[Nfbmo] NFBMO.org Update

Bryan Schulz b.schulz at sbcglobal.net
Mon Dec 9 01:37:50 UTC 2013


hi,

thanks, hope it will be as smooth as it sounds.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
To: "'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'" <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] NFBMO.org Update


> Good answers, my friend. Thank you.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Horchem Gary
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2013 2:18 PM
> To: Horchem Gary; nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] NFBMO.org Update
>
> Question: how about explaining what drupal is?
>
> Answer: Drupal is a Web Content Management System
>
> Question: what it can do? it allows one to update their website with 
> little
> or no knowalge of web scripting lanuges
>
> Question: why we have waited 3+ years for it?
>
> Answer: The person we hired to build the website and to convert the site 
> to
> Wordpress didn't follow through
>
> Question: how do updates occur if ftp transfer is not allowed?
>
> Answer: in Drupal you use their interface to post content and upload files
> each file may be no more than 8 MB in size if your file is larger than 
> this
> you may email to the webmaster for review and uploading and for security
> reasons the president has said no one other the webmaster or him will have
> access via FTP
>
> Question: why are we forced to go backwards and not use php to process 
> form
> data and create interactive content?
>
> Answer: Drupal has modules for this purpose also after the first website 
> was
> done in PHP user complained about how slow it was due to all the php 
> scripts
> running
>
> In a nutshell folks security will be much tighter than before if you need 
> a
> module install you tell me what it is I will go see if it's compatible 
> with
> this verison of Drupal and install it and give you access to it I control
> the look and feel of the website this includes the CSS.
>
>
>>>> Gary Horchem 12/07/13 12:15 AM >>>
> Greetings folks we are just about ready to let people who want to update
> their chapter/division websites do this. Please observe the following
> guidelines:
>
> 1. only ONE person per chapter/division will have access to that
> chapter/division's website it is helpful to have basic html skills but not
> required 2. there will be no sharing of usernames for example if the 
> person
> from Columbia is also in charge of the student division website they must
> log out of the Columbia website and then log in the student division to
> update the student division website.
> 3. for security reasons the use of PHP scripts and visual basic scripts is
> prohibited.
> 4. the max file size you may upload through Drupal is 8 megabytes. If you
> need to upload files larger this you may e-mail them to the webmaster for
> uploading 5. under NO circumstances will you get FTP access 6. logging has
> been enabled on the website we know when you have logged in, logged out 
> and
> what part of the website you have updated.
> 7. the webmaster has complete control of NFBMO.org and can remove any
> content deemed inappropriate on the website
>
> more will be decrees at the January board meeting have a good evening
>
> Gary Horchem
> NFBMO Webmaster
>
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