Re: [ML] Re: Hosting of gnustep.org

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

> Am 19.01.2021 um 00:36 schrieb Ivan Vučica <ivan@vucica.net>:
> 
> Some options:
> 
> - Should we turn the index into a set of static pages generated from
> MySQL data, which we then check in?
> - If we turn each entry into a single .md file, we can perhaps
> leverage https://github.com/allejo/jekyll-toc

Hm.

The page is highly interactive (searching/filtering/jumping) and accepts
proposing updates. It is even counting access and building a TOP10 list.

How should that work with static content?

> - We could have a tiny nginx host which does nothing but route
> requests to serving backends based on the path:
>  - either proxy the request to gnustep.github.io,
>  - or proxy it to a host with the software index (or even return a
> 301 to something like index.gnustep.org)

Keep it simple...

Why not just redirect the entry point www.gnustep.org/index.html to
the new page and leave the remainder like the softwareindex on the
existing infrastructure (apache, php, mysql)?

This should suffice

www.gnustep.org/index.html;

<meta http-equiv = "refresh" content = "0 ; url = 
https://gnustep.github.io/index.html"/>


> 
> I can play with moving things around over some weekend, if I get
> sufficient access to current host.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 6:03 PM H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> I just recognized that making gnustep.org point somewhere else will break
>> 
>> http://www.gnustep.org/softwareindex/
>> 
>> unless this is moved as well.
>> It is long ago that someone did set this up and it still works...
>> 
>> The Software Index needs php, a httpd and a mysql database to be hosted 
>> somewhere. I am not sure if gnustep.github.io can provide this.
>> 
>> BR,
>> Nikolaus
>> 
>>> Am 18.01.2021 um 18:26 schrieb Patryk Laurent <plaurent@me.com>:
>>> 
>>> Hi Greg,
>>> 
>>> Could we make a plan to implement pointing the domain to the Gitub-hosted 
>>> site and/or delegate someone to do it?
>>> 
>>> Aside from the navigation menu improvements already committed on the GitHub 
>>> version of the site, we could also incorporate or link to sites to increase 
>>> visibility e.g., https://teespring.com/stores/gnustep
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Patryk
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 18, 2019, at 13:01, Ivan Vučica <ivan@vucica.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:17 PM Manuel Guesdon <ml@sbuilders.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> - make a CNAME www.gnustep.org => gnustep.github.io (but server hosting
>>>>>  gnustep.github.io should accept requests for www.gnustep.org)
>>>> 
>>>> This merely requires creating a file named 'CNAME' in the github repo
>>>> for gnustep.github.io (i.e.
>>>> https://github.com/gnustep/gnustep.github.io).
>>>> 
>>>> See 
>>>> https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site
>>>> 
>>>>> I can't make a CNAME gnustep.org => gnustep.github.io (due to the way DNS
>>>>> works) but I can make a 301 redirect http://gnustep.org
>>>>> => http://www.gnustep.org
>>>> 
>>>> Looks like Github documents the exact IPs that can be used:
>>>> https://help.github.com/en/github/working-with-github-pages/managing-a-custom-domain-for-your-github-pages-site#configuring-an-apex-domain
>>>> 
>>>> Then again, 301 + CNAME for www are probably more maintainable.
>> 
>>