Hi Jim!
On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Jim Brandt wrote:
> We have a script that pulls all of the info we have out of The Perl
> Review's Google calendar. We currently have a task out there to modify
> this script to pull old events and put them on a history page. A
> volunteer is working on it. My plan was to have a history section and
> list events with one page for each year.
>
> If you're really eager, I could talk to the volunteer and transfer the
> task to someone else. All of the code to build the yapc site is in
> Google code here:
>
> http://tpf.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/yapc/yapc_org/
>
> You can see the last item in the TODO list is the history thing.
Here's a patch to do just that. Note that I placed all the old events on one
page because:
1. It was easier to do.
2. I feel it would be easier to find something if you're not sure which year
it took place.
3. Less clutter on the homepage.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
>
> Jim
>
> Jacinta Richardson wrote:
> > Gabor Szabo wrote:
> >> I was looking for the web sites of previous YAPCs and I could not
> >> find them on http://www.yapc.org/index.html
> >> Could you please tell me where can I find them?
> >> If they are not on that web site, would it be possible to add them?
> >
> > Excellent translation. ;)
> >
> > With respect to storing this information, if one was to translate
> > Philippe's excellent YAML file into a nice XHTML page with links (where
> > they exist - not all will), how would you recommend it be ordered? By
> > date? Country? Continent? I'm fairly sure it would be less than a day's
> > work (certainly no more than 2) to write a script which used that YAML
> > file to generate appropriate pages. Perhaps if someone is eager they can
> > do so, and offer it to Jim Brandt as something that could be included on
> > the YAPC.org page. It might not have any success, but at worst it's just
> > a little fun. ;)
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > J
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Index: lib/button_bar
===================================================================
--- lib/button_bar (revision 30)
+++ lib/button_bar (working copy)
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<ul>
[%
# buttons = [ 'Home' 'YAPCs' 'Workshops' 'Hackathons' 'About' 'Contact' ];
-buttons = [ 'Home' 'YAPCs' 'Workshops' 'About' 'Contact' ];
+buttons = [ 'Home' 'YAPCs' 'Workshops' 'Old Events' 'About' 'Contact' ];
button_links = {
'Home' => 'index.html'
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
'Workshops' => 'workshops.html'
# 'Hackathons' => 'hackathons.html'
'About' => 'about.html'
- 'Contact' => 'contact.html' } %]
+ 'Contact' => 'contact.html'
+ 'Old Events' => 'old-events.html'
+ } %]
[% FOREACH button IN buttons %]
[% IF button == active %]
<li><a href="[% button_links.$button %]" class="active">[% button %]</a></li>
Index: lib/yapc_desc
===================================================================
--- lib/yapc_desc (revision 0)
+++ lib/yapc_desc (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+ <!-- Normal content: Stuff that's not going to be put in the left or right column. -->
+ <div id="normalcontent">
+ <h3>Yet Another Perl Conference</h3>
+ <div class="contentarea">
+ <!-- Normal content area start -->
+
+ <img src="images/onion_64x64.png" class="left" alt="TPF onion logo" />
+ <p>The Yet Another Perl Conferences (YAPCs) are grassroots symposia on the Perl programming language promoted by <a href='http://perlfoundation.org'>The Perl Foundation</a>, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. We also support other collaborative events such as Perl workshops and hackathons.</p>
+
+ <!-- Normal content area end -->
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
Index: src/old-events.html
===================================================================
--- src/old-events.html (revision 0)
+++ src/old-events.html (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+[% INCLUDE header %]
+[% INCLUDE button_bar active='Old Events' %]
+
+ <div id="content">
+
+[% INCLUDE yapc_desc %]
+
+ <div class="divider1"></div>
+
+ <!-- Primary content: Stuff that goes in the primary content column (by default, the left column) -->
+ <div id="primarycontainer">
+ <div id="primarycontent">
+<!-- Primary content area start -->
+<h2>Old Perl Events</h2><a href='about.html'>Get your event listed here</a>
+<br /><br />
+[% INCLUDE "old-events" %]
+<!-- Primary content area end -->
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+<!-- Secondary content: Stuff that goes in the secondary content column (by default, the narrower right column) -->
+<div id="secondarycontent">
+ <!-- Secondary content area start -->
+[% INCLUDE secondary %]
+[% INCLUDE secondary_links %]
+<!-- Secondary content area end -->
+</div>
+
+</div>
+
+[% INCLUDE footer %]
Index: src/index.html
===================================================================
--- src/index.html (revision 30)
+++ src/index.html (working copy)
@@ -2,20 +2,9 @@
[% INCLUDE button_bar active='Home' %]
<div id="content">
-
- <!-- Normal content: Stuff that's not going to be put in the left or right column. -->
- <div id="normalcontent">
- <h3>Yet Another Perl Conference</h3>
- <div class="contentarea">
- <!-- Normal content area start -->
-
- <img src="images/onion_64x64.png" class="left" alt="TPF onion logo" />
- <p>The Yet Another Perl Conferences (YAPCs) are grassroots symposia on the Perl programming language promoted by <a href='http://perlfoundation.org'>The Perl Foundation</a>, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of the Perl programming language through open discussion, collaboration, design, and code. We also support other collaborative events such as Perl workshops and hackathons.</p>
-
- <!-- Normal content area end -->
- </div>
- </div>
+[% INCLUDE yapc_desc %]
+
<div class="divider1"></div>
<!-- Primary content: Stuff that goes in the primary content column (by default, the left column) -->
Index: bin/build
===================================================================
--- bin/build (revision 30)
+++ bin/build (working copy)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
bin/extract_cal_events.pl -f 'bin/events'
+bin/extract_cal_events.pl -s epoch -e now -f 'bin/old-events'
ttree --file=etc/.ttreerc --eval_perl -a --pre_chomp $@
