Convert CKAN.org to jekyll and github pages

[rufuspollock]

Why?

• Easier ability to integrate structured info (e.g. instances, extension registry, members) into one single site (cf what we do on http://okfnlabs.org)
• Easier to manage contribution and support new contribution (anyone can submit a pull request)
• Cleaner setup and static file output means faster, leaner site
  • Minor (in RP's opinion)

Why not?

• Its a change so investment of effort required
• Harder for non-"geeks" to contribute to jekyll-based websites (though improving with things like prose)

@rgrp view: overall this looks like a good thing. What do others think? Who else could help make this happen?

/cc @rossjones @wardi @amercader ...

[rossjones]

Mostly done bar a few issues at https://github.com/ckan/ckan.github.io

Needs a plan for the blog, migrating the archive will be a bit of a dull task. Contact form could be webscripts.io or something i guess

[adamamyl]

Needs a plan for the blog, migrating the archive will be a bit of a dull task.

For blog.amyl, I used http://girliemac.com/blog/2013/12/27/wordpress-to-jekyll/ to migrate from self-hosted WP into Jekyll. Was trivial. (I also looked at using https://github.com/benbalter/wordpress-to-jekyll-exporter, but the other approach Actually Worked).

Contact form could be webscripts.io or something i guess

We were looking at the forms for ckanexpress.com and integrating straight into zendesk -- see https://github.com/okfn/ckanexpress.com/blob/master/contact/contact.html

[rossjones]

Setting up another heroku app for the contact form seems sensible. Who will the mails go to?

[amercader]

This will save the heroku app, but it would require relying on a third party service:

http://forms.brace.io/

[rossjones]

@adamamyl can you do a dump of the blog from inside wordpress? Could probably add it to https://github.com/ckan/ckan.github.io and then we can fix up the styling

[rufuspollock]

@rossjones I get a 404 for https://github.com/ckan/ckan.github.io ... Is it private or something?

Also could you give me access so I could work on extensions stuff.

Generally: from reading this can I assume that everyone is +1 on such an approach, or at least on trying it out?

[rossjones]

Open now

[wardi]

+1

[davidread]

This was agreed previously, and reaffirmed at today's tech meeting. NB it's blocked on needing help from @rgrp or @nigelbabu on ckan/ckan.github.io#4

[rufuspollock]

I note that CKAN Association SG are -1 on move from wordpress as they can use that but struggle github pages. Need to talk further.

[rossjones]

They can use prose.io?

The whole SG is -1 or just some members?

[rufuspollock]

All SG other than me. Whilst I know prose.io I think we should acknowledge that gh-pages sites are some tech-y ;-)

In the immediate term I do plan to get the extension stuff up and running.