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| ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;">'''Contents'''[[BR]][[TableOfContents]]|| | ||<tablestyle="float:right; font-size: 0.9em; width:40%; background:#F1F1ED; margin: 0 0 1em 1em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents>>|| |
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| Canonical will provide the LoCo with the hosting space needed for the website. Currently, only approved LoCos may request a website. To see how a LoCo is approved, see LoCoGettingApproved. | = Canonical-hosted Sites = Hosting space on Canonical servers is available to approved LoCos. To see how a LoCo is approved, see LoCoGettingApproved. There are limitations to what applications may be hosted on the Canonical servers. If you are interested in Canonical-hosting, see LoCoHosting. |
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| = Create Launchpad accounts = See the LocoHosting page for the software available. To create the required accounts: 1. Follow the instructions under LoCoHosting 'How to get hosting space' and create the Launchpad account. 1. [[https://answers.launchpad.net/people/+newteam Create a team]] for the LoCo on Launchpad. = Request Website = Once the Launchpad and team accounts have been created, [[https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website create a request]] on Launchpad for your website. Include the following information in the ticket: * LoCo Wiki URL * LoCo Mailing List URL * LoCo Launchpad URL * LoCo IRC channel * LoCo Contact and their Launchpad account URL. See the [[https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+ticket/3684 Kentucky request]] as an example. |
If you are interested in hosting your own sites, continue reading. |
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| Since Canonical is providing widely used software for the website, there are many options like [[http://www.drupal.org Drupal]], [[http://www.joomla.org Joomla!]], [[http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoin]], or [[http://www.wordpress.org WordPress]]. |
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| * See the [[http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/ Ohio Team website]] as an example of the use of Drupal. | * See the [[http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/|Ohio Team website]] as an example of the use of Drupal. |
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| * See the [[http://www.ubuntu-utah.org/ Utah Team website]] as an example of the use of Word''''''Press. | |
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== Django Resources == * LoCoDjango - using the python-based Django framework |
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| Forums from the website should link to the LoCo forums on ubuntuforums.org, unless its a language not supported already or there is a good reason to have a separate one. [[http://www.punbb.org/ PunBB]], [[http://www.phpbb.com phpBB]], [[http://www.xmbforum.com/ XMB]], Drupal (integrated into the Drupal platform), and [[http://www.simplemachines.org/ SMF]] have been used and are free. The popular [[http://www.vbulletin.com vBulletin]] requires the purchase of a license. | Forums from the website should link to the LoCo forums on ubuntuforums.org, unless its a language not supported already or there is a good reason to have a separate one. [[http://www.punbb.org/|PunBB]], [[http://www.phpbb.com|phpBB]], [[http://www.xmbforum.com/|XMB]], Drupal (integrated into the Drupal platform), and [[http://www.simplemachines.org/|SMF]] have been used and are free. The popular [[http://www.vbulletin.com|vBulletin]] requires the purchase of a license. |
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| * See the [[http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/ China Team forums]] as an example. * Installation instructions for pubBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2 |
* See the [[http://forum.ubuntu.org.cn/|China Team forums]] as an example. * Installation instructions for phpBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2 |
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| * See the [[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/ French Team forums]] as an example. * Installation instructions for pubBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PunBB |
* See the [[[http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/|French Team forums]] as an example. * Installation instructions for punBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PunBB |
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| * See the [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/ Finnish Team forums]] as an example. | * See the [[http://forum.ubuntu-fi.org/|Finnish Team forums]] as an example. == XMB == * See the [[http://www.ubuntu-rs.org/forum|Serbian Team forums]] as an example. |
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| [[http://www.planetplanet.org/ Planet]] allows feeds of blog posts by the LoCo's members to be displayed on the LoCo website. See [[http://planet.ubuntulinux.org/ Planet Ubuntu]] as an example. To set up such a feed, see LoCoCreatingPlanet. | [[http://www.planetplanet.org/|Planet]] allows feeds of blog posts by the LoCo's members to be displayed on the LoCo website. See [[http://planet.ubuntulinux.org/|Planet Ubuntu]] as an example. To set up such a feed, see LoCoCreatingPlanet. |
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| Creating a map of locations of a LoCo's members can be an interesting addition to the website. Take a look at the [[http://ubuntu-fr.org/carte/ French Team map]]. Instructions for creating a similar map are at LoCoCreatingMap. | Creating a map of locations of a LoCo's members can be an interesting addition to the website. Take a look at the [[http://ubuntu-fr.org/carte/|French Team map]]. Instructions for creating a similar map are at LoCoCreatingMap. == Calendar == It is very helpful to set up an event calendar providing an ical based machine readable format as this enables your followers to include a list of upcoming events automatically in applications like Evolution, Mozilla Sunbird etc. This might increase the amount of visitors. An example is the [[http://drupal.org/project/event|Drupal Event module]]. |
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Creating a Website for your LoCo Team
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The purpose of this page is to create a central resource for finding information related to creating a LoCo website.
