[Actionchix] State of the new website

[jennyw]

chris wrote:
> I think Jen has probably spent more time wrapping her head around the
> content migration issues than I have, but as I understand it, what needs
> to happen is the content that's been migrated into plone at the test
> server http://69.90.211.225:8080/linuxchix needs to be cleaned up so
> that plone can see it. It's there in the zodb, it's just not digestible.
>   

I tried creating an automated way to bring content into Plone. Whats on
the site now is the first attempt.  As Chris said, all the content is
there, it's just not all showing up.  I would have worked on that but
the HTML is in such a state that it would be a lot easier, and better,
to redesign the structure rather than try to import it then fix it
afterwards.

> the options I see are to create content types and import the data into
> them (probably the better solution) or we can create templates and the
> content would be html-based and inserted via the plone editing interface
> (which more people could participate in.)
>   

The next step is to identify what types of content we have. Then to
decide whether we want people to be able to enter it freeform, or, as
Chris suggested, as Plone content types.  Using a Plone content type
means that users would be presented with forms that they could fill out
instead of being allowed to enter arbitrary HTML. It's more restrictive,
of course, but it's also a lot easier for anyone to participate in and
enforces consistency between content types.

Jen