OpenGuides-Dev May 2005

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[OpenGuides-Dev] OG performance
by Paul Makepeace 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Hi, I don't follow OG development but as host operator a few things are coming up. The machine's load is gradually climbing over time and some of that is OG. Despite a relatively low hit rate on OG it is consuming quite a bit of resource. If OG started taking off it would take the machine down. First up: index.cgi requires 0.35s to perform a `perl -c` syntax check. Any thoughts on putting OG on a mod_perl server? I have mod_perl running here of course and we'd need to coordinate some apache.conf stuff. Second: the supersearch.cgi gulps down CPU, often for seconds at a time. It is a frequent resident of `top` output. This isn't really acceptable. I'm going to request this feature be turned off unless an effective optimisation plan or some other way to reduce its impact here is constructed pretty soon. Sorry about this but it's encroaching on others. Third: I wonder if there's some way to instruct robots not to spider parts of your wiki. This ought to speak for itself: $ grep crawl /var/log/apache/london.openguides.org-access.log | grep 'action=edit' | wc -l 8242 $ Finally: I posted about a DoS and was wondering what the status of a solution was. http://openguides.org/mail/openguides-dev/2004-October/000542.html Cheers, Paul (any overbearing tone unintentional ;-) -- Paul Makepeace .............................. http://paulm.com/inchoate/ "If my elbow was straight, then I'll show oyu mine!" -- http://paulm.com/toys/surrealism/

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[OpenGuides-Dev] Open Tech 2005
by Rev Simon Rumble 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

This from last Friday's NTK. I'd be willing to do a very quick (15 mins?) lightning talk on Openguides, with quick demo of one of the sites (perhaps with a laptop copy as backup in case Net access is unavailable). Thoughts? >> OPEN TECH CFP << * Call for Participation - Please Redistribute Freely * The UK Unix User Group, NTK.net, and the organisers of NotCon '04 present: backstage.bbc.co.uk Open Tech 2005 Saturday July 23rd - The Reynolds Building, Hammersmith, London W6 8RP http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/ Sponsored by backstage.bbc.co.uk, Open Tech 2005 is an informal one-day conference about technologies that anyone can have a go at, from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday electronics hardware. So far, the line-up features: * Ted Nelson, inventor of hypertext, on where the web went wrong * The official launch of the backstage.bbc.co.uk developer network, opening up BBC content for you to play with * Plus: able to record an entire week of all Freeview TV and radio channels, probably the UK's largest (fridge-sized) PVR More speakers will be confirmed over the next few weeks - but, as the title implies, we're very much "Open" to suggestions. If you're reverse-engineering proprietary protocols, making useful information available in a way people couldn't get at before, pioneering unexpected methods of knowledge sharing - or (equally likely) doing something so cool we haven't even thought of it yet, then please get in touch via the submissions form at: http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/offer/ The deadline for submissions is midnight UK time Saturday June 25th, and we'll aim to notify everyone who's submitted a proposal by July 1st. We'll be trying to fit in as many talks (and lightning presentations) as possible, so the shorter you can make yours, the better. Alternatively, if you have an idea for a panel discussion, or a workshop, or anything else that's vaguely in keeping with the theme of the event, then we also can't wait to hear from you. And there'll most likely be some sort of internet access at the event, but offline demonstrations are strongly encouraged, as bandwidth may not be guaranteed. * Further information * You don't have to suggest a session to take part; you can stay informed about the event by subscribing to our low-traffic announcement-only mailing list - send a blank email to: notcon-subscribe(a)socialswirl.com (your address will only be used to contact you about the event and will not be passed onto third parties). - or you can email opentech(a)ukuug.org if you've any other questions. backstage.bbc.co.uk Open Tech 2005 Saturday July 23rd - The Reynolds Building, Hammersmith, London W6 8RP http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2005/ Final programme may be subject to alteration. Thanks for reading! -- Rev Simon Rumble <simon(a)rumble.net> www.rumble.net The Tourist Engineer Because nerds travel too. http://engineer.openguides.org/ "When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory, Just remember that there are two sides to every story." - Billy Bragg - It Says Here

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[OpenGuides-Dev] Stopping wikispam using spamassassin
by Clair 30 May '05

30 May '05

A couple of weeks back, when talking about wiki spam issues with a friend, it was asked why there seems to be such a lenient approach to wikispam within openguides, and why we're ignoring solutions that are already there. One such solution being Spamassassin. I've never used it before (I've never had a need, I don't get spam), but why can't we run every edit through a customised spamassassin build, and reject/pend for approval of the admins any edits that score higher than say, 5? I don't know how easy this would be, but it does seem to be an ideal solution that saves reinventing the wheel. Clair

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[OpenGuides-Dev] [Administrivia] List service restored
by Earle Martin 29 May '05

29 May '05

Apparently mailman managed to get itself in a pickle some time these last few days. Things should be back to normal now. -- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.oclc.org/net/earlemartin/

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[OpenGuides-Dev] NEW FEATURE: Category and Locale maps
by Earle Martin 29 May '05

