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Wed 10 Dec 2014 9:23AM

Setup a planet for community blogging

DU Deleted account Public Seen by 144

Hi all,

this thread follows this on concerning the possibility to open a planet to aggregate blog posts witten by the community.

I studied a bit some software and I found 3 :

  • the original Planet software which run on Python (demo),
  • the Venus fork which also run on Python (demo),
  • the Pluto fork which seem to be written in Ruby (demo).

The Venus and Pluto fork demos are very ugly but they seem to have a templating system (e.g : Pluto's). This will allow us to have a coherent design with the foundation site but also mean more work to setup the planet on starting.

IMHO, Pluto is the best choice as it is written in Ruby. If anybody as already use it before, or even setup a planet before, I'm open to any suggestions. I will try to setup a Pluto server on my computer as soon as I have it back to make a feedback.

What are your opinions on this subject ?

DS

Dennis Schubert Wed 10 Dec 2014 11:58AM

FWIW, we already have a working planet source, but it’s not merged into the project site yet.

From: https://www.loomio.org/d/dXFfls2c/new-blog-for-diaspora?page=1#comment-388652

DU

Deleted account Wed 10 Dec 2014 12:40PM

Good ! Where can I find it ?

G

goob Wed 10 Dec 2014 12:41PM

Setup a planet for community blogging

In any case, this has already been passed in a previous vote... (which I also linked to on the recent thread).

DU

Deleted account Wed 10 Dec 2014 12:43PM

In any case, this has already been passed in a previous vote… (which I also linked to on the recent thread).

I know that. I'm not asking if we should do that but how you want me to do that. ;)

@dennisschubert says we have a working planet source, just telle where I can find it and I'll try to set up something usable.

JR

Jason Robinson Wed 10 Dec 2014 5:55PM

@dennisschubert can you merge the code in? Does it need anything or is it practically ready to use? If blogs don't appear, we can always remove it.

DS

Dennis Schubert Wed 10 Dec 2014 6:24PM

Will give it a shot today, I've got some spare time. :)

DU

Deleted account Wed 10 Dec 2014 7:41PM

Which version of Ruby does it run on ?
If it is <=1.9.3 I can host it on my host provider, if not, I must search for another.

DS

Dennis Schubert Wed 10 Dec 2014 7:58PM

Since it will be part of diaspora-project-site, ... 2.1. And you don't have to look for a provider, since it will be part of the diaspora-project-site... ;)

DU

Deleted account Wed 10 Dec 2014 8:24PM

Yeah ! Nothing to do ! \o/

DS

Dennis Schubert Fri 12 Dec 2014 5:41PM

Quick update: the planet is working fine and already merged into the develop sources from diaspora-project-site.

However, I got really mad at our old static bootstrap.css and the huge mess in the templates, so I'm going to fix that before I'll release the new site (with the planet).

But you guys could start collecting feeds, huh? English only, for the first try. :)

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