Thomas Adam <tho...@fvwm.org> writes: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 08:16:13PM -0400, Dan Espen wrote: >> Moving the Fvwm-web source to Github won't help if we still need to >> publish using Jason's services. > > So I've taken a look at this, and have noted the following: > > * PHP is used to regenerate the theming components of the site; > * PHP is used to render in from the fvwm repo, the contents of files from: > > NEWS > FAQ > > * PHP is used to ensure the theme is applied consistently for the borders for > "window" (the default theme). > > What happens via github.io pages is that static content can be used for this. > > I'm starting to think that we have no desire or need for PHP at all for the > website. Before the use of static HTML generators, etc., it made a lot of > sense. Additionally, there's a lot one can do with CSS which mitigates the > need for PHP as we're currently using it for the website. > > As for the linking in NEWS/FAQ -- the NEWS file in particular is obsoleted, > given that git commit logs can be used to gather the same information. That > said, if we do retain NEWS for releases, we can just upload a separate set of > notes for that against each release in the releases area of Github [1]. It's > a part of the process. > > The FAQ therfore, is part of the website and it should be moved into that > repository. > > I've since renamed the fvwm-web repository [2] to match the expectations of > what github.io expects. > > I'd really (REALLY!) be interested in someone coming up with a proof of > concept on what a FVWM website might look like using a static HTML generator > that github.io accepts, just to prove my points above. I won't be doing that > work, however, but if someone does want to give this a go, do please let us > know! > > Kindly, > Thomas Adam > > [1] https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm/releases > [2] https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwmorg.github.io
I think we're embarking on a lot of work. As a start I've updated the download instructions to send users to GIT. I know you have the web stuff on GIT but if I make changes there they won't get to fvwm.org. Jason, let us know if/when you start pulling the web pages from GIT. I'm pretty good with HTML/CSS. PHP gives us some nice stuff, but I guess we can live without it. -- Dan Espen
