Big changes to the 3 layouts (KOSS documentation, website and Blog)

[OrkoHunter]

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The current website structure needs change. We are not using HTML templating and thus it is hard to update. Here is an email I wrote long time ago

1. Gruesome task of updating kossiitkgp.in, a statically hosted website.
The website receives a lot of traction, and it is expected from us to update it regularly with upcoming events, documenting previous events, documenting about our current executives and former members, and many many things. The repository is not frequently updated (except for bot pushing our contribution charts). Even if I want to add a new page for our recent most event or add it into the page of events, I can not dare to it, considering my most of time will be spent on finding the appropriate div elements and copying template HTML file to create a new one.

So, we need to design HTML templating structure for all the three (one single/similar layout):

• KOSS Documentation (docs.kossiitkgp.org or kossiitkgp.org/docs)
• Blog (blog.kossiitkgp.org)
• The new website (kossiitkgp.org)

We can use the previous design for the website, but the code needs to be updated.

[djbarnwal]

The website's code is a mess. Our batch worked on it as it was a team activity assigned to us. But as a result of too many contributors, the codebase turned out pretty ugly. I suggest we use a simple custom template. This would help us in -

1. Having a readable code base
2. Way less effort to set things up and moving.

We can pick up something from https://onepagelove.com/templates/free-templates or similar websites

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 6:28 PM Himanshu Mishra [email protected] wrote:

The current website structure needs change. We are not using HTML templating and thus it is hard to update. Here is an email I wrote long time ago https://groups.google.com/d/msg/kossiitkgp/IhajjJPnmYk/bvZwBihqAAAJ

1. Gruesome task of updating kossiitkgp.in, a statically hosted website. The website receives a lot of traction, and it is expected from us to update it regularly with upcoming events, documenting previous events, documenting about our current executives and former members, and many many things. The repository is not frequently updated (except for bot pushing our contribution charts). Even if I want to add a new page for our recent most event or add it into the page of events, I can not dare to it, considering my most of time will be spent on finding the appropriate div elements and copying template HTML file to create a new one.

So, we need to design HTML templating structure for all the three (one single/similar layout):

• KOSS Documentation (docs.kossiitkgp.org or kossiitkgp.org/docs)
• Blog (blog.kossiitkgp.org)
• The new website (kossiitkgp.org)

We can use the previous design for the website, but the code needs to be updated.

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[yashrsharma44]

Why don't we use jekyll templates for hosting static pages? It is easy to add and change the content, instead of using html templates. Ping @OrkoHunter

[OrkoHunter]

@yashrsharma44 We need to use templates, yes. The current website was developed way in the past (when we didn't know how to create websites) :D

We can use any static site generator, which suits our purpose. People are rooting for hugo (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/kossiitkgp/hugo%7Csort:date/kossiitkgp/bDo_O2RApiM/s9IU5Zm4DgAJ)