[seek-web] Re: Development of Seek Web (public beta 2) moved to new Linux box

Matt Jones jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
Mon May 17 18:47:42 PDT 2004


Hi Steve,

Thanks for the web-site update.  We missed you in Edinburgh, but we'll 
  hopefully get to meet sometime sooner than later.

The site has matured a ton -- its looking nice, and I like the content 
additions you have done. We need to work on some of the visual appeal 
(we need a few pictures at least), but I like what you've got.  I 
managed to edit some pages without crashing my browser, so it looks like 
you solved that problem.  Thanks.

Once we're ready to go we'll need to migrate the current Wiki content to 
the new site.  Could you be sure to review all of the content at 
"http://seek.speciesanalyst.net" and make sure there is a sensible spot 
for it on the new seek web site?  Most of it is internal project 
collaboration notes, so should not be too prominent on the seek site. 
Maybe it could go under "About SEEK|Teams", or maybe a specific project 
intranet area?  I'm open to suggestions. Will those wiki pages move 
easily (ie, do they use the same wiki syntax) or will they need to be 
converted somehow?

I think the site is close to being ready to be deployed.  We need some 
more content work, and will need to install it on 
seek.ecoinformatics.org (a linux box) so that the URL doesn't change. 
What are the requirements for the installation?  We currently have 
apache and tomcat running on that server -- need anything else?

We're going to want to create an EcoGrid portal for finding data from 
the EcoGrid.  I was hoping you could take the lead on developing the web 
UI for this, so you might consider how it would fit into the wiki 
framework (most of the UI will need to be generated from a servlet or 
something).  An evolving developer's interface, not at all intended for 
end-users, to EcoGrid is here for your reference 
(http://129.237.201.166:8080/axis/registry.jsp).  Looks like its down 
right now but Rod Spears can turn it back on for you.

Can you produce a brief summary of what remains to be done before we can 
deploy the site?  Once that stuff is done we should send explicitly ask 
for feedback from seek-web and then deploy it after addressing any 
concerns that arise.  Thanks.

Matt

Steve Tekell wrote:
> here's the new dev server
> http://lternet-227.lternet.edu:8080/seekwiki/
> 
> Please do any content development and review there.
> 
> I haven't got the server fully configured yet or setup Tomcat to run as a
> daemon service.  So I can't guarantee better uptime yet.  Also, LDAP
> security integration is turning into much more of task than originally
> thought, so continue to use the temporary accounts that I gave you and let
> me know if anyone else needs access.
> 
> 
> Steve

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Matt Jones                                     jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/    Fax: 425-920-2439    Ph: 907-789-0496
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
University of California Santa Barbara
Interested in ecological informatics? http://www.ecoinformatics.org
-------------------------------------------------------------------



More information about the Seek-web mailing list