[Ubuntu-SG] The ubuntu.sg web site

[Francis Bond]

G'day,

I vote for (1) redirect to the wiki for now.

2010/1/5 C David Rigby <c.david.rigby at gmail.com>:
> On 12/31/2009 02:02 PM, C David Rigby wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> For various reasons, the three people who have been the primary
>> contacts for the ubuntu.sg website are no longer engaged in
>> maintaining and upgrading it. It is several iterations behind the
>> current version of Drupal. The upgrades that have taken place since
>> the installed version was released include fixes for cross-site
>> scripting and other security risks.
>>
>> We need to decide what to do with the site. If there are members of
>> the Ubuntu community in Singapore that wish to step forward and take
>> charge of the site, I am agreeable to turning over the responsibility
>> for it. If not, then I advise shutting it down. The last post to it
>> was over two months ago, so I get the impression that it is not much
>> used.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Regards
>> C David Rigby
> Thanks everyone for your comments and offers of help.
>
> I just attempted to update the site to the latest version of Drupal so
> as to address the security issues. I discovered that I no longer have
> access to either PHPAdmin nor the ftp server on the host. Ergo, I can
> not really do anything to update the site.
>
> Our host administrator is currently in national service. When he will be
> able to get back to us is unknown. AFAIK, Heidir and I are the only ones
> with full administrator access to the site proper. We can work with the
> site as it is currently configured, but we cannot update it, add
> functionality, etc. As well, neither of us has the time to do much with
> it anyway.
>
> Heidir suggested to use the Team Wiki
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam) to maintain a presence on the
> web. This is a good idea.
>
> IMHO, the current site should be deactivated until it can be properly
> maintained, and a link referring visitors to the Team Wiki would be easy
> enough to include. However, I do not want to force that on everyone. So,
> if I could get everyone's feedback on the issue one last time, I would
> appreciate it.
>
> Your choices are:
>
> 1. Deactivate http://ubuntu.sg and redirect visitors to
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SingaporeTeam
>
> 2. Leave things as they are and hope for developments in the future.
>
> Regards
> CDR
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Francis Bond <http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/fcbond/>
Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
Nanyang Technological University