[mythtv] Development task list:

[Keith C]

On Oct 5, 2005, at 1:50 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:

> Isaac Richards wrote:
>
>
>> I just want something that is:
>> - secure.
>> - Manages news, downloads, weblinks _easily_.
>>
>> I just don't have tons of time to update the website, and the  
>> current stuff I have to jump through a bunch of hoops to update.   
>> I basically had to gut out the administration files from phpnuke  
>> for security reasons, so whenever I want to update things, I have  
>> to log in and restore things, make my changes, then re-secure the  
>> website.  It bites, really.
>>
>> I think the mythtv.info wiki move to mythtv.org should be finished  
>> sometime this year.  Maybe.  =)
>>
>>
> Have you thought about just making the whole thing a wiki?   
> Mediawiki can lock pages to administrators and it is easy enough to  
> do what you're looking for with the wiki software.  I think most  
> CMS are cumbersome but if you're going to have the wiki anyways.
> On a side note, I really would like to contribute more to the  
> documentation/wiki but it begs for a more official structure as a  
> guideline to start and I'm afraid that just moving the .info stuff  
> to .org lacks the adequate skeleton to make the information flow  
> properly and be more useful to people.  Since it started on the  
> side, it developed a somewhat halting flow for the information  
> organization...
>
>

If you're just looking to have a news section and a few web pages,  
perhaps something as simple as phpwebsite?

http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/

I recommend it to moderately computer skilled family members for  
something easier to maintain than a nuke-style site.  It doesn't  
really lend itself to a community maintained site, but it works for  
centrally controlled content.

Keith C