seagl/attend.seagl.org

Web interface to the SeaGL 2021 virtual conference

attend.seagl.org's Issues

Element

Add an Element instance with a custom configuration.

post-ephemeral user creation screen updates

Right now once you create an ephemeral account it pops up a survey window that should be removed/modified. It says "Who will you chat to the most?" Screenshot attached.

Related, but probably separate, the initial space is 404'ing after clicking skip.
MatrixError: [404] Not Found (https://matrix.2022.seagl.org/_matrix/client/r0/join/%232022%3Aseagl.org)

Remove widget permission prompts

Currently Element prompts the user for permission to display each room’s widget. Bypass this step for trusted (i.e. SeaGL-provisioned) rooms.

Confirm that 2022 sessions don’t interfere with 2023

Widgets

Add static pages that can be embedded as Matrix widgets.

• Welcome message
• Example live stream

Guide attendees into the space

Disable Jitsi widget in live stream rooms

Deemphasize signin link

We want to discourage people from putting their passwords, Matrix or otherwise, into untrusted websites. Therefore we should:

• Make "Create Temporary Account" the primary button
• Remove "Create Account @ Matrix.org" (or just redirect people to actual matrix.org I guess???? I just don't want people to put a password for registration into our portal)
• Make "Sign In" a deemphasized link (probably at the bottom, just a link not a button, and much smaller) for advanced users

Landing page

Create a landing page with basic instructions and a link to join the conference.

• Customize Element’s welcome screen
• Add welcome message and instructions

Configure 2023 sessions to expire before 2024

Branding of Element

Change the colors and logos in Element to match SeaGL’s branding.

Update welcome photo for 2023

Update 2023 message

I just fully destroyed the server - the off-season message needs updating. Looks like that branch hasn't been pushed.

Improve discoverability of rooms within the space

Default registration to SeaGL ephemeral homeserver

@prasket will set up a homeserver with open registration (preferably only via username and password), to be decommissioned shortly after the conference.

Set stream IDs for 2022

• widgets/entrypoints/day-1-track-1.pug
• widgets/entrypoints/day-1-track-2.pug
• widgets/entrypoints/day-2-track-1.pug
• widgets/entrypoints/day-2-track-2.pug

Use token-based registration

Resources:

• https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/latest/usage/administration/admin_api/registration_tokens.html
• https://spec.matrix.org/v1.4/client-server-api/#token-authenticated-registration
• element-hq/element-web#18931

Deployment

Automate deployment from the main branch to https://attend.seagl.org/.

The manual process is:

# Build static site
make

# Deploy static site
aws s3 sync --acl 'public-read' --delete './dist/' "s3://$AWS_S3_BUCKET/"
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id "$AWS_CF_DISTRIBUTION" --paths '/*'

Update element-web to 1.9.3

1.9.3 includes:

• Allow options to cascade kicks/bans throughout spaces

Focus Element on conference-related rooms

Hide or deprioritize Matrix rooms that are unrelated to the conference.