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Marcel Kinard commented on CB-1159:
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Andrew, I implemented your suggestion.
Michael, I was able to follow the instructions on the wiki to svn checkout,
modify www/, and "ruby bin/gen.rb". And I found a minor issue with gen.rb on
Linux. However, I'm not authorized to svn commit since I'm not yet a committer.
If I post the diff here, could someone commit it to svn for me? Thanks!
[marcelk@alma site]$ svn diff
Index: www/template.html
===================================================================
--- www/template.html (revision 1384466)
+++ www/template.html (working copy)
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@
<a class="scroll-point pt-about" name="about"></a>
<div class="wrap">
<h2 class="icon icon-about">About Apache Cordova™</h2>
+ <p>Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app
developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer
from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo,
this allows a smartphone app to be developed with just HTML, CSS, and
JavaScript.</p>
+
+ <p>When using the Cordova APIs, an app can be built without any native
code (Java, Objective-C, etc) from the app developer. Instead, web technologies
are used, and they are hosted in the app itself locally (generally not on a
remote http server).</p>
+
+ <p>And because these JavaScript APIs are consistent across multiple
device platforms and built on web standards, the app should be portable to
other device platforms with minimal to no changes.</p>
+
+ <p>Apps using Cordova are still packaged as apps using the platform
SDKs, and can be made available for installation from each device's app
store.</a>
+
+ <p>Cordova provides a set of uniform JavaScript libraries that can be
invoked, with device-specific native backing code for those JavaScript
libraries. Cordova is available for the following platforms: iOS, Android,
Blackberry, Windows Phone, Palm WebOS, Bada, and Symbian.</p>
+
<p>Apache Cordova is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache
Software Foundation (ASF), sponsored by the Apache Incubator project.
Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review
indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process
have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects.
While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or
stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully
endorsed by the ASF.</p>
</div>
<a class="scroll-point" name="contribute"></a>
Index: bin/gen.rb
===================================================================
--- bin/gen.rb (revision 1384466)
+++ bin/gen.rb (working copy)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
require 'rubygems'
require 'json'
require 'ftools'
-require 'Fileutils.rb'
+require 'fileutils'
class TemplateIndex < Mustache
self.template_file = File.dirname( __FILE__ ) + '/../www/template.html'
[marcelk@alma site]$
> Main webpage does not describe what Cordova is
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> Key: CB-1159
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-1159
> Project: Apache Cordova
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Docs
> Affects Versions: Master
> Environment: http://incubator.apache.org/cordova/
> Reporter: Jeff Warnica
> Assignee: Michael Brooks
> Fix For: Master
>
>
> The current "About Cordova" describes some meta-political type state with how
> Cordova works within the Apache foundation. While possibly interesting, this
> does exactly nothing to describe what Cordova is, does, or why anyone would
> want it.
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