Re: [IMPORTANT] Mozilla India Website

[Soumya Deb]

Haha... no worries, your workload isn't reduced a bit :P

You still need to post a blog on how you're (and who else is) going to
review/publish the posts, the criteria for relevance etc.

FWIW, I'd only agree with Sankha on the note that the blog better not
become a continuous flux of seemingly under-important things, that we'd
eventually have to turn our ears off of it. "Does the entire community need
to know?" may be one of the criteria for posts.

I was waiting for Sayak to come up with some ideas about aggregation -
would suggest others, who can, to look for alternatives as well. Although,
I have no issues setting up a http://planet.mozillaindia.org/

Also, if we could only "feature" posts for the homepage - and keep the
other post (less important/relevant to all) under tags - that could be
another solution.

Also, OFFTOPIC: but discussions like this can very well go to
https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/community-india-dev (CC'd), even for no
other reasons, but it's auto archived on (Google) NewsGroups for references.



On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Vineel Reddy Pindi <
pindivin...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I am late, its already there :)
>
> Vineel Reddy Pindi
> Community & Outreach
> Community Liaison at Mozilla India <http://mozillaindia.org/> | Mozilla
> Reps <https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo> Mentor
> twitter: @vineelreddy <http://twitter.com/vineelreddy/>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Vineel Reddy Pindi <
> pindivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Deb, awesome. Now all we need to do is spread the word :-)
>>
>> Will share your blog starting with Facebook group.
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> Vineel
>>
>> Vineel Reddy Pindi
>> Community & Outreach
>> Community Liaison at Mozilla India <http://mozillaindia.org/> | Mozilla
>> Reps <https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo> Mentor
>> twitter: @vineelreddy <http://twitter.com/vineelreddy/>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Soumya Deb <debl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> /me leaves the office... finally, weekend ahoy! :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Soumya Deb <debl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, done:
>>>> http://debloper.blogspot.in/2013/11/mozilla-india-blog-is-open-to-all.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Soumya Deb <debl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's nothing that's good to have - it's already there, and has been
>>>>> enabled from the very beginning. If you check out the sidebar-bottom, the
>>>>> WP-default log-in/register link is there for all (enabled it while first
>>>>> installation).
>>>>>
>>>>> One just needs to wrangle some PHP to put the Meta on top of the
>>>>> sidebar & some CSS to turn the links into more vivid buttons. :P
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Sankha Narayan Guria <
>>>>> sank...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> That would be good. Having a moderated blog would be great! Yes,
>>>>>> setting up an SOP would make sense after looking at the use case by the
>>>>>> community.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Vineel Reddy Pindi <
>>>>>> pindivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Sankha,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was thinking like having "national flagship events or notable work
>>>>>>> done by community members or major updates" be blogged at
>>>>>>> blog.mozillaindia.org but feature at www.mozillaindia.org and
>>>>>>> blog.mozillaindia.org would be accessible by anyone but highly
>>>>>>> moderated for irrelevant blogposts. The idea is to keep
>>>>>>> blog.mozillaindia.org free flow and see what exactly community
>>>>>>> members are using it for and based on that build SoPs, these SoPs will be
>>>>>>> well received by community members if they understand the decision behind
>>>>>>> it. If we start limiting the platform from day one, the blog will be empty
>>>>>>> like it is now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Vineel Reddy Pindi
>>>>>>> Community & Outreach
>>>>>>> Community Liaison at Mozilla India <http://mozillaindia.org/> | Mozilla
>>>>>>> Reps <https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo> Mentor
>>>>>>> twitter: @vineelreddy <http://twitter.com/vineelreddy/>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Sankha Narayan Guria <
>>>>>>> sank...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Vineel Reddy Pindi <
>>>>>>>> pindivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Abhishek!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Re-organized a bit based on the ideas:
>>>>>>>>> https://india.etherpad.mozilla.org/Mozilla-India-websites-questions
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As a priority it would be great if we can make the
>>>>>>>>> blog.mozillaindia.org open to all ASAP.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Just a little request on this, can we keep the Mozilla India
>>>>>>>> official blog free from minor local events like Kitchen Tables, etc. Maybe
>>>>>>>> happenings like national flagship events or work done by community members
>>>>>>>> can then be blogged about with more focus?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For other proposals at etherpad, it will be great to have a quick
>>>>>>>>> meeting and distribute tasks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please let me know what you think.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Vineel
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Vineel Reddy Pindi
>>>>>>>>> Community & Outreach
>>>>>>>>> Community Liaison at Mozilla India <http://mozillaindia.org/> | Mozilla
>>>>>>>>> Reps <https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo> Mentor
>>>>>>>>> twitter: @vineelreddy <http://twitter.com/vineelreddy/>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Abhishek Nãgar <
>>>>>>>>> abhi...@kashipur.in> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Added my comments to etherpad.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ./nagar
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Vineel Reddy Pindi <
>>>>>>>>>> pindivin...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks so much for helping creating the new mozillaindia.orgwebsite, a lot of effort has been put into rebuilding this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> As we move forward, I think it would be great to have a SOP for
>>>>>>>>>>> Mozilla India website and need your thoughts and help in making it possible.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> One thing to note is we have a cool website but there is not
>>>>>>>>>>> much engagement happening or practically it is of no use to community
>>>>>>>>>>> members from India, simply because the process and guidelines are not
>>>>>>>>>>> clear.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We should be looking at Mozilla India website like a public
>>>>>>>>>>> transport - it is for the use of community, priority should be to serve the
>>>>>>>>>>> purpose of community needs and perfection can come later. If the city
>>>>>>>>>>> council/ government do not provide the service that public needs, they go
>>>>>>>>>>> after alternatives like buying cars, bikes. The thing with this is - it
>>>>>>>>>>> adds to the traffic. We should aim to have everyone on the same bus.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *"A devel­oped coun­try is not a place where the poor have cars.
>>>>>>>>>>> It’s where the rich use pub­lic trans­port" – para­phrased from Enrique
>>>>>>>>>>> Penalosa, for­mer Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Here we want all the upcoming/ new/ matured/ active communities
>>>>>>>>>>> to make use of community India resources. We need to build things that way.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Soumya and I had a quick discussion on this and put together a
>>>>>>>>>>> basic SOP & a few proposals here:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://india.etherpad.mozilla.org/Mozilla-India-websites-questions
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Please spend time reading and share what you have in mind. Any
>>>>>>>>>>> suggestions or comments are welcome.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How about we meet sometime next week online to chat a bit more
>>>>>>>>>>> and set direction for the resources? Please let me know by replying this
>>>>>>>>>>> email.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Also, if we are missing anyone in this conversation who has
>>>>>>>>>>> directly worked on building the website, feel free to add them to the
>>>>>>>>>>> thread.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>> Vineel
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Vineel Reddy Pindi
>>>>>>>>>>> Community & Outreach
>>>>>>>>>>> Community Liaison at Mozilla India <http://mozillaindia.org/> | Mozilla
>>>>>>>>>>> Reps <https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo> Mentor
>>>>>>>>>>> twitter: @vineelreddy <http://twitter.com/vineelreddy/>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> अभिषेक नागर
>>>>>>>>>> Abhishek Nãgar
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Kashipur Networks https://www.kashipur.net<https://www.kashipur.net/aff.php?aff=002>
>>>>>>>>>> Personal Site: http://nagar.me
>>>>>>>>>> Kashipur : http://kashipur.in
>>>>>>>>>> Nagar Samaj : http://nagar.info
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> +91-80-034-90972
>>>>>>>>>> +91-95-DOT-NAGAR
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Sankha Narayan Guria
>>>>>>>> http://sankhs.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Sankha Narayan Guria
>>>>>> http://sankhs.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Soumya Deb*
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>>>>> Open Source Evangelist
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>


