[NCUC E-team] Ning migration

[Brenden Kuerbis]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:22:07AM -0500, Brenden Kuerbis (
> bkuerbis at internetgovernance.org) wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <
> > ncuc at tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote:
>
> > > Six weeks is a short time. I think we should be able to have
> > > _something_ up by then, but whether we're able to migrate
> > > everything we want from Ning so fast, I wouldn't bet on it.
>
> > I think you'll be surprised how little actual content there is on
> > the Ning site. Plus Ning makes it fairly painless to export what
> > data we want to keep.
>
> OK, if you say so. I have no experience of exporting stuff out of Ning.
> Static pages should of course be easy but anything more structured
> and dynamic may be harder.
>
>
Ning has an archive utility which allows you to selectively download data
for each feature (e.g., Members, Blogs, etc.). This includes a json file
and the associated media files (jpgs, pdfs, etc.).  I'm downloading the
content as we speak.

I've seen a Ning to WP import tool as well.



> > IMO, we can migrate the essential info in advance of Beijing (e.g.,
> > blog posts, charter, officers), setup some static pages for each
> > group (e.g., e-Team) and do the rest as we can.
>
> Sounds good.
>
> Does Ning make it easy to change the URL - say,
> leaving the Ning site as old.ncuc.org for a while?
>

I think we're stuck with ncuc.ning.com (ncuc.org points to that URL). I
guess we could keep the old site up and note that it is "old", but I think
this will invite confusion.



> (If not I guess we can simply make a static mirror of it.
> Might be good idea just for historical reasons anyway.)
>
>
I just assume build the new site, update the domain name, cut over and
vanquish the old one to the dustbin!


-- B


> I think it'll be important to show publicly we've been working on
> > this (in addition to sharing w/the Constituency all the work being
> > done behind the scenes).
>
> Yes.
>
> > > Yes. On thing in particular I'd like to fix, like right now,
> > > is the charter page linked from the Resources tab:
>
> > Done.
>
> Great, thanks! Now it at least doesn't stick out like a sore thumb
> to any potential new member. :-)
>
> > > Who's got the privileges to edit that - Brenden, Wilson?
> > > (I don't think I do - at least I don't know how.)
>
> > I've given you admin privileges as well.
>
> Thanks.
>
> > > We'll need to go over the Ning site anyway in preparation of
> > > the migration
>
> > AFAICT, the only possibly labor intensive part is if/how we migrate
> > the member pages.
>
> That was my initial guess, too. But as for "if", I would be very
> reluctant to abandon them.
>
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