29 May '05

I am pleased to announce that we have a new feature on the Open Guide to London: category and locale maps. In the navigation of every locale page and category page, you will now see a link to "Map of geocoded pages in this [locale/category]". This will take you to a Flash map showing all nodes in that locale that have a latitude and longitude in their metadata. My thanks to Mikel Maron for developing mapufacture.com, and the worldKit that powers it, which allows us to do this. -- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.oclc.org/net/earlemartin/

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[OpenGuides-Dev] Subversion repository open for business
by Dominic Hargreaves 26 May '05

26 May '05

Hello, The OpenGuides SVN repo is now available - sorry it took longer than I was expecting. The repo is https://urchin.earth.li/svn/openguides/ and information on how to get started (including how to avoid SSL warnings...) is on http://openguides.org/dev/?node=Subversion Happy hacking! -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)

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[OpenGuides-Dev] Fw: YAPC::EU::2005 Talk acceptance information
by IvorW 26 May '05

26 May '05

My talk on OpenGuides has been accepted for YAPC::EU ----- Original Message ----- From: "José Castro" <jac(a)natura.di.uminho.pt> To: <wi3i-fyyi(a)spamex.com> Cc: <yapc(a)perl-hackers.net> Sent: 25 May 2005 12:04 Subject: YAPC::EU::2005 Talk acceptance information > > Hi. > > The following talk you submitted has been ACCEPTED (but not schedulled > yet). > > > OpenGuides - coming to a city near you (20 minutes) > > > Congratulations :-) > > If you have submitted more talks, know that this email has nothing to > do with those. You will receive an email for each of your talks, > regardless of whether it is accepted or refused. If you don't hear > about one of your talks before June 19th, please send us an email. > > WE NOW AWAIT YOUR CONFIRMATION that you'll be giving this talk. > Likewise, if you cannot present the talk, please contact us right > away. Thank you. > > Also, if you have any special need regarding talk schedulling (such as > not being able to give a talk on the first day, or having to do it > precisely on day X) or any other issue (such as the need for audio > during the talk), please contact us. > > Please tell us as soon as possible whether you'll be doing your talk > or not. > > A couple of important notes: > > 1) There will be proceedings for the conference. You are not forced to > write anything, but we (and the atendees) would appreciate if you > could come up with something. If you feel you can write something, > please do it in POD (LaTeX and HTML will do, too) and send it to us > until the 30th June. > > 2) There will be a prize for the best paper in the proceedings. > > We can be reached at yapc(a)perl-hackers.net. > > The organizers. > > -- > Jose Alves de Castro <cog(a)cpan.org> > http://jose-castro.org/

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[OpenGuides-Dev] Re: NEW FEATURE: Category and Locale maps
by worldKit 25 May '05

25 May '05

This is fantastic! I am clicking all over and finding tons of geocoded nodes, nice. Integrating mapufacture into open guides (and vice versa) was on the order of hours work. Shows off how easy mapping is becoming. A couple non-critical suggestions: list the number of geocoded nodes in the map link, then it won't be surprising if no points appear. also, mapufacture accepts a "title" argument, which could be set to the locale or category name. If there's interest in integrating mapufacture with another openguides, or any other service, get in touch. Mikel --- Earle Martin <openguides(a)downlode.org> wrote: > I am pleased to announce that we have a new feature on the Open Guide > to > London: category and locale maps. > > In the navigation of every locale page and category page, you will > now > see a link to "Map of geocoded pages in this [locale/category]". This > will > take you to a Flash map showing all nodes in that locale that have a > latitude and longitude in their metadata. My thanks to Mikel Maron > for > developing mapufacture.com, and the worldKit that powers it, which > allows > us to do this. > > -- > Earle Martin > http://downlode.org/ > http://purl.oclc.org/net/earlemartin/ >

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[OpenGuides-Dev] simple OGL map service
by Jo Walsh 23 May '05

23 May '05

hello list, because i was aggregating the information anyway, i made a simple openguides map service for the London guide, i thought people might be interested in this, e.g.: http://map.wirelesslondon.info/map/openguides?zoom=3 There's no styling to speak of, & this service just plots all the geo:SpatialThings it knows about within the bounding box shown on the map. There is a simple CGI-drivable interface that lets you do a bit more, http://map.wirelesslondon.info/dev/map/ illustrates that. The hope is to start aggregating street data from (and contributing to) http://openstreetmap.org/ , that will enhance the base map layer... also to do a UK-wide one useful for consume.net usign a WMS, web map service for the data - again the grainy satellite pictures, but useful for something? and i will start tyring to aggregate spatial stuff from other OGs as well ;) Anyway, i'd like to work this map service into something useful for OG - the idea with the above URL is it can be displayed in an iframe a-la google maps. What kind of things would you want to plot at once? As now, you can just generate text files and post the URLs of them, i would also like to be able to do this with RSS feeds, that will be implemented soon if people want it... -jo

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[OpenGuides-Dev] database dump
by Daniel Smith 19 May '05

19 May '05

Are database dumps available? I currently spider for the RDF, but for the sake of your resources would prefer a more direct way to access it. Even a list of all RDF pages would be better. Daniel Smith

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