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*Soumya Deb*
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Twitter: *@Debloper <http://twitter.com/Debloper>*
Open Source Evangelist

[Sayak Sarkar]

Hey Guys,

Sorry for chiming in a bit late, was caught up with quite a few things.

Regarding the blog I'm still of the opinion that
blog.mozillaindia.orgshould only be used for official blog posts. For
showcasing blog posts by
community members I'd strongly recommend using an aggregation system such
as a planet.

The problem with a moderated blog is that someone needs to be the villain
at times to maintain harmony in the larger ecosystem and to prevent
unwanted spam on the official channel, which can be easily misinterpreted
as communications from Mozilla India.

I'm open to giving user credentials to people who want to take on
communication and documentation role, however personally I'm still of the
opinion that blog.mozillaindia.org is not the place to post every event
report or personal blogs on Mozilla.

Regards,
Sayak

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[Sudheesh Singanamalla]

Hey,

Sorry for being in late on this thread. Exams in progress.

Just as Sayak says, I think the best option for showcasing community
members blog posts would be to hold some method of an aggregator system
like planet. We could just fetch RSS feeds from respective blogs of
community members and showcase them on planet. Yeah, I do understand the
problem with spam feeds that we would face, but we could so something for
that, like `moderating it ourselves/having a group of volunteers doing the
same`. That'd make it easier than granting people contributor access to
post a blog on planet.

Let the blog.mozillaindia.org stay only for official blog posts and be a
place where people could go for official news.

*Throw in*: A Facebook integration which will auto-post the blogposts to
Mozilla India , Facebook timeline & Same with twitter. (Not a priority as
of now)

Regards,
Sudheesh Singanamalla
--
*Intern - Microsoft Accelerator.*
*S.D.E - Intel PerC*