**Where?**
~~Likely a static site on GitHub~~
@Volker_E and @Slaporte were debating the pros and cons of moving over to a static site generator backed solution and Volker advises to go with an update of WordPress (plugins and development of a modern best-practices following new theme) instead as migration costs seems to outweigh advantages of static site generator.
**What type of content?**
(copying from Slaporte's comments)
There a few users that we should consider for the blog:
* People who love photography/monuments - We should showcase all the great photos from previous years. This is probably the biggest potential audience for the blog, and people we should consider converting into participants and/or coordinators.
* Competition participants - How do you submit your photo for Wiki Loves Monuments?
* Competition coordinators - How do you start and run Wiki Loves Monuments in your country?
[x] decide where the blog should go: we may want to test a static site like GitHub.
[x] decide what type of content to surface.
[ ] decide what visual assets to create to make it useful for local organizers (if they decide to replicate)
[x] find a volunteer web developer to make it happen: Slaporte has volunteered if someone provides the design (assets)
[x] find an illustrator/designer for design assets. > This can be put on resolved for the blog upgrade, for further assets building on top of @Pginer-WMF's excellent work, it should be fresh calls
[x] backend, hosting, ... >> Similar to above, maintenance and transfer costs both speak for an overhaul of WordPress for now (< @Volker_E's estimation), which also implies, hosting can continue as is.
**Priorities**
***MVP***
[] Replicating the basic page types of the existing site
[] front page
[] blog post page (with banner and support for images)
[] content page with lead banner
[] Responsive support for desktop, tablet, and mobile T172068
[x] HTTPS only T177179
***Minimal +***
[] Features:
[x] Keep the "subscribe to blog via email"
[] Twitter stream; this stopped working on the current site. T212103
[] User comment widgets (that still needs definition, also who is able to register, and no unregistered comments, correct?!)
[] Photo gallery
[] Review performance, no regressions
Current performance audit (Google's Lighthouse):
- Homepage 73
- https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/the-winners-of-2017/ : 23
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F24915902
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/F24915928