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<p dir="auto">@All:</p><p dir="auto">A few years ago, the Internet Society Puerto Rico Chapter decided to move our website from Joomla to Google Sites. The main reasons were simple: it is free, there is no need to maintain the underlying software or databases, and Google automatically provides SSL/security certificates at no additional cost. We have also found it much easier to manage and update content using Google Sites.</p>
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<p>Given the WordPress issues being discussed, I would encourage chapters to at least explore Google Sites as an alternative. We intentionally avoided WordPress because of the ongoing need to apply security patches and updates, as well as the risks associated with third-party plugins. In many cases, websites become vulnerable because of poorly maintained plugins that introduce security weaknesses.</p><p><br></p><p dir="auto">Eduardo Disz</p><p dir="auto">ISOC Puerto Rico</p>
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<p>Just sharing our experience in case it helps inform this discussion.</p>
</div></div><br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><b>Notice</b>:</font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">This email may contain confidential information, is subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately.</span><br></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 9:16 PM Andrés Gómez via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<p>This is Andrés from the Aragon chapter. </p>
<p>Our site was looking perfect until we had to update PHP and the
theme to the new version. That’s when everything went haywire, and
we’ve had to start from scratch again. We’re working on it. </p>
<pre cols="72">Andrés Gómez
FETERAND SRL
CTO
AMS's Aragon Chapter Internet Society
+34 656.904.544
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<div>El 23/4/26 a las 11:27, Klaus
Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates escribió:<br>
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<p><span lang="en"><span><span>Dear Chapter Leaders, (especially those
responsible for the websites),</span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="en"><span><span><i>I'm not sure if this is the right place
to bring up this topic. On the other hand, websites are
an important part of our public relations, and we at
<a href="http://ISOC.DE" target="_blank">ISOC.DE</a> don't seem to be the only ones having issues. If
you have an answer but don't want to leave it here, feel
free to send me a private email at <a href="mailto:Klaus.Birkenbihl@ISOC.DE" target="_blank">Klaus.Birkenbihl@ISOC.DE</a>.</i></span></span></span></p>
<h3>Initial Situation:</h3>
<p cols="0">After several attempts in recent
years, <a href="http://ISOC.DE" target="_blank">ISOC.DE</a> has decided to seriously undertake the relaunch
of its website. After all, ISOC is providing support and
guidelines for the relaunch in the form of the "Genesis child
theme for Internet Society chapters". This should make switching
a WordPress site by changing the theme manageable with
reasonable effort.<br>
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<h3>Expectations:</h3>
<p cols="0">Besides all the dazzling, great
features that make a theme attractive, there are a few basic
requirements:<br>
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<ol>
<li>The most important components of a WordPress blog—posts and
pages—should be recognizably displayed,</li>
<li>There should be acceptable default styles for frequently
used elements such as forms (form controls) or tables,</li>
<li>The remaining elements (menus, sidebars, categories,
archives, etc.) should be easily customizable via CSS and, if
necessary, a few scripts.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Experience:</h3>
<p cols="0">So far expectations 1 and 2 were
a disaster. After just installing the theme, the site looks like
this: <a href="https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/" target="_blank">https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/</a>.
(Before: <a href="https://www.isoc.de/" target="_blank">https://www.isoc.de/</a>). <span lang="en"><span><span>Apparently</span></span></span>, even the
structure hasn't been preserved. Forms and tables are displayed
unusably. Well, maybe we just make dumb mistakes and don't get
the glue.</p>
<h3>Learn from the winners:</h3>
<p cols="0">We thought we simply should take
a look at how others managed it. So I investigated: who is using
the theme? I examined 114 chapter sites (source: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/#find-your-chapter" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/#find-your-chapter</a>).
Of 93 sites I could access, 5 are using the theme. Of these 5
sites, 3 look kind of successful. Congratulations to <a href="https://isoc.nl/" target="_blank">https://isoc.nl/</a>, <a href="https://www.isoc.cat/" target="_blank">https://www.isoc.cat/</a>, and <a href="https://isoc-ontario.org/" target="_blank">https://isoc-ontario.org/</a>. <a href="https://isoc.mk/" target="_blank">https://isoc.mk/</a> seems to be under
construction without existing content. (Fun fact: <a href="https://www.isoc-aragon.org/" target="_blank">https://www.isoc-aragon.org/</a>
looks pretty much like <a href="https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/" target="_blank">https://www.isoc-german-chapter.de/</a>). </p>
<p cols="0">So 3-5 out of 93 Chapter
websites use the Theme? Doesn't sound too encouraging. Were my
investigations wrong?</p>
<h3>Open questions:</h3>
<ul>
<li cols="0">Did I miss a Website using
the "Genesis child theme for Internet Society chapters"? Which
one?</li>
<li cols="0">Who tried using the theme but
then gave up? If so—why did you give up?</li>
<li cols="0">To those who are successful:</li>
<ul>
<li cols="0">Would you recommend using
the theme (migrating a lot of existing content)?</li>
<li cols="0">Do you have any tips or
tricks on how to affordably switch a regular WordPress site
with traditional structure (chronological posts, pages,
menus, some forms, categories, archives, etc..,) to this
theme?</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Klaus</p>
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