[Rhodes22-list] A New Website?

Mon Jul 20 14:34:58 EDT 2020

All you guys are amazing and great!  Looking forward to new things!

Chris Geankoplis
S/V Enosis

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 10:41 AM Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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