On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Abderrahim Kitouni
<a dot kitouni at gmail dot com> wrote:
Salam,
For those not following regularly, we have installed drupal 6 on
Arabeyes server at http://drupal.arabeyes.org and we have a test
instance at http://abderrahim.arablug.org/arabeyes/
I wasn't able to stay informed about the changes at
http://abderrahim.arablug.org/arabeyes/ ; I tried to access it a couple of sec. ago, but it seems that the univ. proxy denies access; I'll see wt I can do with the admin.
I'm looking at what modules we can use to have a better experience for
the site:
* I think CCK (Content Creation Kit) and Views are must have.
* Regarding mailing lists, I found mailman_manager which
integrates mailing lists nicely with drupal. Another interesting
module is user_mailman_register, it allows drupal to use the web
interface of mailman to provide a better integration with the
website (e.g. providing the option to subscribe directly from
one's profile, or directly when subscribing)
Choose whatever you see more appropriate for our use.
* Another module which offers better integration is listhandler
which allows one to bridge a forum and a mailing list (like
google groups). I'm not sure we really need this as it seems
really difficult to setup. http://drupal.org/node/40777
If it's hard to setup, and isn't really useful, just drop it! :-)
* wysiwyg allows to integrate editors (like tinymce) in drupal
(which is nice, although I'm not sure this is really needed).
I think it's v. important, at least for some people. It could be postponed for now, though.
* If we want a custom theme, I think the best way is to use a
"starter" theme: I'm thinking about either tendu or blueprint.
tendu seems the best starter theme for dealing with bidi, but
blueprint does also support bidi, and it is based on the CSS
framework with the same name (which I'm interested in learning),
so I think either one will do. Anyway, we can get away with the
default theme for now.
I think we can go well with the current theme for the mean time, can't we?
I don't think the themes are a priority, at least for now.
* node_import seems a good way to import news and updates from the
old site. I've already imported news and things seem to be ok
except for a few items, I'll try to see what I can do about
them.
If they're not much, we can add them manually, so don't bother! ;-)
That's all. Ideas, feedback and help are always welcome.
I'll get back as soon as I see the changes; maybe after I get back online! :(
Regards,
Abderrahim
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