Puzzled Puffin



=The Puzzled Puffin: A new CMS for A Rocha=

The Puffin is puzzled. For a while it has had a nice home, but now it feels it should change. To where? Or better - to what?

Now, seriously: this page is an attempt at defining what a new Content Management System would be like for A Rocha. What should be in it, what shouldn't? Marie thought of creating a document with what should be in the new CMS, Júlio thought of having it done as an online collaboration instead of sending e-mails back and forth... and thus the Puzzled Puffin was born.

We should have come to some good ideas before the Leaders' Forum.

=Help & tips=


 * First off, see the simple Editing tutorial.
 * Register yourself; don't edit anonymously. Anyone can edit these pages, and we need to know who you are.
 * Don't be afraid to try. You can't break anything, as the system keeps older versions of any page you edit.
 * When you edit something, sign what you add with  #~  (your name and current time); we need to know who said what.
 * Be bold in your proposals; a CMS isn't something we want to change every year.
 * E-mail Júlio for any other questions; or better yet, write on his talk page!
 * Anyone in the A Rocha community can participate; spread the word!

=Participants=

Append your name to the list using #~ (cardinal, four tildes.)


 * 1) – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

=Debate=

This is the actual debate on what should and should not make it to the new web site. Add items here, according to the proposed categories. Also comment on other people's ideas, including on their necessity.

Absolutely needed
Things you feel should really, really be there.

All languages, all characters
Arabic mixed with Czech should work. Characters like proper inverted commas (“ and ”) and dashes – such should be possible. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Links which won't break
Right now, links break whenever we add new pages; we can't have that anymore. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Necessary
Things you feel would be useful.

Integration with the Teams' Web Site
The Teams' Web Site should have the same editing possibilities as the main site, and should only be accessible to people who have a username and password. By the way, each user of the Teams' Web Site should have their own password. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Single login
Right now, editors on our web site need to log in to each account; they should be allowed to log in once, and change the web site as they read it. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Should not be there
Things which you feel should not be in our CMS.

Customisable layout
For some sites, users may change the layout; I don't think we need that. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

The icing on the cake
These are things that might not actually be necessary, but that would make you personally very happy to see there.

Picture of the day
We have tens of thousands of pictures among us, and many are outstandingly good. I think dynamic pictures, who tell a story, are better; for an example see Serge Hänzi's Black Woodpecker carving a nest. Wow! So we'd have a different picture each day, with a single paragraph as caption. Translated into all languages, and featured on the main page. This would need a system for storing the pictures and captions for many days to come, and then automatically at midnight switch to the new day's Picture of the Day. – Tintazul talk 17:08, 26 March 2007 (UTC)