dekalbowiki:Current events

Raising the barn

Here's the list of current tasks needing immediate attention. The site's not really safely in orbit until these are done.

Open

• Security
  • Add and test email confirmation
  • Complete Anti-spam setup
• Pages needed
  • dekalbowiki:Community portal

Ongoing actions

• Compile invitation list
  • See Category:Diaspora
  • Hunting addresses and contact info
  • Sending invites as time and opportunity permit
• Pages needed
  • Bands
    • See the blog pages
    • See also Category:Bands
  • People
    • Individual page templates started. See Category:Diaspora
  • Projects

Deferred big ticket items

• Administration
  • Contact us (share with WordPress menu)
• Mechanics
  • Shared user DB
    • Sign up from MediaWiki or WordPress
    • Common sign-on and password
    • Easiest done ASAP!

Maintenance like dodging asteroids

...or wildfires. Oh, well. Life's like that. Five years on, there are more important things to do...

• Migrate to compatible LTS release(s)
  • See MediaWiki's Download page
  • Update PHP to current recommended version
  • Re-skin wiki as needed to keep abreast of recommended supporting software
    • Discontinue use of TwentyTen and ENKten skins
    • Update skinning methods per MediaWiki LTS 1.23 and 1.27

Aborted

• Install Extension:PdfHandler
  • Woah! GoDaddy will not support needed commands!
  • Aborted until future host move —Gongmaster 2012-02-04
• Fix File List table format
  • All text readable in the frame
  • Submit to Sam Wilson if interested
  • Final disposition: TwentyTen theme superseded by MediaWiki maintenance ca. 2015, 2017
• Link to ccHost
  • ccHost software not reliably maintained or easy to administer
  • "Thousands of breaking fixes" to get to PHP 5.4
  • Use of ccHost to be discontinued at sister site wikiGong.com ca. 2018
• Assign account admins
  • No takers as of 2018

Done

• Extensions, so far
  • Akismet —daa 2012-02-28
  • reCAPTCHA —Gongmaster 2012-01-07
  • Audio player —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
  • FlashMP3 —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
  • SpamBlacklist —Gongmaster 2012-01-04
  • Anti-spoof —Gongmaster 2012-01-04
  • Abuse Filter —Gongmaster 2012-01-04

• Tasks
  • Change registrar info: see ICANN WhoIs
  • ImageMagic convert available on hosting service —Gongmaster 2012-02-04
  • Added menu links to wiki and blog templates —Gongmaster ca. 2012-01-21
  • Added "Dimensions" to Template:Artifact (what was I thinking?) —Gongmaster 2012-01-15
  • Copyright policy: now see dekalbowiki:Copyrights —Gongmaster 2012-01-14
  • Privacy policy: now see dekalbowiki:Privacy_policy —Gongmaster 2012-01-14
  • About (share with WordPress menu): copied for now —Gongmaster 2012-01-14
  • Add useful text and links to dekalborama front page —Gongmaster 2012-01-14
  • Add skin customization
    • Implement child theme "EKNten" including "album" —Gongmaster 2012-01-12
    • Create css "album" rollover class —Gongmaster 2012-01-11
  • Set up user privileges (basic) —Gongmaster 2012-01-07
  • Implement CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA —Gongmaster 2012-01-07
  • dekalbowiki:Current events —Gongmaster 2012-01-06
  • Implement logo on WordPress TwentyTen sidebar —Gongmaster 2012-01-06
  • Re-size logo to match WordPress —Gongmaster 2012-01-06
  • Template:Event —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
  • Template:Manifesto —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
  • Template:Group —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
  • Get uploads working —Gongmaster 2012-01-05
    • Required changes to php.ini
    • Increased all memory limits
  • Apply TwentyTen skin —Gongmaster 2012-01-04
  • Update DB to MW 1.17 —Gongmaster 2012-01-04
  • Update to WordPress 3.3.1 —Gongmaster 2012-01-03
  • Logo (placeholder) —Gongmaster 2012-01-02
  • Update to WordPress 3.3.0 —Gongmaster 2011-12-31
  • Re-install MediaWiki 1.17 —Gongmaster 2011-12-31
  • Re-install WordPress —Gongmaster 2011-07-07
  • Relocate dekalborama.com to separate hosting account —Gongmaster 2011-06-25