[Ubuntu-be] Website and support points map

[Mark Van den Borre]

2008/3/19, Pierre Buyle <mongolito404+ubuntu-be op gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
>  I've been quite silent since the Ubuntu-be 2008 kickoff as must of my
>  time has been taken by others side-projects and paid day work. I
>  forgot to "announce" that I had written down what I believe are basic
>  requirements for the Ubuntu-be website. It's available for comments
>  and edit at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BelgianTeam/2008/WebsiteRequirements.
>  The basic idea behind these requirements is to re-use existing CMS
>  feature to set-up a website for Ubuntu-be that can also serve as
>  backend for the Supporter Points Map.
>
>  There has been a lot of talk about which CMS, framework and language
>  to use. I have no personal preference about a CMS or it's language.
>  But since we have very scarce human resources (lot of people, but very
>  few hours per person), I'm strongly against the "let's do it ourself
>  with this kicking-ass framework" approach. I've done this mistake in
>  the past, I don't want to repeat it.
>
>  For what I know, Drupal 6 may be a good candidate since it provides
>  OpenID , customizable user profile and multilingual support.
Add to that that Canonical and most other locoteams use drupal, and a
drupal plugin for launchpad is in the works.

François Cauwe is testing drupal6 for ubuntu-be.org.

Mark
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