[JoPP-Public] JoPP website: some thoughts

Thu Jun 28 15:34:15 CEST 2018

Hello Massimo, all,

Thanks for this update, Massimo - really useful to get some historical
context on these issues.

A very quick question about the PDF point - if I was able to produce .pdf
documents for each of the articles in the forthcoming Issue 12, what would
you suggest as an (easy, standardised) method for displaying a PDF link to
each of these files on the main (ie non editsuite) Wordpress site?

I would also be a big proponent of using Zenodo to create DOIs - not sure
how I can help with it, but willing to if useful - again, this would be a
massive help for Issue 12 when it is published next week.

Let me know if I can do anything to help get these - and the other -
processes rolling?

- Kat

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Menichinelli Massimo <
massimo.menichinelli at aalto.fi> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> here are some updates about the JoPP website. One year ago I had a call
> with Peter Troxler and we discussed several things regarding the website,
> apologies for the long delay.
>
> Here’s a recap about the call and the main issues:
>
> In order to avoid any hacking to the website, the back-end (WP) was
> separated from the public front-end (static html exported from WP); this
> however disables several functionalities, like the search bar and the pdf
> generation. This is done in order to avoid that any visitor can interact
> with the php code (so they cannot hack it)… but then they cannot use any
> php function at all (like pdf export).
>
> Furthermore, it wouldn’t be savy to share the codebase, the configuration
> or part of them publicly over GitHub or in a similar repository, because we
> would make it even easier to hack it.
> Remember that the link to the WP part can be found in the archives of this
> mailing list… so it’s still possible to find a way to it. It is important
> that at least we keep WP and the plugins always updated.
>
> So, regarding the pdf generation: this of course can be solved in several
> ways, so for example pdf files can be generated manually and uploaded
> online, there’s no need for an automatic generation unless the articles
> changes through time. I’d say: let’s keep it simple. Printing and then
> saving the articles as pdf files is already a good way, the print css file
> is well done. See for example my article:
> https://www.academia.edu/33379609/Makers_as_a_new_work_condition_between_self-employment_and_community_peer-production._Insights_from_a_survey_on_Makers_in_Italy
>
> Pdf files would be also needed for getting a DOI on Zenodo, this is simple
> & free to do. Zenodo is also free software (GPL), but there's no need to
> install it on our server, we can use the main service at CERN. On Zenodo a
> DOI can also be obtained for datasets and software. This will also make it
> possible to link each article to the EU projects (and mayne not only EU)
> that funded it. See for example how I organized the output of the MAKE-IT
> Horizon 2020 project:
> https://zenodo.org/communities/make-it/?page=1&size=20
>
> The key question is whether to continue with WP as the back-end, or to
> move to a completely static site (here GitHub could be adopted) or to use
> another back-end, maybe one that is specific for journals. If I remember
> well we thought about keeping the current system for the moment, trying to
> improve it as much as possible.
>
> One major upgrade would be to move to a responsive theme, right now the
> website is not responsive and reading it on a mobile is way too difficult
> (we could argue if reading on a mobile is relevant for an online journal,
> in any case now most of online users are with mobile devices, but having a
> responsive theme would just make it easier for any device). The key issue
> here is, if we move to a responsive theme, to minimise the work on its
> design by adopting existing themes and with little customization (my
> suggestion: use a Bootstrap-based theme), work on a completely new theme
> would be too much in terms of time.
>
> Br,
>
> Massimo
>
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