[SGVLUG] Call for webmasters

[serross]

Tom Emerson wrote:

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>>David Lawyer
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>>I'm in favor of a very simple site using say html 3.2 and not 
>>using any complex tags like the table tag.
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>???  Since when is the "table" tag complex?
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>>For my personal site, I use the linuxdoc markup ...
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>That's all well and good, but as you point out, it would mean
>The maintainers would need to learn "yet another language"
>(simple or otherwise)
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>>I think that the site should be simple enough so that anyone 
>>that knows the rudiments of html can maintain it.
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>Actually, here is what I've found of the packages we've "evaluated"
>(and ine we haven't)
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>  * Mambo: requires ZERO knowledge of HTML!  The editor boxes
>           have buttons and other things to "do the work for you"
>           (like bold/italic/underline, and yes, even tables)
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>  * Twiki: requires intimate knowledge of HTML and/or "pseudo-html"
>           (such as *bold*) as defined by the wiki software itself.
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>  * Phpwebsite: dunno.  Dustin has made me an admin, but I cannot figure 
>           out how to actually change anything on a page.
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>  * Movable Type: (not actually evaluated on his site, but I've used
>           it for my site)  requires SOME knowledge of HTML if 
>           you intend to do anything other than a default design.
>           While very similar to Mambo, the editor doesn't do the
>           work for you.
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>>think that text browsers like lynx should work OK with it.  
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>Hnnn... Is there a "lynx" template/theme available for Mambo?
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I'm a little miffed. Isn't this the SGV Lug that meets at Cal Tech?? I 
would think we could have a web site that is more cutting edge but well 
within W3C standards. Using HTML 3 (to me) is not an option (unless we 
are script kiddies) [my opinion - please take no offense]. Additionally, 
I don't see the security problem. Lets make one or two (or three) people 
responsible for the web site. Give them the needed rights to the server 
and let them do the job.

Packages are nice and some do great things. I have found that each has 
drawbacks - like adding a bunch of extra code or non standard code.

Lets get the people interested in working on the project together at the 
meeting.

Stephen

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