[theforum] Drupalizing evolt.org - results of the vote called for last week
Elfur Logadottir
elfur at elfur.is
Sun Nov 21 07:06:00 CST 2004
Fellow evolters,
Here are the results of the Icelandic Jury:
Drupal deuze pois [1]
The results are overwhelming for drupalizing evolt.org. 21 voted for
drupalizing, there of two with reservations, and 1 voted against it. Listing
of who voted can be found at the end of this email.
The motion is considered carried and we will move on to implement the task.
In order to be able to implement the task we are going to need a copy of all
the data on current weo structure as mentioned last week, in the post
calling for the vote. It was also a part of the vote and is therefore
expected, to have the copy available by noon monday (GMT). Jeff please
contact treasurer @ e.o. to arrange for a suitable solution to accessing the
copy.
As has been mentioned in other emails, a proof of concept has been setup and
is being worked on as we speak. This PoC could be used in the implementation
but that's a decision that is yet to be made.
the PoC can be found at http://evolt.userfrenzy.com
Another thing we need to decide on is whether to take this opportunity to
switch to isaac's new design or not. A number of suggestions were floating
around last summer when isaac finalised it, but sadly it seems like we don't
have proper copies of them all. Isaac has been contacted because of this,
but if you have any copy at all please post them somewhere where they can be
decided on.
I have one copy here: http://evolt.elfur.org/evolt_article2.gif and another
version can be found here: http://dev.unadorned.org/evolt/. That version was
cut to html by Stephanie Troeth (sniffles) and is being implemented on the
PoC with color correction, because the only difference between the two
versions is the part that is happening above the blue bar (black navigation
+ login area above/below the black nav)
I particularly miss sketches of the front page and category pages because
that's where the beauty of the design is.
Finally (and easily it could be argued that this should be higher above in
the email :) there are the functions to discuss. I posted a list of what weo
does now and what i knew (at the time) drupal could do. That list can be
found here: http://evolt.elfur.org/ . At a later date john posted a column
bound listing comparing current WEO to Drupal to current PoC (which might
have changed something since, because it's a constant work in progress).
John's email can be found in the archives:
http://lists.evolt.org/theforumarchive/Week-of-Mon-20041115/005225.html
Based on these two post a discussion needs to happen as to what we
want/need/wish to have and then prioritise such wants/needs/wishes into what
is going to be implemented at new launch (before end of jan at the latest,
at our 6th birthday desired), and what is going to be implemented later an
in what order.
This is the time where we all need to do more than object to what has been
done and the order of it. We need to come together and make it happen by
cooperation and active participation.
May i remind everyone that a wiki has been setup at http://wiki.evolt.org
where you can sign up and actively participate in creating "a scope/spec
from which to work" as aardvark asked earlier. As you can see from this
archived theforum post
http://lists.evolt.org/theforumarchive/Week-of-Mon-20041115/005226.html all
that is needed is to create an account and read up on how to edit a page
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page).
And for those new to Drupal, you can play around with it at a demo Drupal
setup over at http://evolt.elfur.org/drupal just sign up using a
recognisable username or email and i'll approve you quickly (keeping signup
on approval level because of the extended access i'm giving to administering
the site). Again, if you prefer using obscure usernames, just contact me
offlist with that information and I'll approve such usernames as well.
I think this is enough for now, so let's roll up our sleeves and get going
with this thing called evolt.org V3.
Recap of the votes follows:
Question: Should we drupalize evolt.org or not?
Answers:
-1
Jeff Howden
+21
Alan Lloyd
David Kaufman
David A. Ulevitch
Drew Shiel
Elfur Logadóttir
Garrett Coakley
Javier Velasco
Joel D Canfield
John Handelaar
Jeremy Ashcraft
(10)
Lachlan Cannon
Madhu Menon (with reservations)
Martin Burns
Mike King
Morgan Kelsey (with reservations)
Ron Luther
Sabrina Dent
Seb Potter
Stephane Deschamps
Tara Cleveland
(20)
William Anderson
[1]
sorry all french speaking people for abusing your language.
and sorry all americans for not understanding the joke, it's a reference to
the European song contest, an annual song competition, somewhat like the
Idol frenzy, just different - as this one is supposed to be about the song,
not the singer :).
kveðja
Elfur Logadóttir
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