[haiku-web] Re: website skin/theme

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Jorge Mare <kokitomare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.


I can see how this could be beneficial. It would definitely help people find
Haiku Groups of similar interest or locations.


>
>
> 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.


What would it take to implement such a solution?


>
>
> > 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?


I am not saying it would be perceived that way for sure but there may be
some people that would see it that way. Regardless I am not completely
against sharing a database. Just trying to point out what I think may be
some issues.


>
>
> Jorge
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>
I am not against all of these ideas. In fact, I would be more than willing
to help work on a set of guidelines and/or solutions to help facilitate the
creation and promotion of HUGs.

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