[Koha] [Koha-translate] Announcing ... New koha.org Website based on Plone

[Joshua Ferraro]

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> Joshua Ferraro <jmf at liblime.com> wrote:
> > We're pleased to announce that we've nearly finished migrating
> > koha.org from Kea to the Plone Content Management System--the new site
> > should be ready to launch by the end of this week.
>
> Well, that's a surprise to me.  It's a shame this is the first that
> current website editors like me have been told about this launch date.
> I thought it would be about 20 May.  As everyone can now see (yikes),
> there are a few problems with design and content on new.koha.org to
> fix and the current website editors don't even have access yet, as far
> as I know.

As was specified in the original email, all you need to do to have edit
capabilities is to create an account.


>
> [...]
> > 1. User Management -- anyone can sign up and add content to koha.org
> > through the built-in review process.
>
> Who has taken over management of the review process?  I asked for edit
> access on 29 April and have had no reply since then.

As was specified in the original email, all you need to do to have edit
capabilities is to create an account.


>
>
> [...]
> > Many thanks to Tina Burger, Nicole Engard and Clay Fouts for their
> > efforts getting this new site ready, and to Paul Poulain for excellent
> > feedback of our first draft.
>
> Hrm.


>
> > If you'd like to help out there are still a number of things that can
> > be done. For instance, we need help going through the archive of news
> > items on the Kea-based koha.org and adding those to Plone so we don't
> > lose that history. Also, please add your library (or libraries you
> > support) to the new Koha world map. Any volunteers?
>
> I'm happy to help, but it's 3pm on Friday now, so it's not going to be
> done by this weekend even if I throw everything at it.

Glad to accept that help MJ, let us know what suggestions you have and we'll
do our best to implement them.

Cheers,

Josh

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