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Write blog posts for backdropcms.org #158

Open jenlampton opened 8 years ago

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

Topic ideas:

I would love to see posts from as many people in the community as possible! If anyone has anything please add a comment here and we'll get you on the list :)

klonos commented 8 years ago

https://backdropcms.org/news/happy-new-year-backdrop-cms gives me "Access denied". I guess because the post is not published yet. If we could have accounts over at bdcms.org and have some of us given the permission to view unpublished content (for the purpose of reviewing), that'd be great.

Perhaps also permit posting comments for the reviewers so we can communicate things to the author via comment notifications?

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

@klonos The post will be published tomorrow. I'd be happy to give you editor access on backdropcms.org so you can peep the posts ahead of time. I'm hesitant to enable comments for review purposes, I'm leaning toward using comments as usual. But we would need a volunteer to watch the comment threads, answer questions when needed, or ping the appropriate people to answer those questions if they need to be roped in.

klonos commented 8 years ago

Sorry for the late reply ...back to almost no time in my life. Nevertheless, I would love to be granted whatever permission would allow me to review posts before they get published (not that I would have to approve or anything before going live - simply as a second pair of eyes).

Any idea of how I would be notified of the existence of such to-be-published posts?

...and are you saying that if I see something that might need to be corrected, I should then file an issue here? Not a huge problem, but not very convenient/intuitive. Much better if I could do that straight on the node. That's why I proposed comments.

sutibun commented 8 years ago

Are there any guidelines for what we can write on the blog?

Will there be a statement along the lines: the opinions of this blog post may or may not be officially supported by Bd cms...

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

@sutibun i'd say for the most part you can use your judgement on all those things. We'll review and critique if we feel something needs to be changed, but for the most part we trust our people :)

if I see something that might need to be corrected...

Hm, good point @klonos I still don't think comments are the way to go (since we may be using them as actual comments after release). We usually draft these things in google docs. How about using annotations there? Here's the blog post folder: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_lmQRaaidbnWjJMOElpRWlQZWs&usp=sharing If you request edit access I'd be happy to grant it to you.

Any idea of how I would be notified of the existence of such to-be-published posts?

Realistically, I don't think we can automate any kind of notification system. But you should go by the blog schedule outlined here. In general the post should be up on the site at least the day before the scheduled date for review, and a google doc should be under way before that.

mikemccaffrey commented 8 years ago

I'd be happy to write a blog post documenting the development and release workflow that I've been using for managing configuration in version control and hosting on pantheon.

biolithic commented 8 years ago

and I'd be happy to learn a new way to do that!

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I'd be happy to write a blog post documenting the development and release workflow that I've been using for managing configuration in version control and hosting on pantheon.

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docwilmot commented 8 years ago

Can we rename this from 'News' to 'Blog' then? I considered wrting a howto type thing, but it isn't news!? I think calling it news limits what can go on there.

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

@docwilmot I would love to include a how-to from you in the news section!

I chose news because I thought thought news was more inclusive than blog since we'd be able to have tweets, videos, calendar events, announcements, and a ton of other stuff under news too - a blog just being a single sub-set of news items. It also sounds a little more formal (I prefer news for company sites, and blog for personal sites).

I don't think it really matters much what we call it, most howtos are likely news to someone :)

docwilmot commented 8 years ago

At the risk of bike-shedding, http://blog.spinweb.net/-the-difference-between-blog-and-news, FYI. But if its OK with everyone, "News" it is then.

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

A good read :) But, what do you call the section of your site when you mix those two different kinds of things together? (since that's what we're doing on b.org) How about Blews?!

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

I don't have strong feelings one way or the other on what to call it, but it does seem that neitherblog or news is a great fit, maybe something like Updates, or no, people will think it's just software updates - release information.... it's a toughie one.

docwilmot commented 8 years ago

I don't either, but I just was a bit put off by the idea of doing a how-to post and calling it "news". One site recommended call it "blog" but have a "news" tag for posts that are news.

mikemccaffrey commented 8 years ago

It might require less coordination if we allow all users on backdropcms.org to publish blog posts to their own profile. Then we can just review the posts that are published, and promote the ones that are good to the main news/blog section.

Personally, I'd like a place to publish some smaller, more casual notes as I learn things about building with backdrop.

klonos commented 8 years ago

It might require less coordination if we allow all users on backdropcms.org to publish blog posts to their own profile. Then we can just review the posts that are published, and promote the ones that are good to the main news/blog section.

