ps3dev.org splitting from ps2dev.org.

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:56 pm

After some discussions with a few people its been decided that we're going to split the ps3 related discussions to a new web site (ps3dev.org). That means a chance to take a fresh approach to everything. If you've got an opinion of what you would like to see with the new site, this is the place to give it. Once the software is configured there won't be many chances to fix it.

To start with the basics. Forum software will continue to be phpBB unless anyone has another opinion? It will reside at forums.ps3dev.org

We will split the wiki and have some wiki software residing at wiki.ps3dev.org. Any suggestions on good wiki software?

We will have the subversion repository which will be available to view via svn.ps3dev.org

The main site ps3dev.org needs to be a CMS for news and links and other things. Any suggestions?

David. aka Oobles.

Post by **jbit** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:14 pm

plone is nice but i don't know if it's suitable for a project oriented site (like sourceforge.net, etc). It'd be nice to have a project space for ps3dev.org so we can be a good place to group ps3 projects :)

Post by **ooPo** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:04 am

Is there anything to split off? Where's that ps3sdk anyway? :)

Post by **Oobles** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:58 pm

I got a little bit of time tonight to split off the domains and install drupal. I picked it because it has won some CMS awards and looks like it has some a lot of support. It also has lots of modules, some of which should cater for creating sub projects, etc.

Does anyone have any drupal experience? If you're up for the challenge of getting the site setup PM me. Its unlikely I will have much time to get much further than what I've done.

I've configured the domains forums.ps3dev.org but haven't put PHPBB there yet. I'm not sure of the best way to move users/messages from these forums to there. Anyone have any ideas?

So go over to http://ps3dev.org and have a look. :)

Post by **Oobles** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:36 pm

Looks like Drupal 6.2 doesn't support the useful modules we need. eg project and project tracker. Will need to downgrade to 4.7 or switch to another CMS. I'll look at it in the next couple of days. I will probably have to wipe out what I've put there.

Post by **Oobles** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:53 am

I've removed drupal 6.2 and added drupal 5.7. Anyone who registered will need to register again. Next job is to add the project and project tracker modules for drupal.

Post by **Oobles** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:46 pm

The project, project issue tracking, project releases and project usage modules have been added to the site. Administrators have been given full control over the modules.

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 11:21 am

I've installed the CAPTCHA module which should hopefully reduce the number of crap accounts being created. Captcha is currently only enabled on the registration but can be enabled for other input pages. If you want to allow anonymous comments anywhere let me know so I can add captcha to the page.

cheriff · Post by **cheriff** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:12 pm

Man, that was a tough captcha - between myself and a coworker it took about 12 tries. "uhh, backwards question mark?"
I wonder if it doesn't incorporate one of those ink-blot tests in an attempt to gauge the sanity of prospective members ...

J.F. · Post by **J.F.** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:14 pm

cheriff wrote:Man, that was a tough captcha - between myself and a coworker it took about 12 tries. "uhh, backwards question mark?"
I wonder if it doesn't incorporate one of those ink-blot tests in an attempt to gauge the sanity of prospective members ...

Sounds good to me. Someone who WANTS to be here will keep trying, while spammers will go look for easier targets.

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:06 pm

OK, so maybe making the font BTSE PS2 Font wasn't such a good idea. :) I've reverted back to the inbuilt font for now. Hopefully this won't take so many tries. Thanks for the feedback.

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:27 pm

Does anyone have any experience with the following javascript editors? I'm leaning towards tinymce or the wymeditor.

http://drupal.org/project/widgeditor
http://drupal.org/project/fckeditor
http://drupal.org/project/htmlarea
http://drupal.org/project/tinymce
http://drupal.org/project/wymeditor

It should make it a little easier to edit content on the site.

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:46 pm

I haven't done this yet, but I'll be adding the drupal/phpbb forum integration module. Found it at:

http://vgb.org.ru/download

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:23 pm

Another possible module to add. What are peoples experiences with openid?

http://drupal.org/project/openid

Should we add it? Will we need to run an openid server as well? Any thoughts?

Post by **Oobles** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:12 pm

If you haven't already noticed I've been looking at all the useful modules to use. Another one that is probably worth adding.

http://drupal.org/project/zen

Are there any CSS masters that would be interested in contributing a theme for drupal using zen?

Post by **Oobles** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:29 pm

I've added the openid module. Can someone with openid try it out? It didn't seem to work for me, but I've never used openid before. I could have been doing something wrong.

orphean · Post by **orphean** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:37 pm

Oobles wrote:I've added the openid module. Can someone with openid try it out?

I just logged in with my openid so it seems to work fine. :)

Openid is a bit weird, you put it in your openid identity page address to login and then on the first logon you have to allow/deny the requesting site to let that id be used.

But I did that, created a new openid persona for ps3dev.org and after jumping through the drupal hoops (i think I failed a turing test with my captcha took me three tries) I can login with it fine.

J.F. · Post by **J.F.** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:05 pm

I don't suppose anything more has been done at the site?

Wally · Post by **Wally** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:38 pm

J.F. wrote:I don't suppose anything more has been done at the site?

You know how lazy these people are don't you ;)

Wally