Re: Wordpress for Cohousing & Other Community Websites
From: karen.sheldon [at] gmail.com (karen.sheldongmail.com)
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 16:06:28 -0700 (PDT)
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Sharon Villines <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com> wrote:

>
>I started using Wordpress two years ago and have transitioned my community's 
>websites, public and private. I'm the only person in my community who knows 
>WordPress although there are several people with enough website and 
>programming experience to learn it quickly. 
>
>The community as a whole would feel much better about using WordPress if they 
>knew there were other cohousing webmasters who could help them manage the site 
>in an emergency — like if I walk in front of a truck (sort of possible) or go 
>catatonic (totally possible). We have a guest room calendar designed in 3-4 
>different languages by a resident who left years ago and we just pray that it 
>doesn't break. It's uglier than sin and has misspelled words but we don't dare 
>touch the files. We still "researve" rooms.
>
>So I set up a YahooGroup for webmasters in cohousing and other residential 
>communities using Wordpress and other open source programs — I know some use 
>Drupal. I thought a support group would benefit everyone both learning the 
>programs and hearing new ideas. 
>
>I'm sort of beginning to learn Drupal because the TimeBank USA's tracking 
>program, Community Weaver, is now on Drupal and available for hosting on your 
>own website. I'm thinking again of trying to use it for workshare.
>
>To subscribe to the Wordpress list, send a blank message to:
>
>coho-wordpress-subscribe [at] yahoogroups.com
>
>Sharon
>----
>Sharon Villines
>Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
>http://www.takomavillage.org
>
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