Canonical-hosted Sites
Hosting space on Canonical servers is available to approved LoCos. To see how a LoCo is approved, see LoCoGettingApproved. There are limitations to what applications may be hosted on the Canonical servers. If you are interested in Canonical-hosting, see LoCoHosting.
If you are interested in hosting your own sites, continue reading.
Decide on Content
Decide what content will reside on the website and what will be on the wiki. Creating content on the wiki allows information to be centralized and can be found easily by rest of the Ubuntu community. See the Colorado Team's ColoradoTeam/EnhancedLoCoWeb for what features could exist on the LoCo website.
A good example of using both the wiki and a separate LoCo website is the Australia Team:
Wiki-Page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam
LoCo-Website: http://ubuntu.org.au/
Select a Website Platform
Drupal Resources
See the Ohio Team website as an example of the use of Drupal.
See the EdubuntuSitePublishingTools for a discussion of the pro and cons of using Drupal.
DrupalConcepts - Background information on how Drupal works.
DrupalPaths - More background information on Drupal.
DrupalHowtos - Information for creating multi-lingual sites, mailing list integration.
DrupalModules - Useful add-ons.
Joomla Resources
Help on installing and setting up Joomla!: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Joomla
MoinMoin Resources
HelpOnInstalling - Installation instructions.
Instructions on how to use MoinMoin: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MoinMoin.
Wordpress Resources
Instruction to installing WordPress: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WordPress.
Django Resources
LoCoDjango - using the python-based Django framework
Forums
Forums from the website should link to the LoCo forums on ubuntuforums.org, unless its a language not supported already or there is a good reason to have a separate one. PunBB, phpBB, XMB, Drupal (integrated into the Drupal platform), and SMF have been used and are free. The popular vBulletin requires the purchase of a license.
phpBB
See the China Team forums as an example.
Installation instructions for phpBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PhpBB2
punBB
See the French Team forums as an example.
Installation instructions for punBB: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PunBB
SMF
See the Finnish Team forums as an example.
XMB
See the Serbian Team forums as an example.
Templates
For templates to use with some of the mentioned CMS tools and forums, see LoCoTemplates.
Additional Add-ons
Planet Aggregator
Planet allows feeds of blog posts by the LoCo's members to be displayed on the LoCo website. See Planet Ubuntu as an example. To set up such a feed, see LoCoCreatingPlanet.
LoCoMap
Creating a map of locations of a LoCo's members can be an interesting addition to the website. Take a look at the French Team map. Instructions for creating a similar map are at LoCoCreatingMap.
Calendar
It is very helpful to set up an event calendar providing an ical based machine readable format as this enables your followers to include a list of upcoming events automatically in applications like Evolution, Mozilla Sunbird etc. This might increase the amount of visitors. An example is the Drupal Event module.
History
To see the history of hosting services provided for Ubuntu, visit FrDeHosting.
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