Static Site Generator Community Meeting (March 12)

[Gill, Avtar]

Hi all,

On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Cheetham, Anastasia <acheetham at ocadu.ca> wrote:
> Avtar, do you have a list of our current sites and how they're deployed right now? We could go through that list and identify which ones we'd like to re-do using a site generator – and which we wouldn’t.

Here is a list of our current sites:

idrc.ocad.ca - Joomla
www.fluidproject.org - CMS Made Simple 
wiki.gpii.net - MediaWiki
handbook.floeproject.org - MediaWiki
wiki.fluidproject.org - Confluence
www.inclusivedesign.ca - Wordpress
fluidproject.org/blog/ - Wordpress
aegis.idrc.ocad.ca - CMS Made Simple
mobile-accessibility.idrc.ocad.ca - Wordpress
snow.idrc.ocad.ca - Drupal
deep.idrc.ocad.ca - Wordpress
snowvids.idrc.ocad.ca - Wordpress
adod.idrc.ocad.ca - Drupal
dev.inclusivedesign.ca - Wordpress
stretch2.idrc.ocad.ca - Drupal
websavvy.idrc.ocad.ca - Drupal
wiki.inclusivedesign.ca - MediaWiki
clinic.idrc.ocad.ca - Wordpress
wiki.mobile-accessibility.idrc.ocad.ca - MediaWiki
bell-community.idrc.ocad.ca - MediaWiki

I haven’t included every site since some are internal, some have been archived as static sites, and others wouldn’t be candidates for static sites (issue trackers, learning management systems, etc).

On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:16 AM, Jonathan Hung <jhung at ocadu.ca> wrote:
> Criteria: Easy enough for step-by-step instructions.
> Reason: Non-experts may be asked to add content.

This would definitely be helpful. The benefit of using a CMS like Wordpress is that anyone can edit content with a WYSIWYG editor and publish their changes. Ideally we should offer a similar experience to those who prefer not to use a text editor and Git client. I’m assuming this isn’t a blocker though, just that certain sites can’t be considered as viable candidates for this task.

Avtar

On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Cheetham, Anastasia <acheetham at ocadu.ca> wrote:

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> It might be helpful in identifying criteria if we gave some thought to which of our sites we'll likely use a static site generator for, and which we likely won't use one for.
> 
> For example, I believe we'll likely use a site generator for fluidproject.org and floe project.org. What else? Would we use it for the IDRC site? What about Infusion Documentation?
> 
> I think we should be clear on this question in our head, because the answer will certainly affect the criteria.
> 
> Avtar, do you have a list of our current sites and how they're deployed right now? We could go through that list and identify which ones we'd like to re-do using a site generator – and which we wouldn't.
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> Anastasia Cheetham     Inclusive Design Research Centre
> acheetham at ocadu.ca           Inclusive Design Institute
>                                         OCAD University
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