[Rhodes22-list] A New Website?

Fri Jul 17 11:40:52 EDT 2020

Luis, that sounds promising.  The ability to search through email archives
is very helpful.  I also find the views (classic, list, threaded) provided
by Nabble to be helpful.  Thanks for investigating!

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:07 AM Luis Guzman <luis.guzman.ve at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nablle is now open source. So, I should be able to get it running on my
> servers and figure out how everything work. Then, I think that I should be
> able to move the data to the new server to export it to something else, or
> write code to extract data and use it in a new web site. Nabble is written
> in Java, and I’m familiar with it.
>
> I’ll download the software and install it on my servers. I’ll let everyone
> know how it goes.
>
>
> Luis A. Guzmán II
>
>
> S/V Aquetxali
>
>
> > On Jul 17, 2020, at 10:57 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Nabble is an independent outfit I don't believe we have any control over
> it.
> >
> > Peter, this looks good. I haven't looked all the way through but hope
> the FAQ (which was archival material rescued from an earlier website) is
> fully represented.
> >
> > BTW I think the current webpage was renovated by a teenager some 15
> years ago. I don't really remember all the details and of course haven't
> been paying close attention here as we no longer have the boat.
> >
> > Glad to see the initiative though.
> >
> > Mary Lou
> >
> > On 7/17/2020 10:08 AM, Tom Van Heule wrote:
> >> Jesse - I also understand that nabble data is only partial - something
> that
> >> there was nothing previous to 2009 in Nabble... but the entirety is
> where
> >> Peter indicated.  I would like to see someone who knows be able to
> update
> >> nabble to get ALL the data (or find another way to modernize the UI of
> all
> >> the archives). Also Nabble, and for that matter our current site have no
> >> SSL certification.  https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/  this is
> free
> >> and legit - but someone with access needs to go through.
> >>
> >> Peter - this looks great, nothing fancy needed, but more complete. Thank
> >> you.  And thank you for not using wordpress (it's a peeve of mine)
> >>
> >> aside- we KNOW there are photos that get lost in the archives - perhaps
> >> there is a content discovery tool we can run against the archives -
> really
> >> most posts with a photo attached are worth indexing?
> >>
> >> Happy Friday all -
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 7:06 AM Jesse Shumaker <
> >> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Looks good Peter!  The photo on the main page represents the R22 well.
> >>> Thanks for taking the initiative on this.  As you mentioned, the
> reference
> >>> pages and photo gallery have content worth keeping.
> >>>
> >>> On the Email List page, I see that there is a way to access the
> archives.
> >>> I had been using the search feature on Nabble instead.  Perhaps it is
> worth
> >>> linking to  http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/ as well so people
> can
> >>> search and don't have to comb through the archives manually.  However,
> you
> >>> would probably want to make a disclaimer about the preferred method to
> post
> >>> via email so that the attachments are kept with the email list rather
> than
> >>> Nabble.
> >>>
> >>> Under the document library, perhaps we could post additional checklists
> >>> such as updated versions of mast raising and mast lowering
> checklists.  My
> >>> versions of those checklists (started by copying from others) have
> evolved
> >>> a bit with practice at the process.  When first becoming a sailboat
> owner,
> >>> mast raising/lowering can be a bit intimidating.  I'm so glad my boat
> came
> >>> with the GB mast raising system.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your work on the website!
> >>>
> >>> Jesse Shumaker
> >>> S/V Zephyr
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:52 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> No one asked me to do this, but as I’ve kind of implied, I’ve been
> >>> playing
> >>>> around with some HTML (and CSS) to come up with a concept of what a
> new
> >>>> Rhodes 22 Owners’ Group website might look like.
> >>>>
> >>>> Before I retired, I spent about 25 years working as a computer
> >>> programmer,
> >>>> wearing many different hats during that time, but I was never a
> website
> >>>> developer.  So, this is really an amateur effort at website
> development.
> >>>> But, there might be a benefit to that in that I don’t know any tricks
> of
> >>>> the trade or professional shortcuts.  It is my hope that the work I
> have
> >>>> done could be expanded on and maintained by other non-professionals.
> >>>>
> >>>> Or, it could just serve as the basis of further discussion.
> >>>>
> >>>> I view this mostly as a re-packaging effort, though I’ve created
> entirely
> >>>> new text for the home page.  I’ve also lightly edited the page with
> the
> >>>> email list charter, without, I hope, changing the spirit of the
> contents
> >>> at
> >>>> all.
> >>>>
> >>>> What used to be called the FAQ’s (which weren’t questions at all),
> I’ve
> >>>> renamed ‘Reference Pages’.  I think this information is valuable, and
> >>> will
> >>>> take some work to convert to a new format.
> >>>>
> >>>> For anyone who wants to dig beneath the covers, you should be able to
> get
> >>>> to the HTML by doing something like ’Save Page As…’ .  On the home
> page,
> >>>> the menu includes an item named ’Style Sheet’, which will display the
> >>> base
> >>>> CSS code for the website. This is temporary, obviously.
> >>>>
> >>>> The lovely image on the home page came from Stan.  He posted it on
> >>> January
> >>>> 12 of this year. He said he thought it should win a contest and I
> agree.
> >>>> I’ve cropped and resized it some.  The original (from Stan’s post) is
> >>>> here:
> >>>>
> >>>
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200112/2bc71507/attachment.tiff
> >>>> <
> >>>>
> >>>
> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200112/2bc71507/attachment.tiff
> >>>> Oh, I’ve almost forgotten…  I’ve uploaded my work to my personal
> domain,
> >>>> and you can take a look at it here: http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22/
> <
> >>>> http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22/>
> >>>>
> >>>> Enjoy,
> >>>>
> >>>> Peter Nyberg
> >>>> Coventry, CT
> >>>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
> > https://www.avast.com/antivirus <https://www.avast.com/antivirus>
>