Help posting a copy of our survey on our web site

[selleck]

Hi everyone,

Today we released our survey to the three main Providence mayoral candidates. It was sent via e-mail and also regular mail. I would now like to tweet it out, especially since there is a firestorm in the twittersphere about open government due to the release of the election poll at 5pm.

I don't want to tweet out a link to our actual survey, because then we'll get all of these dummy responses. But I would like a web representation of the survey. Here is a link to the Word version of the survey (including the intro letter and following FAQ):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9q_Dz6FByMLcnhCX3R2eU1DNmM/edit?usp=sharing

Can someone get a nice looking web representation of this on our site? Then we can tweet it out like crazy.

Long story short: No.

The existing site is severely limited in what it can do. I have a Wordpress
site in development, but we haven't changed the DNS settings to point to
that server.

Would you want to post it on RI Future? I could do that.

John Speck
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM, selleck notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi everyone,

Today we released our survey to the three main Providence mayoral
candidates. It was sent via e-mail and also regular mail. I would now like
to tweet it out, especially since there is a firestorm in the twittersphere
about open government due to the release of the election poll at 5pm.

I don't want to tweet out a link to our actual survey, because then we'll
get all of these dummy responses. But I would like a web representation of
the survey. Here is a link to the Word version of the survey (including the
intro letter and following FAQ):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9q_Dz6FByMLcnhCX3R2eU1DNmM/edit?usp=sharing

Can someone get a nice looking web representation of this on our site?
Then we can tweet it out like crazy.

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[selleck]

Thanks for the prompt response, John.

I'd love a writeup on RI Future once this is up and tweeted out.

Danny put the form up on our Github account with its own little page, so
maybe I can ask him if he can do something similar for the entire document,
and just removing the entry fields. I'll reach out to him directly if he
isn't getting this.

Otherwise, I personally don't mind linking directly to the Word Doc link
that I provided below, but it won't appear as refined.

Thanks again and I'll circle up when more details are available.

Shawn

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 8:49 PM, Frymaster Speck notifications@github.com
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Long story short: No.

The existing site is severely limited in what it can do. I have a
Wordpress
site in development, but we haven't changed the DNS settings to point to
that server.

Would you want to post it on RI Future? I could do that.

John Speck
401-369-2864 NEW

On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:40 PM, selleck notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hi everyone,

Today we released our survey to the three main Providence mayoral
candidates. It was sent via e-mail and also regular mail. I would now
like
to tweet it out, especially since there is a firestorm in the
twittersphere
about open government due to the release of the election poll at 5pm.

I don't want to tweet out a link to our actual survey, because then
we'll
get all of these dummy responses. But I would like a web representation
of
the survey. Here is a link to the Word version of the survey (including
the
intro letter and following FAQ):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9q_Dz6FByMLcnhCX3R2eU1DNmM/edit?usp=sharing

Can someone get a nice looking web representation of this on our site?
Then we can tweet it out like crazy.

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[nelsonri72]

@dannychapman

[jamesrhaley]

Hi everybody and John Speck

I would love to help with a plan. If a discussion has taken place on what
I am asking I apologize for not paying enough attention. Is the goal to
have this word press site be the home for Code Island projects or are
members suppose to host there work themselves. If the goal is the first
one what can I do if anything to help?

With all of the different projects we have planned I feel we would have an
easier time designing our outcomes if we built them off of the foundation
that the word press site will have established. For instance the word
press site already has css and javascript that our independent work might
clash with.

I will help with anything. The questions I have is where is this site
going to be hosted and who are going to be the "web masters" for it?

Cheers,
James Haley

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[joealba]

GitHub Pages instead of Wordpress, pretty please

[jamesrhaley]

Hi Joe,

Thank you for your response. That sounds like a good idea. Could you
possible share an example of what you are leaning toward. It doesn't have
to be a Code for America. It can be anything.

James

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GitHub Pages instead of Wordpress, pretty please

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All,

For clarity, the WP site is to be the brigade's public-facing,
general-purpose resource. You know...a website! I agree with Joe that
projects should stay in GitHub.

Right now, the site is on my personal/consulting web hosting account. I
believe that the longterm plan is that the state will provide us with
hosting. The current version is in a sub-folder of my personal/non-existent
website. You can see it here: http://spekah.com/CodeIsland

In the short term, it will be in a root-level folder. The hang up at the
moment is that we need to change the domain's DNS settings to point to this
server.

Also, I am now the brigade's official "storyteller," which is a required
position from CfA mothership for all brigades. Thus, I am responsible for
all the content on the WP site. That said, I am more than happy to have
other, more knowledgable people work on the backend and the CSS.

I hope that helps clear up any confusion. Questions, concerns, suggestions?

John Speck
401-369-2864 NEW

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, jamesrhaley notifications@github.com
wrote:

Hi everybody and John Speck

I would love to help with a plan. If a discussion has taken place on what
I am asking I apologize for not paying enough attention. Is the goal to
have this word press site be the home for Code Island projects or are
members suppose to host there work themselves. If the goal is the first
one what can I do if anything to help?

