Ubuntu Florida LoCo Website

Current Status

In production

2/25/08 - Site updates made to improve performance.

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.

Charter

Develop an informational website that would enable the 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). Team activities will still be coordinated via the team's wiki site.

The site will be a sub-domain of the existing US Team 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 - ReyAngeles,DanTrevino

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

3. performance testing - ongoing - DanTrevino,ReyAngeles

   1. test version 1.5 - pending - DanTrevino

   2. test lighttpd - pending - DanTrevino

4. release - ongoing - ReyAngeles,DanTrevino

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

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

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

   • 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. Java chat linking to #ubuntu-us-fl - DanTrevino

Proposed Features/Wishlist

Please add your requests here and append @SIG@. Accepted proposals will be moved to the To Do section

1. Java chat linking to #ubuntu-us-fl - Catsceo

2. mobile site - DanTrevino

Completed Tasks

1. planet - ubuntu-fl member blog syndication - completed - http://florida.ubuntu-us.org/ - DanTrevino,ReyAngeles

2. add google analytics code - completed - DanTrevino

3. blog syndication - completed - ReyAngeles, DanTrevino

4. announce on mailing list (florida loco, where else?) - completed - DanTrevino

Denied Features

1. 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.