Website Management

[rachitnigam]

These notes are for building the minimal set of features a PL website will need. While feature requests are fine, if the feature is not critical, we can build it after the first website is deployed.

Administration and Management

• Website will be hosted at https://pl.cs.cornell.edu.
  • Possible choices are the cornell domain PL page or a new domain
  • New Domain: Somewhat better discovery and easy to remember URL would be nice.
• A czar will be appointed to manage the webpage. For the first 3+ years, Rachit commits to maintaining the website. Ideally different members of the PL group with rotate for the czar position, but this is a contingency.
• The source code will be kept in the PL GitHub group. Member of the group will have write access to it.
• The website builds will be stored in the separate repo. Faculty and the web czar will have write access to it.
  • This is the same model that NU PRL uses to administer their website.

Schedule

04/02 - Basic website done. RFC opens.
04/09 - RFC closes. Basic website changes finalized.
04/13 - Minimal website completed and deployed

Front Page

News

• Most recent accepted papers.
• Updates on students graduating or new students joining.
• Links to grad student blog posts.

Faculty

• Links to webpage + Image of faculty.
• A short content blurb to describe what they work on.
• Format based on Nu PRL website.

Students

• Links to Webpage + Image
• (Maybe) Short blurb on their work.

Alumni

• List of alumni along with pointers to their dissertation.

Czars

Various PL Czars (web czar, PLDG czar, GreatPL czar)

New Students Page

• Based on UW PLSE new student page
• Instructions:
  • Make a website for yourself!
  • Join PLDG and GreatPL
  • Reading list/recommended books/group resources etc.

Goodbye Pages

Note(rachit): This doesn’t need to be a part of the MVP. However, since a lot of students are graduating this year, I want to get this done.

High level idea: A collection of quotes and memories from graduating student’s time here.