With all of the different projects we have planned I feel we would have an
easier time designing our outcomes if we built them off of the foundation
that the word press site will have established. For instance the word
press site already has css and javascript that our independent work might
clash with.

I will help with anything. The questions I have is where is this site
going to be hosted and who are going to be the "web masters" for it?

Cheers,
James Haley

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@dannychapman https://github.com/dannychapman

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[theryankelly]

I have a lot of input I need to share with the group on the topic. I am still at the CfA summit.  Expect an email/git issue with more info in comming days.

Quickly there are a few topics in this thread.  Home page and project pages. As we design a home we need to think about integrating current and future projects. I will lay out some goals and then we will work to make some awesome stuff.

We also have hosting now more on that later.

Ryan

I just sent out the tweet about the questionnaire. (Please RT!!!) Will post
to FB too. (Please Like and Share!!!)

Exclamation points!!!

John Speck
401-369-2864 NEW

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kelly notifications@github.com
wrote:

I have a lot of input I need to share with the group on the topic. I am
still at the CfA summit. Expect an email/git issue with more info in
comming days.
Quickly there are a few topics in this thread. Home page and project
pages. As we design a home we need to think about integrating current and
future projects. I will lay out some goals and then we will work to make
some awesome stuff.
We also have hosting now more on that later.
Ryan
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Frymaster Speck <
notifications@github.com> wrote:All,

For clarity, the WP site is to be the brigade's public-facing,

general-purpose resource. You know...a website! I agree with Joe that

projects should stay in GitHub.

Right now, the site is on my personal/consulting web hosting account. I

believe that the longterm plan is that the state will provide us with

hosting. The current version is in a sub-folder of my
personal/non-existent

website. You can see it here: http://spekah.com/CodeIsland

In the short term, it will be in a root-level folder. The hang up at the

moment is that we need to change the domain's DNS settings to point to
this

server.

Also, I am now the brigade's official "storyteller," which is a required

position from CfA mothership for all brigades. Thus, I am responsible for

all the content on the WP site. That said, I am more than happy to have

other, more knowledgable people work on the backend and the CSS.

I hope that helps clear up any confusion. Questions, concerns,
suggestions?

John Speck

401-369-2864 NEW

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, jamesrhaley notifications@github.com

wrote:

Hi everybody and John Speck

I would love to help with a plan. If a discussion has taken place on
what

I am asking I apologize for not paying enough attention. Is the goal to

have this word press site be the home for Code Island projects or are

members suppose to host there work themselves. If the goal is the first

one what can I do if anything to help?

With all of the different projects we have planned I feel we would have
an

easier time designing our outcomes if we built them off of the
foundation

that the word press site will have established. For instance the word

press site already has css and javascript that our independent work
might

clash with.

I will help with anything. The questions I have is where is this site

going to be hosted and who are going to be the "web masters" for it?

Cheers,

James Haley

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[jamesrhaley]

Thank you for the clarification John

James

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Frymaster Speck notifications@github.com
wrote:

I just sent out the tweet about the questionnaire. (Please RT!!!) Will
post
to FB too. (Please Like and Share!!!)

Exclamation points!!!

John Speck
401-369-2864 NEW

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Ryan Kelly notifications@github.com
wrote:

I have a lot of input I need to share with the group on the topic. I am
still at the CfA summit. Expect an email/git issue with more info in
comming days.
Quickly there are a few topics in this thread. Home page and project
pages. As we design a home we need to think about integrating current
and
future projects. I will lay out some goals and then we will work to make
some awesome stuff.
We also have hosting now more on that later.
Ryan
Sent using CloudMagic
On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Frymaster Speck <
notifications@github.com> wrote:All,

For clarity, the WP site is to be the brigade's public-facing,

general-purpose resource. You know...a website! I agree with Joe that

projects should stay in GitHub.

Right now, the site is on my personal/consulting web hosting account. I

believe that the longterm plan is that the state will provide us with

hosting. The current version is in a sub-folder of my
personal/non-existent

website. You can see it here: http://spekah.com/CodeIsland

In the short term, it will be in a root-level folder. The hang up at the

moment is that we need to change the domain's DNS settings to point to
this

server.

Also, I am now the brigade's official "storyteller," which is a required

position from CfA mothership for all brigades. Thus, I am responsible
for

all the content on the WP site. That said, I am more than happy to have

other, more knowledgable people work on the backend and the CSS.

I hope that helps clear up any confusion. Questions, concerns,
suggestions?

John Speck

401-369-2864 NEW

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 12:35 PM, jamesrhaley notifications@github.com

wrote:

Hi everybody and John Speck

I would love to help with a plan. If a discussion has taken place on
what

I am asking I apologize for not paying enough attention. Is the goal
to

have this word press site be the home for Code Island projects or are

members suppose to host there work themselves. If the goal is the
first

one what can I do if anything to help?

With all of the different projects we have planned I feel we would
have
an

easier time designing our outcomes if we built them off of the
foundation

that the word press site will have established. For instance the word

press site already has css and javascript that our independent work
might

clash with.

I will help with anything. The questions I have is where is this site

going to be hosted and who are going to be the "web masters" for it?

Cheers,

James Haley

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