Static Site Generator Community Meeting (March 12)

[Justin Obara]

At today's community meeting we went through and talked at length about the various sites that are hosted at the IDRC (potential candidates to move to static site generation) as well as criteria for selecting the static site generator we will use. The details are up on the wiki.
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Static+Site+Generators+Research

Next Steps:

Avtar and Jess to talk to site maintainers about converting the various sites
Perform a "user" test to ascertain the pain points of maintaining a static site with a git based (or simple front end) for those unfamiliar working with git
Coming up with a "spec" for determining when a site should be static or use a CMS. This will be used to determine how to build future sites.
Begin investigation of the various static site generators based on the specified criteria and come up with a recommendation for one to use.

Thanks
Justin

On Mar 11, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Gill, Avtar <agill at ocadu.ca> wrote:

> 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 I haven’t included every site since some are internal, some have been archived as static sites, and others wouldn’t be candidates for static sites (issue trackers, learning management systems, etc).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:
> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Anastasia Cheetham     Inclusive Design Research Centre
>> acheetham at ocadu.ca           Inclusive Design Institute
>>                                        OCAD University
>> 
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