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Drupal 6 Upgrade Status (& Roadmap)

Status as of 7-May-2009:

  • The live site is now running Drupal 6 (using Apache 2 & PHP 5)
  • Calendar is functional; still needs some refinement
  • Permissions in Drupal 6 are different; many are not yet set properly; you may not be able to edit some of your pages, and other quirks
  • The WYSIWYG editor is only partially activated, but has basic functionality
  • Your graphics should be displaying correctly. If not, see next item, and ensure you are not using the [Inline] tag, as per this page.
  • Changed file upload method from private to public; should result in faster performance, but this breaks some URI’s:  those containing plus sign (+) as placeholders for spaces. Also, some URI’s contain garbage in them (shown in bold), e.g. http://swni.org/CMS-Uploads//Library/WebServer/CMS-Uploads/filename. It should really be: /CMS-Uploads/filename. I will try to fix both problems en mass with a perl script, but you may also fix them manually if you like.
  • All absolute links (to SWNI site) should have been converted to relative links
  • The front page now displays, by default, only stories created or updated in the last 60 days. A filter is exposed allowing the visitor to change the timeframe. I haven’t figured out how to move the filter to the bottom of the page yet.
  • Minutes content type now operational

SWNI Server Downtime

March 6, 2008 - 7:53pm — Michael Kisor

The SWNI Web Server and Mailing Lists will be offline from about 3pm Friday, March 7th, until about 1 pm Monday, March 10th, as the SWNI server undergoes an upgrade. During this time, any web pages hosted on the SWNI server will go dark (but will light up again when the server comes back online). eMail sent to the Mailing Lists will bounce around in cyberspace (for up to 72 hours) until the server comes back online (at which time they should discover the server is back online and be delivered; YMMV). Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause.

SWNI Server Management Team meeting

November 5, 2007 - 8:35pm — Michael Kisor

Location

United States
See map: Google Maps

Description:
SWNI Server Management Team meeting

Server Management Team Meeting

August 21, 2007 - 1:08am — Michael Kisor

Location

SWNI Conference Room
United States
See map: Google Maps

Description:
Server Management Team meeting

Bridlemile Neighborhood, Bridlemile Creek Stewards, Albert Kelly Creek Restoration websites now on the SWNI server

May 8, 2007 - 9:30am — BNA Webmaster

The Bridlemile Neighborhood Association, Bridlemile Creek Stewards, and Albert Kelly Creek Restoration websites have moved here to the SWNI server; below are a list of new and updated pages done as part of the move.

Now that this large time consuming task is finally behind me, if you would like help moving or creating your own similar neighborhood pages or email lists here on the SWNI server I'll be glad to share with you what I've learned (many thanks to Michael Kisor) and help you learn how to do similar. Victor von Salza, victor@vonsalza.com, 503-246-2146, BNA webmaster

List Management FAQ

Post your questions about Mailman list management here.

Mailman Feature Set

We have installed the Mailman mailing list open-source software on our server. With it, you can quickly and easily send eMail to list subscribers.

Configuration

Once your mailing list is set up, you should review the list settings. Mailman has a wealth of configuration options; many are esoteric. Fortunately, relatively few need to be considered by list owners since most have reasonable defaults and may be safely ignored.

List Creation

Only server administrators can create or delete a mail list. The person assigned as list owner, however, then has complete control over list configuration and management.

Mailing Lists

We have installed the open-source Mailman mailing list software on our server. This enables us to quickly and easily create community mailing lists for a variety of purposes and audiences. Sending eMail to list subscribers is simple, and automation handles the drudgery of maintaining subscriber lists. Your lists will each have their own home page (as will each subscriber), so folks will be able to locate and self-subscribe to your list. You need not know subscribers’ eMail addresses, worry about bounced eMails, etc.

Sub-domains

A “sub-domain” is similar to a domain name, and has most of the same advantages. Technically speaking, it is that part of a URI between the “http://” and the domain name. For example, in the URI “http://www.swni.org/,” the sub-domain is “www.” Often, however, the term “sub-domain” may be used to refer to a URI (i.e. the sub-domain plus a domain name, e.g. www.swni.org).

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