[wp-hackers] GSOC 2011 Proposal

[Piyush Mishra]

Gaurav its a good idea, specially in India but may be not one for GSoC. on
the other hand the same idea under a different name and may be some more
thinking will give you a good proposal idea
In this case,
Think more on the lines of adding few capabilities to WordPress such that it
can be used, as is, like a complete CMS. {obviously then you can use it for
a univ website too, with may be a plugin or two}
WordPress can be used as a complete CMS but its not something its configured
for by default (Don't torch me for writing this, please!)


On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal
<gaurav91.2008 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I am a member of Web Team of my University http://dce.edu and personally
> we
> use our custom cms on a dedicated (self hosted server)
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Barry Carlyon <barry at barrycarlyon.co.uk
> >wrote:
>
> > I don't.
> >
> > Its a great idea, but University's usually have their own IT department
> > which usually under their remit have the website.
> > And most universities provide website space to their departments since
> many
> > different departments require a different setup to others.
> >
> > For example the web/computing department would want LAMP's and generally
> > everything else ends up on IIS powered gear.
> >
> > I speak from knowing bits and pieces about how the University of Leeds
> > website infrastructure is setup.
> >
> > WordPress doesn't have the power and flexibility or security needed to
> > manage a whole university.
> >
> > Something for a specific department that doesn't want to use the
> university
> > provided space or cms yes tho.
> >
> > --------------------------------
> >
> > Barry Carlyon
> > Freelance Web Developer
> > Freelance Lighting/AV Engineer
> >
> > http://barrycarlyon.co.uk
> >
> > mobile: 07729 048 443
> > skype: barrycarlyon
> > email: barry at barrycarlyon.co.uk
> > msn: barry at barrycarlyon.co.uk
> >
> > On 13 Mar 2011, at 18:26, djds4rce prabhu wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > > This is what I propose to do in GSoC 2011: A plugin to build and manage
> > > University websites.
> > > University websites are now powered by CMS’s. Building and maintaining
> a
> > > full fledged University
> > > website is a pain. I am saying this with some experience in doing so. A
> > > WordPress plugin for creating a university site will make WordPress the
> > best
> > > choice for such websites.
> > > The plugin would provide the following features :
> > > - Pages for various departments(also student organizations, research
> > groups
> > > et al)
> > > - Easy way for adding Staff
> > > - Staff pages added as child to pages
> > > - Providing news separately for each department
> > > - Easy result publications
> > > - Permission and workflows
> > > -Events calender
> > >
> > > Does any one think this is a good proposal for the project?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Dayanand Prabhu
> > >
> > > http://reversepolarity.in
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> regards,
>
> Gaurav Aggarwal
> IIIrd year student
> Computers Engineering
> Delhi College of Engineering
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