I really like this idea. Would be great to (eventually, when we have a proper workflow in place) have it so that the original author is shown as well as any contributors/proofreaders too.

Personally, I'd like a place to publish some smaller, more casual notes as I learn things about building with backdrop.

:+1: blog posts will do. We can have tags like "news", "tips & tricks", "how-to's" and general "articles" that can be added to those blog posts and that people can use to filter the list by (or have dedicated sections for each if that is preferred).

I personally would like to have a "Contrib news" section where I present new modules to the public as they are being ported or created (or merged into core) and new features/improvements of already existing modules based on their commit history and/or changelog.

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

It might require less coordination if we allow all users on backdropcms.org to publish blog posts to their own profile. Then we can just review the posts that are published, and promote the ones that are good to the main news/blog section.

I really like this idea too. Only, backdropcms.org would then become a site where anyone could have their own personal blog... Are we ready for the implications of that? In some ways it will be great, as we'll be getting all the kinds of requests people would provide in the "real world" as we really will be eating our own dogfood! But there will also be a lot more at stake. We'll now be responsible for keeping everyone's personal blogs online too...

An interesting idea, for sure!

jackaponte commented 8 years ago

As I mentioned during today's community outreach meeting, I'm going to bottom-line the writing and posting of a blog post on Backdrop + CiviCRM. Aiming to make this happen by mid-September.

serundeputy commented 8 years ago

i wrote a post about site local drush on pantheon; pending approval and proof read: https://backdropcms.org/news/pantheon-terminus-drush-backdrop-cms-development-workflow

jenlampton commented 8 years ago

I think it's fantastic @serundeputy and you should publish that post whenever you are ready :)

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

@jackaponte @wesruv @mikemccaffrey @tomgrandy @thejimbirch would one of you be willing to write up a blog post about BADCamp?

thejimbirch commented 7 years ago

I could write, but would need bullet points from all of you. Most of my badcamp was spent selling tshirts!

jackaponte commented 7 years ago

Sheesh...willing, yes! But able? Eek. I'd actually love to write it but am so slammed.

Perhaps this weekend? Is that too late? If I were to write it this weekend could someone who was at the training send me some highlights to mention, and could other folks send me any of their Backdrop-related highlights at BADCamp that you think would be good to incorporate?

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

@jackaponte do you have time to write up bullet points for @thejimbirch ? That might be a win-win for everyone :)

jackaponte commented 7 years ago

Alas, no time even for just bullet points until the weekend earliest! :( But more than happy to let @thejimbirch have at it! :)

wesruv commented 7 years ago
wesruv commented 7 years ago

Drinking on a mountain can get you "plant dermititis".

ghost commented 7 years ago

If I want to write a blog post about how I built a particular website in Backdrop, and would like it featured on BackdropCMS.org somewhere, how do I do that? Do I need to ask permission, draft something up first, just post it online (I think I can add content to BDcms.org), ...?

serundeputy commented 7 years ago

@BWPanda yes just write a draft right on backdropcms.org and then request a proofread and then publish.

ghost commented 7 years ago

Thanks @serundeputy. I've added my blog post, but am not sure if I did the whole Draft thing properly (didn't see an option for that). My post seems to be live already: https://backdropcms.org/news/building-pandaidau-backdrop-cms

jenlampton commented 7 years ago

Looks great! Usually someone with access creates an unpublished node for you if you want a review, but if you are happy with this as-is we are happy to have it :)

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Thanks @serundeputy https://github.com/serundeputy. I've added my blog post, but am not sure if I did the whole Draft thing properly (didn't see an option for that). My post seems to be live already: https://backdropcms.org/news/building-pandaidau-backdrop-cms

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irinaz commented 2 years ago

@jenlampton Did you consider writing blog posts for other websites as well? I am thinking of posts on Pantheon giving more details on Backdrop migrations

jenlampton commented 2 years ago

@irinaz yes I think that's even more important than doing it on our own site. I think we have an issue...

edit: I found this? https://github.com/backdrop-ops/backdropcms.org/issues/122

irinaz commented 2 years ago

@irinaz yes I think that's even more important than doing it on our own site. I think we have an issue...

edit: I found this? #122

Still valid in 2021, though post is from 2015 :)