[Rhodes22-list] A New Website?

[Michael D. Weisner]

Luis,

I looked at the public repository for the open source nabble forum system. I am sure that, with help from those that are really skilled in this kind of technology, we could implement a version of nabble on our www.rhodes22.org AWS server, giving us full control over the use of and archiving of the information. I have always liked the nabble interface for searching and simplicity of access. Since nabble has a built in ability to post to Mailman lists, we could conceivable operate both on a single server, I think.

The documentation for nabble is very limited and the original support team seems to have given up and moved on to other things. Do we have enough information to set up and maintain nabble on our own?

Mike
s/v Wind Lass ('91)
Nissequogue River, NY

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From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of Luis Guzman
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 11:08 AM
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A New Website?

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/20200112/2bc
>>> 71507/attachment.tiff
>>>> <
>>>> 
>>> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200112/2bc
>>> 71507/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)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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