On Thu, 2005-26-05 at 15:55 +1000, David Crossley wrote: > Pedro I. Sanchez wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I created a web site which is on-line at http://www.sello-propio.com > > since a few days ago. It is pretty simple and uses the default skin. > > But my customer is really happy, both with the quality, and with the > > speed at which changes can be introduced. > > > > I've worked with the svn version of Forrest and I'd like to share some > > comments on my experience so far. > > Oh thank you. That is exactly what we need - feedback. > Also people testing 0.7-dev is helping to create a better release. > > > 1. The web site is in Spanish. I had to manually modify the default > > skin to get rid of English messages, i.e., "Published", "Search", etc. > > It would be great if the skins would refer to some file which actually > > holds the translations for these messages. > > This could be quite easily added to the skinconf.xml configuration, > rather than a separate file. The skinconf DTD would need a tweak. > Would you please add an Issue to our tracker. See the left-hand > menu of our Project tab. >
I'll do. > > 2. My site.xml file has the following: > > > > <files> > > ... > > <eventos href="eventos/index.html"/> > > </files> > > > > However, <a href="site:eventos" /> is rendered as the link > > http://sello-propio.com/eventos/ which you can see in the front > > page. Where did the "index.html" part go? This is annoying > > because while testing the site in my local hard drive (with > > URLs like file:///path/to/build/site) these links give me > > the list of files in the directory instead of the "index.html" > > file I am expecting. > > > > Basically, there seems to be the implicit assumption that the > > web server will always figure out that index.html is the file > > that has to be rendered. This is not always the case. In particular > > several "embedded" web server don't have this logic built in > > and require a explicit mention of the target file. > > I wonder if this FAQ would address that issue: > http://forrest.apache.org/0.7/docs/faq.html#defaultStartPage > Can't connect. It doesn't seem to be the same issue. > > 3. Why do I get "2005 2005" in the copyright label? I have this > > in skinconf.xml > > > > <year>2005</year> > > <vendor>Sello Propio.</vendor> > > > > I'd like this to read "2004-2005" but if I put <year>2004-2005</year> I > > get "2004-2005 2004-2005". The skin always doubles up the content of the > > <year> :( > > Strange. That configuration does not seem to be any different > to what we have for forrest.apache.org and it works for us. > > You said that you copied the pelt skin and changed some things. > Perhaps you accidently added something to the stylesheets > when you were experimenting with changing the English terms. > Doing 'diff -r skins/sello-propio skins/pelt' will reveal your > changes. > I just did a svn update on my local copy of Forrest. Then I run "forrest seed; forrest" in a clean, empty, directory. I get the "2005 2005" thing. You can see the result at http://colcan.biz/forrest > > 4. You will notice that the date in the top right of the pages is > > the current date/time as of the moment you click to see each page. > > This is supposed to be the "Published" date instead! (I removed > > the "Publicado", in Spanish, because it is simply not working). > > > > The server serving the pages doesn't have Java available. Could this > > be the reason why I get this weird behaviour? > > Perhaps there is a problem with your web server. When i request > HEAD of that document, it shows that there is no "Last-Modified" > header in the response. > I have no control over the server. What exactly is required for this feature to work? > > Despite these problems, I'm really happy with Forrest and I want to > > say thank you to the development team. > > Thanks to you. If you have any general changes that you needed > to make to the pelt skin, then send them in. That would make > it easier for you to keep your code synchronised. > > > And if you feel is worth it, > > I'd be delighted to see this new web site in the list of samples > > in the Forrest's web site. > > Of course it is. Done. If you want to change the entry, then > send us the output of > svn diff site-author/content/xdocs/live-sites.xml > Thank you, Pedro > --David
