HousingWiki

HousingWiki:About: Difference between revisions

Project page Discussion

HousingWiki:About (view source)

Revision as of 21:14, 17 September 2019

573 bytes removed ,  4 years ago
no edit summary
VisualWikitext
imported>Tmccormick
No edit summary
imported>Tmccormick
No edit summary
Line 4:
 
 
== '''Mission'''  ==
 
Build the most usable, complete, and open online resource for understanding housing and land-use issues, and for working to create more inclusive and affordable communities. 
Line 10:
''(informal):&nbsp;''the rebuttal, explainer, meme, & proposals factory.<br/> @YIMBYwiki, [https://twitter.com/YIMBYwiki/status/937077422716895232 2 Dec 2017].&nbsp;
 
YIMBYwiki‏&nbsp;@YIMBYwiki&nbsp;[https://twitter.com/YIMBYwiki/status/895261180243070976 5:31 AM - 9 Aug 2017]<br/> Replying to @TimLundSE26<br/> "yes, 'let the front lines build the strategies, we will systematize & internationalize.'&nbsp;is YIMBYwiki's imperial design."<br/> &nbsp;
 
== '''Sponsorship''' ==▼
&nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
 
▲== '''Sponsorship''' ==
 
YIMBYwiki was&nbsp;supported in 2017-18 by a grant from [http://betterboulder.com/ Better Boulder] and&nbsp;[http://www.baraonline.com/ Boulder Area Realtors Association]. We invite further financial support to continue and expand this project, please contact us at&nbsp;''editor&nbsp;(at) yimby.wiki''&nbsp;if you're interested.&nbsp;
Line 22 ⟶ 18:
&nbsp;
 
== '''Development Roadmap''' ==
 
'''[[Development_Roadmap|Development Roadmap]]''':<br/> to-do items and proposed or planned developments.
Line 28 ⟶ 24:
&nbsp;
 
== '''Background''' ==
 
This project grew out of&nbsp;a October 2016 discussion on the [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/yimbytown YIMBY Town] mailing list (US national YIMBY&nbsp;email list/forum):&nbsp;"[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/qUBbHOczybk The Opposition in Portland has Arrived]"&nbsp;(subsequently moved to&nbsp;"[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yimbytown/71H8zBXFnI0 YIMBY knowledgebase/wiki (was The Opposition in Portland..)].&nbsp;in October 2016.
Line 42 ⟶ 38:
&nbsp;
 
== '''Admin/editors: &nbsp;''' ==
 
Editor-in-chief / Admin:<br/> Tim McCormick, San Francisco / OaklandPortland. (on site:&nbsp;[[User:Admin|Admin]]&nbsp;/ [[User:Tmccormick|Tmccormick]] )<br/> Email: editor (at) yimby.wiki.&nbsp;
 
Contributing Editor:&nbsp;<br/> [[User:Eaymer|Elise Aymer]], Toronto.<br/> + You.&nbsp;
Line 50 ⟶ 46:
&nbsp;
 
== '''Editing/Creating pages''' ==
 
open to anyone, requires account with email confirmation.&nbsp;<br/> New content/edits go&nbsp;live immediately, though may be reviewed and changed by editors later. &nbsp;Change logs are reviewed regularly.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;
 
&nbsp;
 
=== Editing tips & tricks ===
Line 66 ⟶ 60:
&nbsp;
 
== '''Thanks for input & help from:&nbsp;''' ==
 
Laura Clark -&nbsp;Executive Director of [https://yimbyaction.org/ YIMBY Action]&nbsp;(member org of&nbsp;[http://www.sfyimby.org/ SFYIMBY]).&nbsp;<br/> Mike Schiraldi<br/> Jesse Kanson-Benanav -&nbsp;Chairman, [http://www.abettercambridge.org A Better Cambridge].<br/> Laura Loe Bernstein -&nbsp;Founder, YIMBY Seattle.&nbsp;<br/> Ken Hotard -&nbsp;SVP at Boulder Area Realtor Association.<br/> Zane A. Selvans - YIMBY Town,&nbsp;Better Boulder,&nbsp;Boulder Housing Coalition, etc.&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;
 
== '''Installation details''' ==
 
To see current complete installation details, see special page:&nbsp; [http://www.yimby.wiki/wiki/Special:Version [1]http://www.yimby.wiki/wiki/Special:Version].
 
Summary:&nbsp;
 
MediaWiki 1.26.31<br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WYSIWYG WYSIWYG extension] (WYSIWYG-CKeditor 1.27,&nbsp; CKEditor 4.5.9) for visual editor.&nbsp;<br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL ShortURL] url rewriting set up.&nbsp;<br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend MobileFrontend] extension to improve reading/editing on mobile&nbsp;<br/> &nbsp;&nbsp; (note, this means some pages like site Main page have an alternate mobile version, for example to show logo which would otherwise not appear on Main in mobile view;&nbsp;so changes to that page need to be edited in both the normal place and a second section below, enclosed in tags. See [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Extension_talk:MobileFrontend/Can_i_hide_some_content_from_the_desktop-view_and_show_it_ONLY_in_mobile_View? note on how].&nbsp;<br/> + [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:InputBox InputBox] extension to make it easier / more obvious how ot create a new page.&nbsp;<br/> + Duplicator<br/> + Nuke<br/> + EmbedVideo<br/> + GoogleDocTag<br/> + Google Analytics<br/> + Widgets (allows embedding tweets, etc)
 
&nbsp;
Line 82 ⟶ 76:
== Manual backup procedure ==
 
Note: this is, backup&nbsp;currently running automatically daily using a Crontab job on server, except for the part of transferring backup files back to a personal account for personal and Google Drive backup copy. But if you need to do it manually or reset up the Crontab job, below are the commands,&nbsp; shown prefaced by the shell prompt '%':&nbsp;
<pre>% ssh yimbywiki@yimby.wiki</pre>
 
Anonymous user
Retrieved from "https://housing.wiki/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/317"