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4th November 2019 at 7:52 am #1988Danie van der MerweKeymaster
The input may be in the area of look and feel, menu items, logo, colors, general content etc. So far we have added functionality for members registry and discussion forums. You are welcome to use the site for your contributions. It is currently hosted at http://foss.oss.gov.za/
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4th November 2019 at 7:54 am #1989Danie van der MerweKeymaster
It will also need:
* About Us – possibly giving some history too
* PAIA to be legally compliant
* Latest News
* Projects Catalogue
* logs
* Documents\Library
* Profiles expanded to show what organisation represented?
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4th November 2019 at 8:03 am #1990Danie van der MerweKeymaster
1. Probably also need different categories in the Forum (or maybe just can’t see to create them) for internal matters as well as more broader public inputs.
2. Not sure if we can edit posts we made – maybe just a setting? -
4th November 2019 at 10:20 am #1993Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Also needs Surveys/Polls like the old site had. Maybe also voting.
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4th November 2019 at 1:18 pm #1994Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Site Profiles to be expanded to include drop list categories such as:
* Gov Dept (official e-mail)
* Local Gov (official e-mail)
* State Entity (official e-mail)
* Private Advocate (private e-mail)
* FOSS Vendor (company mail)
* Other (private e-mail)So that we all know who we are speaking to, are able to communicate to all registered FOSS vendors or Gov employees etc for surveys. It will also help define roles for access to specific forum areas. We must remember we could also have citizens and others registering to comment or get information.
In principle access to information should be open to all without copyright, but certain parts of the discussion forums may be closed eg. for sensitive discussions around gov officials responding to lobbying or where discussion could eliminate some of our FOSS vendors from participating in a bid, etc.
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4th November 2019 at 1:25 pm #1995Danie van der MerweKeymaster
We also must decide on the visibility of profile details eg. many officials will not want their e-mail address etc public so these could be hidden, but they can be messaged via this site.
I do feel though if we represent a specific interest eg. SITA, DPSA, National Treasury, LibreOffice, etc that this should be visible.
Will basic names and interest be visible publicly, or only to registered members on teh site.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by casca.
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5th November 2019 at 10:38 am #2025Mbombo MalekaParticipant
Completely agreed
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5th November 2019 at 5:28 am #2003
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5th November 2019 at 6:04 am #2008Simtandile DlepumaParticipant
Thank you for the input received regarding our site. We will continue to improve the site as we move along. We still need more upto date relevant content for the site, however the site is usable. I therefore suggest that everyone should register on the site site and all discussion should be move to the site. If needed I can also develop an android app for the site do that we can follow our discussion from there. So anyone who want to make an input should register on the site and start making contributions. We have made registration easy at this stage and we might tighten it as the need arises. Regards
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5th November 2019 at 8:03 am #2020Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Latest News or Blog can be configured to push to the Twitter account which will alert followers to website updates even if they are not registered on the website.
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5th November 2019 at 10:51 am #2027Mbombo MalekaParticipant
Is there anyway to access the forums from a mobile device? iOS?
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5th November 2019 at 1:13 pm #2032Danie van der MerweKeymaster
The site may already render OK for mobile, but we’ll have to see if there is plugin capability specifically for mobile to enhance the forums experience. It was a concern before we brought the discussion forums into the site as the other alternative was a dedicated forum such as MatterMost which is designed for mobile and desktop use.
But we’ll see what can be added still for WordPress to try achieve a similar experience. It will depend on what plugin is being used. But we do need mobikle support yes.
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5th November 2019 at 1:27 pm #2033Mbombo MalekaParticipant
no problem thanks-i think we can make do with what we have without devoting too much effort into fancier stuff
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5th November 2019 at 2:02 pm #2034Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Another suggestion form some is a calendar for events to show what is coming up and for people to RSVP. Just parking it here for Simtandile to work through later.
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5th November 2019 at 2:03 pm #2035Gustav MeyerParticipant
Suggestion:
Hide the Login and Register options in the Account menu.
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5th November 2019 at 2:26 pm #2036Simtandile DlepumaParticipant
Hi Gustav
If we hide Login and Register, how will participants get registered on the site, or are you suggesting that there should be no login at all.
Regards
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5th November 2019 at 2:34 pm #2037Gustav MeyerParticipant
Another suggestion:
Set the site to use SEO Friendly URLs
Examples:
- Non-SEO friendly URL:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/?p=10467
- SEO friendly URL:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/
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5th November 2019 at 8:42 pm #2091Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Need to also look at the sending of e-mail for notifications. I subscribed for notifications on posts but no mail received.
[EDIT: Great I see we can edit a post now a few hours later]
- This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Danie van der Merwe. Reason: Just testing editing a post
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6th November 2019 at 11:29 am #2099Bulelani DidizaParticipant
In our department, we specialise in liferay and Alfresco: See the portal we did for GITOC before SITA refused to provide the address http://www.gitoc.gov.za to use. Then DPSA sold our department by redoing the site in Microsoft sharepoint. I have never felt annoyed by the vibes at DPSA that said there were no OSS skills in government.
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7th November 2019 at 8:06 am #2101Danie van der MerweKeymaster
Hi Bulelani, please list your FOSS in use under the other discussion thread for the list. This one is to give feedback on suggestions for the functionality of this website, bugs, etc.
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7th November 2019 at 8:38 pm #2105Danie van der MerweKeymaster
We will need wiki functionality to be able to simultaneously all work of drafting policy or minutes etc. If not in the site we link to Etherpad or host Etherpad on the server VM.
We also need an area to publish minutes and agendas for meetings.
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