[haiku-web] Re: website skin/theme
- From: "Jorge Mare" <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:42:26 -0700
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Dennis d'Entremont
<dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Dennis d'Entremont
>> <dennis.dentremont@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> In addition to the above, it may be interesting to consider using
>> >> shared sign-on:
>> >>
>> >> http://drupal.org/project/singlesignon
>> >
>> > I am on the fence on this. IMO, I don't know if it would be beneficial
>> > for
>> > all HUG's to link back to the main Haiku site.
>>
>> Connecting all the HUGs can give a strong sense of unity, and could
>> help create an ecosystem that is less vulnerable to fragmentation.
>> There are other potential benefits for the project as a whole when
>> seen from the POV of marketing and communications with the overall
>> community, but this not that relevant to web stuff that this list is
>> generally concerned about.
>
> While I understand what you are getting at I am just not sure having
> databases connected is a good thing. I guess I'm also thinking technically
> as to how reliable this would be, if the mast database goes down does it
> kill all the other sites type of thing. Also, I do think that some people
> who are, or will be, involved with HUGs might want to remain at arms length.
Actually, the original idea that I had was a single Drupal system for
support for multiiple sub-sites; something along the line of Drupal
Groups...
http://groups.drupal.org
...where people can create their own sub-site for their group (HUG in
our case), and each sub-site has its own set of users with their own
news, blogs, forms, language, theming, etc.; each group is independent
and has its own administrator(s), but because they all under the same
roof, it is easy for anyone to find what they are looking for, either
by region, language or area of interest, either by using search as
here...
http://groups.drupal.org/groups
...or by using a Google Map to locate groups and/or
users/developers/etc. geographically.
This is all doable, but it has never gone beyond being an idea in my
head; I shared the idea with a few individuals, and they all liked it,
but it never went anywhere simply because I (or anybody else for that
matter) have not had the time to actually make it happen.
> OTOH, if this is made to be an option then if one HUG wants to come on board
> and another doesn't then so be it.
As I said, nobody will try to force anything on anyone.
>> >> This would allow to share the user base, and potentially user maps
>> >> (using Google maps).
>> >
>> > To what extent does the Haiku Project want to "regulate" or "control"
>> > (for
>> > lack of better terms) individual HUGs?
>>
>> I would not put it in terms of attempting to regulate or control the
>> HUGs. This is open source and we can't force people into doing stuff.
>> :)
>
> That's exactly why I put the words in quotes as I don't think that it's the
> intention to regulate or control but I certainly want to make sure it's not
> perceived as such either.
I am curious: how exactly would sharing a user base among HUGs be
perceived as an attempt to regulate or control?
Jorge
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