[hackerspaces] Fwd: webpage infra

ITechGeek itg at itechgeek.com
Tue Oct 16 08:12:11 CEST 2012


Arclight,

I don't think that is too bad of an example, I would probably consider
making the Wiki use more of the page width wise (probably as wide as
the menubar) and maybe set-up a wiki template that could be used that
drops the sidebar when accessed from an iframe (I believe that is
possible?!?!?!?).

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Arclight <arclight at gmail.com> wrote:
> I like Wordpress plus a Wiki. You can use Wordpress with a theme to
> generate the main page, then have a page that loads your Wiki in a
> frame and/or spawns a new window. My business/project site is a badly
> maintained example, but you can get the idea:
>
> http://accxproducts.com
>
>
> Arclight
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:32 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck
> <algoldor at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi Richard,
>> Just a quick one. Are you really sure that the WordPress will suit you best?
>> I'm no expert on the topic at all but I have seen two of the hackerspaces
>> which I was involved with lately getting rid off their WordPress format,
>> mostly because of the amount of time which had to be dedicated to the upkeep
>> so things looked kind of up to date + the length of the posts. So I was just
>> wondering because generally the wiki pages are quite favoured by
>> hackerspaces ...
>>
>> Best of luck, I have copied friend who is very good in WordPress as BCC so I
>> hope he may give you some tips ...
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
>>
>> PS For me both WordPress and Wiki works good I think it is great to have a
>> combination - if you want to report on some cool event for example,
>> WordPress seems great, for day to day activities, continuous evolving
>> project Wiki seems like the way ...
>>
>> biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
>>
>>
>> http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
>>
>>
>> "There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Richard Frankum <richard.frankum+ths at gmail.com>
>> To: Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 12:29 PM
>> Subject: [hackerspaces] Fwd: webpage infra
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Here at Tokyo Hackerspace, we're trying to improve our out-of-date
>> website. We're going to migrate to a WordPress installation.
>> Thing is, I'm not a site manager, so even though I'd like to help,
>> it's relegated to the day-to-day work.
>> Can anyone recommend a couple good plugins for a default WP install
>> that would help the business of a hackerspace?
>> Particularly useful would be an easily-integratable calendar (our
>> current one only provides one month of data in its RSS) and perhaps
>> something that makes account management easier.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> --Richard Frankum
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