[Rhodes22-list] A New Website?

Fri Jul 17 16:08:20 EDT 2020

Having something like the Nabble archive search engine embedded in our own website would be pretty slick.  I’ve always assumed that Nabble must structure their archive in a way that facilitates the searching, but that’s just guesswork on my part.

—Peter 

> On Jul 17, 2020, at 11:07 AM, Luis Guzman <luis.guzman.ve at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nablle is now open source. So, I should be able to get it running on my servers and figure out how everything work. Then, I think that I should be able to move the data to the new server to export it to something else, or write code to extract data and use it in a new web site. Nabble is written in Java, and I’m familiar with it.
> 
> I’ll download the software and install it on my servers. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
> 
> 
> Luis A. Guzmán II
> 
> 
> S/V Aquetxali
> 
> 
>> On Jul 17, 2020, at 10:57 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Nabble is an independent outfit I don't believe we have any control over it.
>> 
>> Peter, this looks good. I haven't looked all the way through but hope the FAQ (which was archival material rescued from an earlier website) is fully represented.
>> 
>> BTW I think the current webpage was renovated by a teenager some 15 years ago. I don't really remember all the details and of course haven't been paying close attention here as we no longer have the boat.
>> 
>> Glad to see the initiative though.
>> 
>> Mary Lou
>> 
>> On 7/17/2020 10:08 AM, Tom Van Heule wrote:
>>> Jesse - I also understand that nabble data is only partial - something that
>>> there was nothing previous to 2009 in Nabble... but the entirety is where
>>> Peter indicated.  I would like to see someone who knows be able to update
>>> nabble to get ALL the data (or find another way to modernize the UI of all
>>> the archives). Also Nabble, and for that matter our current site have no
>>> SSL certification.  https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/  this is free
>>> and legit - but someone with access needs to go through.
>>> 
>>> Peter - this looks great, nothing fancy needed, but more complete. Thank
>>> you.  And thank you for not using wordpress (it's a peeve of mine)
>>> 
>>> aside- we KNOW there are photos that get lost in the archives - perhaps
>>> there is a content discovery tool we can run against the archives - really
>>> most posts with a photo attached are worth indexing?
>>> 
>>> Happy Friday all -
>>> Tom
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 7:06 AM Jesse Shumaker <
>>> jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Looks good Peter!  The photo on the main page represents the R22 well.
>>>> Thanks for taking the initiative on this.  As you mentioned, the reference
>>>> pages and photo gallery have content worth keeping.
>>>> 
>>>> On the Email List page, I see that there is a way to access the archives.
>>>> I had been using the search feature on Nabble instead.  Perhaps it is worth
>>>> linking to  http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/ as well so people can
>>>> search and don't have to comb through the archives manually.  However, you
>>>> would probably want to make a disclaimer about the preferred method to post
>>>> via email so that the attachments are kept with the email list rather than
>>>> Nabble.
>>>> 
>>>> Under the document library, perhaps we could post additional checklists
>>>> such as updated versions of mast raising and mast lowering checklists.  My
>>>> versions of those checklists (started by copying from others) have evolved
>>>> a bit with practice at the process.  When first becoming a sailboat owner,
>>>> mast raising/lowering can be a bit intimidating.  I'm so glad my boat came
>>>> with the GB mast raising system.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for your work on the website!
>>>> 
>>>> Jesse Shumaker
>>>> S/V Zephyr
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 9:52 PM Peter Nyberg <peter at sunnybeeches.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> No one asked me to do this, but as I’ve kind of implied, I’ve been
>>>> playing
>>>>> around with some HTML (and CSS) to come up with a concept of what a new
>>>>> Rhodes 22 Owners’ Group website might look like.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Before I retired, I spent about 25 years working as a computer
>>>> programmer,
>>>>> wearing many different hats during that time, but I was never a website
>>>>> developer.  So, this is really an amateur effort at website development.
>>>>> But, there might be a benefit to that in that I don’t know any tricks of
>>>>> the trade or professional shortcuts.  It is my hope that the work I have
>>>>> done could be expanded on and maintained by other non-professionals.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Or, it could just serve as the basis of further discussion.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I view this mostly as a re-packaging effort, though I’ve created entirely
>>>>> new text for the home page.  I’ve also lightly edited the page with the
>>>>> email list charter, without, I hope, changing the spirit of the contents
>>>> at
>>>>> all.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What used to be called the FAQ’s (which weren’t questions at all), I’ve
>>>>> renamed ‘Reference Pages’.  I think this information is valuable, and
>>>> will
>>>>> take some work to convert to a new format.
>>>>> 
>>>>> For anyone who wants to dig beneath the covers, you should be able to get
>>>>> to the HTML by doing something like ’Save Page As…’ .  On the home page,
>>>>> the menu includes an item named ’Style Sheet’, which will display the
>>>> base
>>>>> CSS code for the website. This is temporary, obviously.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The lovely image on the home page came from Stan.  He posted it on
>>>> January
>>>>> 12 of this year. He said he thought it should win a contest and I agree.
>>>>> I’ve cropped and resized it some.  The original (from Stan’s post) is
>>>>> here:
>>>>> 
>>>> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200112/2bc71507/attachment.tiff
>>>>> <
>>>>> 
>>>> http://rhodes22.org/pipermail/rhodes22-list/attachments/20200112/2bc71507/attachment.tiff
>>>>> Oh, I’ve almost forgotten…  I’ve uploaded my work to my personal domain,
>>>>> and you can take a look at it here: http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22/ <
>>>>> http://sunnybeeches.com/rhodes22/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Enjoy,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Peter Nyberg
>>>>> Coventry, CT
>>>>> s/v Silverheels (1988/2016)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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