such a way that it is easy to navigate and pleasing to look at. This can be extended to updating the look and feel of TDWG as a brand. What we need:\r\n\r\n* Discussion on how the website should be structured\r\n* Discussion (or at least a proposal) for a new style\r\n* Implement this as a theme for the website\r\n\r\nThese 3 levels are intertwined and all this work is of course related to other changes being proposed, such as a renewed standard maintenance process, new exec structure, redefining IG/TG, etc., but I wouldn't wait until all that is settled, before starting to rethink the website. Creating a more inviting and easier to maintain TDWG website is the main reason I joined the exec, so I'm eager to work on this over the next two years, but I'd like to know: 1) if the @tdwg/exec and larger community approves this idea, giving a focused group of people the mandate and budget to tackle this and 2) who wants to collaborate?"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/comments/188812994","html_url":"https://github.com/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61#issuecomment-188812994","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/tdwg/infrastructure/issues/61","id":188812994,"user":{"login":"WUlate","id":1085601,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1085601?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate","html_url":"https://github.com/WUlate","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/WUlate/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-25T14:36:56Z","updated_at":"2016-02-25T14:36:56Z","body":"I agree, Markus; probably much more open and easier to share than other alternatives.  \r\nWhat I ask myself is if this should be our driving consideration now or if other requirements would outweigh this one in a sound decision? \r\nAnd I understand where we are coming from with our Typo3 solution, I won't say it's easy or the best, but it does have its qualities for some things, all of them do.  \r\nI just wished we could compare the tools coming against the reqs/functionality we need/want/wish (hopefully all of them, not just some;  i.e. I would like to know also what we won't get from a solution) and then decide."}}