Notice: The WebPlatform project, supported by various stewards between 2012 and 2015, has been discontinued. This site is now available on github.

Initial infrastructure

Note: This page describes the initial plan for webplatform.org, most content is deprecated

Work Items

Priority Owner Task Status Time Estimate Depends On Must Finish By
1 Ryan New URL structure complete 2-5 hours DNS changes Sep 28
1 Ryan Fastly integration complete 1 hour New URL structure Sep 28
2 Ryan Review code (extensions and SemMediaWiki) in progress 1-2 hours None Sep 28
2 Ryan Move to DB service 1-2 hours None Sep 28
1 Ryan Backups/Restore instructions in progress 2-5 hours None Sep 28
1 Ryan Move to Block Service for gluster and backups complete 1-2 hours None Sep 28
1 Ryan Staging Server complete 4-5 hours New URL structure Sep 28
1 Ryan Improve deploy system complete 1 hour None Sep 28
1 Ryan Fix deployment code to output results open 1-2 hours None Sep 28
2 Ryan Move to object storage for media uploads 4-5 hours Need to ask Wikimedia about how it works Sep 28
1 Ryan Launch add'l app server instances complete 1-2 hours (took 4 hours) None Sep 28
1 Ryan Add ganglia monitoring complete 1-2 hours None Oct 1
1 Ryan Add nagios monitoring complete 2-4 hours None ?
1 Ryan Add database replication complete 1-2 hours None Oct 3
1 Contractors Import script (MSDN to Semantic MediaWiki) in progress Sep 28
1 Contractors Comments extension (HW) in progress, 90% complete 10 days partly on Skinning Sep 28
1 Contractors Site metrics (HW) done 2 days Improve deploy system (?) Sep 28
1 Contractors Integration with other software (Single Sign-On): Wordpress (HW) in progress 2 days
  • Installation of Wordpress
  • Launch add'l app server instances
 Sep 28
1 Contractors Integration with other software (Single Sign-On): Questions2Answers (HW) in progress 3 days
  • Installation of Questions2Answers
  • Launch add'l app server instances
 Sep 28
1 Contractors Search extension (page titles, categories) (HW) odone 3 days partly on Skinning Sep 28
3 Contractors Translation extension (HW) postponed 8 days partly on Skinning Sep 28
1 Contractors Breadcrumbs extension (HW?) work in progress Sep 28
1 Contractors Skinning (HW?) work in progress Sep 28
3 Contractors file upload and storage postponed Sep 28

WikiWorks SOW

Phase 1

  • Bring up an initial version of MediaWiki on our hosting service that makes best available use of the resources available
  • Lock down the initial version of the site so only whitelisted users can access before it launches
  • Set up an account system that has normal users and administrators
  • Set up webplatform.org to point to the wiki
  • Get the MediaWiki configured to work with the CDN (e.g. Fastly), including sending site availability notices to team members
  • Set up the ~10 Semantic MediaWiki forms for different types of article content (e.g. CSS Reference, Tutorial, User page, etc.)

Phase 2

  • Implement a theme design in MediaWiki based on provided designs, and iterate on the implementation and design in response to feedback from the committee.
  • Import ~3,000 documents from their existing, disparate sources into as consistent a format as reasonably possible
  • Teach the committee members how to create their own Semantic MediaWiki forms
  • Advise on best practices for running and configuring a wiki running on Semantic MediaWiki
  • Ensure that only administrators can create costly Semantic MediaWiki queries
  • Various other required minor tasks leading up to the launch that may arise

Scraps

  • Fast.ly CDN
  • Forums (Q2A)
  • Internationalization
  • IRC channel #webplatform
  • Email feedback account set up
  • Federated Login feature
  • Comments
  • Accessibility
  • Blog
  • Deployment script for site
  • Issue tracker (bugs)
  • Language switching
  • Logging bot (IRC)
  • Metrics and tracking
  • Single sign in (SSO)
  • System backup of site
  • Sandbox (live viewer)
  • Required email address for accounts
  • Twitter account @webplatform
  • Web client (IRC)
  • Wiki Setup