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zachtib
November 1st, 2006, 11:45 PM
mynimal was kind enough to give me webhosting for deluge, and now I need some suggestions for what to run on it.

i was thinking wiki, or something like drupal or trac... what do you guys think?
mynimal
November 2nd, 2006, 12:27 AM
I think a wiki should be part of it, but not the whole thing. That's never a good thing for a website in my opinion. I suggest just using some simple blogging software as the main site (For news and etc), should get the job done.

[speaking of which, I'm working on a cms (http://www.mynimalistic.net/) that uses ajax but it's in beta, so. :P]
armin76
November 2nd, 2006, 07:32 AM
Why don't use a sourceforge project?

I miss ViewVC to browse the SVN repository :(

Oh, and between those you proposed, trac! For a SVN project trac is the best :)
PriceChild
November 2nd, 2006, 07:39 AM
I LOVE drupal... it can be as simple or complicated as you like...

Pricey
MKR.
November 2nd, 2006, 07:44 AM
Wordpress is probably the cleanest, most extensible CMS out there.
Roger Mudd
November 2nd, 2006, 08:27 AM
Have you visited opensourceCMS.com (http://opensourcecms.com/)? You may be able to get some ideas there.
zachtib
November 2nd, 2006, 09:16 AM
wow, that's quite a variety of suggestions...

I'm looking into each of them, so here are my initial reactions to each (before research):

drupal: I know nothing about this other than it's name. i hear 5.0 should be out soon, but don't know of any sites that use it.
trac: I have seen several sites that use it, and it looks pretty nice
wiki: Was thinking of useing this, as it would be easy to maintain, and could easily have pages for each objective/goal of each release
wordpress: I currently use this for my own site, collegegeek.org, but I don't see the advantages of using it for an oss project page... I want more features geared toward development.
gil-galad
November 2nd, 2006, 01:55 PM
Wiki: I have seen several good sites that use a wiki, for instance banshee (http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page), I would recomend it

Drupal: overkill,a huge cms

trac: Would work fine, seems more geared toward for developers than the end user though.

Wordpress: Great blog, not a very good cms.
christooss
November 2nd, 2006, 02:02 PM
Drupal with dokuwiki are the best
PriceChild
November 2nd, 2006, 02:02 PM
drupal: I know nothing about this other than it's name. i hear 5.0 should be out soon, but don't know of any sites that use it.Ever been to spreadfirefox.com ? ;)

Drupal isn't overkill... you can very easily unload modules and make it into a very minimalistic blog if you want... or a huge community site.

Drupal is very good for community sites.

zachtib: i put together a VERY rushed, mostly defaults, drupal site a month or two ago which could show you how easy it was for me to get a community going. Don't expect anything ground-breaking but PM me for details if interested.
zachtib
November 2nd, 2006, 03:13 PM
Ever been to getfirefox.com ? ;)

i'm assuming you mean spreadfirefox.com, i just checked, and sure enough, they use drupal

I'm still leaning towards Trac, though, as it has all the features I'm looking for out of the box.
PriceChild
November 3rd, 2006, 07:39 AM
i'm assuming you mean spreadfirefox.com, i just checked, and sure enough, they use drupal

I'm still leaning towards Trac, though, as it has all the features I'm looking for out of the box.Just went to bed and realised i'd given you the wrong link.... really cba to fire up the pc and correct it though sorry...

*edits previous post*
SlCKB0Y
November 6th, 2006, 11:27 AM
In terms of a CMS. I dare anyone who has used Joomla or Mambo to say a bad thing about them. You wont find anyone who has used them who thinks they are bad...

Can be very simple if you want them to be, otherwise infinitely configurable and easy to use.
zachtib
November 6th, 2006, 11:59 AM
We've settled on using Trac, as it integrates the features we use now
christooss
November 6th, 2006, 01:24 PM
zachtib can you tell me why you choose Trac. Im planing on developing one or two project and I would like to know what are pros and cons for Trac
zachtib
November 6th, 2006, 01:29 PM
zachtib can you tell me why you choose Trac. Im planing on developing one or two project and I would like to know what are pros and cons for Trac

It just nicely integrates an issue reporting tool, a wiki, a subversion repository, and an online source browser

EDIT: just found out that Trac can do RSS feeds as well, and autogen them from the page's activity