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Ubuntu Florida LoCo Website

Current Status: in development

1/18/08 - On schedule. New module configuration and styling completed. Newsfeeds added. Tested with:

• Ubuntu - Firefox 2.0.x, Firefox 3.0b1, Epiphany 2.20.1, Konqueror 3.5.8/4.00.00 - DanTrevino,ReyAngeles

• Windows - Firefox 2.0.x,Firefox 3.0b1, Opera 9.23, Safari 3.0.2, IE7,IE6 - DanTrevino, ReyAngeles

• OSX - Firefox, Safari - [:Catsceo]
• Issue with Safari on OSX and Windows with rendering an extra bullet at the beginning of every "ul"

• banner is 1025 px wide, need to resize? - ReyAngeles

1/6/08 - The current plan is to go live with the site at the end of January. This will allow us to break up areas of responsibility. Other options like blog syndication, etc will be added in the future.

Once the website is officially "released", this page will move to that site.

Charter

Develop an informational website that would enable the [wiki:FloridaTeam Ubuntu Florida LoCo] to market itself much more easily, as well as provide easy access to help/getting started information for new users. The focus will be on making content available to browsers with a large number of users, where 'large' is defined by the Website team (ie. we likely wont be testing Amaya or lynx).

The site will be a sub-domain of the existing [wiki:USTeams US Team] [http://www.ubuntu-us.org website]. Ideally the site would be hosted by Canonical and utilize the services they offer to approved teams.

Although we are not currently hosted by Canonical, we will follow the LoCoHosting Terms and Conditions as closely as possible. Specifically, the following apply to us:

• If SSH access has been granted, the server contact may grant sudo (root) administration rights to other members of the LoCo team, provided they also sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and agree to these Terms and Conditions. (we currently do not have ssh access)

• No content that is in breach of copyright or otherwise illegal may be stored on the server. This includes, but is not limited to, artwork or file downloads that are not authorized for distribution.

• Good taste: The LoCo teams agrees to refrain from posting content that may offend other groups or individuals.

• The LoCo team website should not contain advertising or promote one commercial enterprise over another. A neutral and objective listing of local companies providing services for Ubuntu is fine, however.

• Teams agree to use the Ubuntu logo in accordance with the trademark policy.

Project Plan

1. bug fixes - ongoing - [wiki:ReyAngeles reya276],DanTrevino

2. update/add content - ongoing - reya276, DanTrevino

3. performance testing - ongoing - DanTrevino,ReyAngeles

4. release - pending - ReyAngeles,DanTrevino

5. mobile site - tbd

To Do

1. content for downloads page - links to meeting logs, presentations, local ISO mirrors, other(?) - in progress - DanTrevino

2. content for projects page(s) - in progress - DanTrevino

3. events/calendar page - (embed gcal? we can do better than a wiki listing of events) - tbd

   • [wiki:ChrisRohde Bordy] has a google calendar already

   • may link to Ubuntu-US calendar as well (how well is it maintained?)

4. join howto page - tbd

5. add google analytics code - completed - DanTrevino

6. blog syndication - completed - ReyAngeles, DanTrevino

Release Plan

• add announcement to UWN - DanTrevino

• announce on mailing list (florida loco, where else?) - DanTrevino

• get state link changed on www.ubuntu-us.org (contact Joe_CoT on #ubuntu-us) - DanTrevino

• get ChrisRohde to announce on his blog(?) (syndicated on planet.ubuntu-us.org)

Proposed Features/Wishlist

please add suggestions here.

1. planet - ubuntu-fl member blog syndication - tbd

   • joomla extension?
   • planet server?
2. Java chat linking to #ubuntu-us-fl - Catsceo
3. shop - Need a reliable way to handle money issues. Since this group is not a non-profit and has no back account, we have no way to manage this in an open and trustworthy way. Until we have that, the shop idea is on hold.