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

[Samantha Romanello]

Hi Matt

I have been working with steve on the content and I think we are both in 
need of some direction and assistance in certain areas: specifically: 
tools and data (specifically what tools we would like to highlight and 
some question like is Mysql appropriate to suggest for database 
solutions) and the opportunities section (specifically we would like 
individuals to provide additional information about: upcoming 
conferences, grants, jobs that could be placed on the site; a list of 
their publications relevant to SEEK and even current copies of 
presentations (like those from the e-science meeting) that could be 
added to the site.  I was thinking that for the opportunities and 
document sections (i.e., information that we may not be privy to) we can 
email team members asking for this information and have them edit a 
private wiki themselves and then we (steve or I) can edit and release to 
the live site (this may be premature as we don't have live site) but am 
not sure if this approach is something that you (pl) were thinking of?  
Not quite sure about how to go about the tools.

Once we get some of the look and feel issues agreed upon I would like to 
create a template for power point presentations to create a consistent 
unified "image" for outreach and education purposes.  Also in terms of 
education....Dan Higgins mentioned that down loadable applets (I am 
assuming non-editable) could be created to highlight some of the kepler 
products seek dev have created --  and I think those would be great 
additions to the site. 

Thanks for the comments and I apologize in advance if you receive this 
message twice...
Have a great day
samantha



Matt Jones wrote:

> 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
>
>


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