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| 1 | +# opensourcerisk.org — GitHub Pages |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +Static site migration of [opensourcerisk.org](https://www.opensourcerisk.org/) from WordPress to GitHub Pages. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## How it works |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +- The site is a static HTML export generated via the [Simply Static](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simply-static/) WordPress plugin. |
| 8 | +- On every push to `main`, GitHub Actions deploys the site to GitHub Pages (see `.github/workflows/deploy.yml`). |
| 9 | +- The custom domain `www.opensourcerisk.org` is configured via the `CNAME` file. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +## DNS cutover (when ready to go live) |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Point `www.opensourcerisk.org` to GitHub Pages by updating your DNS records: |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +| Type | Name | Value | |
| 16 | +|-------|------|------------------------| |
| 17 | +| A | @ | 185.199.108.153 | |
| 18 | +| A | @ | 185.199.109.153 | |
| 19 | +| A | @ | 185.199.110.153 | |
| 20 | +| A | @ | 185.199.111.153 | |
| 21 | +| CNAME | www | opensourcerisk.github.io | |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Once DNS has propagated and the site is confirmed live, decommission the old WordPress server. |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +--- |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +## TODO |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +### Push to GitHub |
| 30 | +1. Create a new repo under [github.com/OpenSourceRisk](https://github.com/OpenSourceRisk) |
| 31 | +2. In the repo settings, enable **Pages → Source: GitHub Actions** |
| 32 | +3. Run: |
| 33 | + ```bash |
| 34 | + git remote add origin https://github.com/OpenSourceRisk/<repo-name>.git |
| 35 | + git push -u origin main |
| 36 | + ``` |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +### DNS cutover and old server shutdown |
| 39 | +- Update DNS A records (see table above) to point `www.opensourcerisk.org` to GitHub Pages |
| 40 | +- Verify the site is live, then decommission the old WordPress server |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +### Migrate large videos to external hosting |
| 43 | +- `wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ORE_XML_Introduction_August2020.mp4` is 59MB (GitHub recommends files under 50MB) |
| 44 | +- Upload to YouTube or Vimeo and replace the `<video>` / `<source>` tag in the relevant HTML pages with an embed |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +### Migrate forum (bbpress) to a hosted alternative |
| 47 | +- Forum reply forms do not work on static hosting — the archived topics are readable but users cannot post |
| 48 | +- Options: |
| 49 | + - [GitHub Discussions](https://docs.github.com/en/discussions) — free, integrates with the repo |
| 50 | + - [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org/) — self-hosted or hosted forum |
| 51 | + - Leave as read-only archive and add a notice pointing to the new forum |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +### Migrate contact/feedback form |
| 54 | +- The Contact Form 7 form on `/feedback/` did not render in the static export (shows as a raw shortcode) |
| 55 | +- Replace with a static-compatible form service: |
| 56 | + - [Formspree](https://formspree.io/) — easy drop-in replacement |
| 57 | + - [Netlify Forms](https://www.netlify.com/products/forms/) — if migrating to Netlify |
| 58 | + - [EmailJS](https://www.emailjs.com/) — client-side email sending |
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