OpenEMR Project Web Site

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

This was posted by Rod on another thread(which I’m moving here for discussion):
“Brady, thanks!  I like openemr.sourceforge.net, I think no need to use open-emr.org.  Is that hand-coded HTML?”

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Rod,

I agree that the purist route to go would be with openemr.sourceforge.net rather than open-emr.org .

Practically, though, there are reliability and portability concerns. If the sourceforge site goes down for a prolonged period of time, then having open-emr.org will allow us to run the site from a backup location; if we use openemr.sourceforge.net, then we don’t have that option. Also, if we ever need to move the site in the future, open-emr.org would give us that option, which we wouldn’t have with openemr.sourceforge.net .

Plus, it looks like open-emr.org just forwards to the openemr.sourceforge.net page (meaning you actually see the openemr.sourceforge.net address in browser even if use open-emr.org).

For above reasons, recommend we keep/use open-emr.org . Any other thoughts?

-brady

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Rod,
Also, as an aside: Yes, the site is in hand-coded pure html/css.
-brady

sunsetsystems wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

OK I think SF has the option to host us with our own domain name, right?  Sounds like that is what you want.  I’m not very concerned about SF going down for an extended period, but am wondering which way might work better to build search engine rankings.  Otherwise no preference.

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

sunsetsystems wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Regarding the site’s foundation, I guess look over the SF list of content management systems they will host and try to pick one that is easy and effective.  But that can wait a bit unless someone has the time and energy to dig into it now.

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Hi.

Just to clarify, I think the current situation is working:
-openemr.sourceforge.net will go to the main home page
-open-emr.org is getting fowarded to openemr.sourceforge.net (note when this happens, the address at top always ends up being openemr.sourceforge.net, which I think is a good thing for now) I’m assuming you set up the open-emr.org DNS stuff per this page: https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Custom%20VHOSTs (note I’ve done step 3).

For search engines, not sure what is best. I think any method that starts getting links on the web will begin getting indexed.

I’m not sure what you mean by “site’s foundation”?

-brady

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Also to clarify,
I’m just talking about the Project Home page (not the entire sourceforge site)
-brady

sunsetsystems wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

No, just did a web redirect (using my registrar’s tool for that purpose) to openemr.sourceforge.net, which I presume is why you see it that way.  I’ll change it.

Foundation means the tools/framework/CMS/whatever used to build the site.

Cheers,

Rod
www.sunsetsystems.com

bradymiller wrote on Saturday, July 30, 2011:

Hi,
Regarding foundation/tools/framework/CMS, all that was used is a text editor. To keep everything open, I just posted the openemr website in a repo on github:
http://github.com/bradymiller/website-openemr
-brady

zhhealthcare wrote on Tuesday, August 02, 2011:

Who owns open-emr.org domain?

Shameem
oemr board member

bradymiller wrote on Tuesday, August 02, 2011:

Hi Shameem,

Rod owns open-emr.org, which is a not an issue. We had three options for the new website:
1. Use openemr.sourceforge.net - As I discussed above, using openemr.sourceforge.org as our primary web address opens us up to eeliability and portability concerns.
2. Use opensourceemr.com, which I own. However, I use this for the Official OpenEMR Demo farm and open-emr.org seems more appropriate.
3. Use open-emr.org, which Rod owns.

Note Rod owned the oemr.org domain for many years (which he has recently contributed to OEMR) and has demonstrated his commitment to this project’s community that entire time and has my implicit trust. The open-emr.org domain will only be used for the Official OpenEMR Project Website. If the community really has an issue with that domain name, then we could always use openemr.sourceforge.org instead (although then some reliability/portability risks).

Thanks,
-Brady

zhhealthcare wrote on Tuesday, August 02, 2011:

Brady I see several problems with that: what you are saying is that you trust one individual against a group.  And also that there is less of  a  demonstrated commitment by the said group.  I dont know about you, but I think this is taking away from the communal approach.  My recent experience has shown me that my golden idols have clay feet, and I dont trust individuals anymore.  I would rather trust a group. 

If you formed oemr to further the interest of OpenEMR then you should have that body own the domain. You should find a way to be part of that group and place procedures and policies in place to administer these sites domains and issues.  What I see here is a hijacking of openemr from a group to two individuals. Such power corrupts. 

I urge you and Rod to work with oemr as a group and deliberate and do things democratically.  Be part of it and dictate policies there. Brady, I have a great deal of respect for you.  Please, for heavens sake, see reason and let’s move forward together.  This helps no one.

Shameem
oemr board member
www.zhservces.com

bradymiller wrote on Tuesday, August 02, 2011:

Hi Shameem,

Regarding your initial question of who owned open-emr.org, please note in my answer that I detailed option 1, which is to use openemr.sourceforge.net if the community is worried about a individual owning the domain name.

For your other off point remarks, these have been addressed in the following thread:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openemr/forums/forum/202506/topic/4011231

-Brady