Yep Tom. BOOM https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OODT/Meetups
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Tom Barber <[email protected]> wrote: > Ta. > > Might be worth putting a few hours work in at ApacheCon with Lewis. > > @lewis with this and the distributed FM and stuff, might be worth putting > together a little agenda of stuff we could plan/test/dev whilst we're > there. > > Tom > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:05 AM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorted > > > > On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Chris Mattmann <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > All of this is looking great, Tom. There’s real > > > substance here and something for us to build on. > > > > > > — > > > Chris Mattmann > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/6/16, 7:33 PM, "Tom Barber" <[email protected] > > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >Alright here's a summary of today's experimentation: > > > > > > > >Created a basic documentation page to test out a few things. Tabs work > > > >quite well, and kbd tags on the radix page look pretty good to attract > > > >users. Clearly that whole section would need more work, its just a > test > > > bed > > > >of ideas currently. > > > > > > > >http://buggtb.github.io/oodt-website/documentation.html > > > > > > > >Community page is also tabular, the about page is basically a 1:1 copy > > of > > > >the existing stuff, the team page is cool because the PMC list is > > > generated > > > >directly from the Apache Phonebook (I noticed the one on the main site > > is > > > >already out of date! ;) ) > > > > > > > >http://buggtb.github.io/oodt-website/community.html > > > > > > > > > > > >Downloads page, again, this uses a configuration parameter to > > dynamically > > > >generate the links to the correct version and the previous releases > down > > > >the right hand side, this is great for the release process as all > > someone > > > >has to do is when a VOTE is accepted and the mirrors are live, is > paste > > > >about 3 lines of code into the site and check it in, at which point > the > > > >downloads page is up to date once more (although we could probably > > write a > > > >plugin to automate this as well ;)) > > > > > > > >http://buggtb.github.io/oodt-website/download.html > > > > > > > > > > > >Anyway, like I said, work in progress, I'm soliciting feedback more > than > > > >anything else. In reality the site docs wouldn't live directly under > the > > > >components menu heading but it was a good place to put them for now, > > also > > > >it wouldn't take much to have them use the same stylesheets as the > main > > > >site and also link back to the main site as well, making them feel > more > > > >integrated. > > > > > > > >It needs more diagrams and colour, to break it up still, but I think > as > > a > > > >POC it's coming along alright. > > > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > > > >Tom > > > > > > > >On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < > > > >[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > >> Bingo > > > >> > > > >> On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, Tom Barber <[email protected] > > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > Thanks Lewis! I think with stuff like this its hard to fully > explain > > > over > > > >> > email without a 10000 word essay. > > > >> > > > > >> > Anyway, I said I'd leave it but I got bored so I wondered what > else > > > >> Jekyll > > > >> > could do to help us and here's a couple of things I came up with: > > > >> > > > > >> > > > https://github.com/buggtb/oodt-website/blob/gh-pages/_config.yml#L29 > > > >> > > > > >> > The downloads page on the CMS is manually updated, but you know > me, > > I > > > >> love > > > >> > a bit of automation, so in Jekyll we could dump the release info > in > > > here > > > >> > and watch it magically build: > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8503756/oodt-website/download.html > > > >> > > > > >> > That way it should be dead simple to keep the download page up to > > > date. > > > >> > > > > >> > I then wondered about other stuff so I looked at the PMC list, > it'll > > > get > > > >> > stale easily, so what could I do to sort that out: > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/buggtb/oodt-website/blob/gh-pages/_plugins/pcm_generator.rb > > > >> > > > > >> > Greps the new ASF phone book and extracts our PMC members, as I'm > a > > > >> giving > > > >> > kind of guy, I'll parametrize it and Joshua or whatever can use it > > as > > > >> well > > > >> > when its done. > > > >> > > > > >> > Currently the PMC list is on the download page, ignore that it was > > > just > > > >> for > > > >> > testing. > > > >> > > > > >> > Anyway there you go. Couple more nuggets that could make the > website > > > >> > maintenance a whole lot simpler. > > > >> > > > > >> > Tom > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Lewis John Mcgibbney < > > > >> > [email protected] <javascript:;> <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > >> > > > > >> > > Hi Tom, > > > >> > > > > > >> > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:59 AM, Tom Barber < > > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > > >> > <javascript:;>> > > > >> > > wrote: > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > When I took over the chair from SK, my unofficial aim was to > use > > > this > > > >> > > chair > > > >> > > > period to try and get the business users involved, my day job > > > >> requires > > > >> > me > > > >> > > > to drive users to our product and get them interested enough > to > > > test > > > >> > it, > > > >> > > > whilst OODT isn't commercial, ultimately the goal is the same, > > to > > > >> gain > > > >> > > > users and community members, we need users, and we need users > > who > > > >> don't > > > >> > > > just work in the scientific domain. Whilst the odd person > might > > > swing > > > >> > by > > > >> > > > the mailing list, in reality, 99% of users will land on the > > > homepage, > > > >> > and > > > >> > > > that is the determining factor as to whether they bother to > > > >> investigate > > > >> > > > further. Which is why I spend a lot of time prioritising stuff > > > that > > > >> > > doesn't > > > >> > > > really make a lot of sense to the rest of you! :) > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > For the record its worth me stating here that I totally > understand > > > your > > > >> > > PoV. When you showed me your BI workflow examples way back > > > @ApacheCon I > > > >> > > realized that your use cases were different. It's very > refreshing > > to > > > >> see > > > >> > > software re-purposed or presented in a different manner. An eye > > > opener > > > >> so > > > >> > > to speak. > > > >> > > Look forward to seeing what kind of roadmap we come up with > > > @ApacheCon > > > >> > this > > > >> > > year again. > > > >> > > Ta > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> *Lewis* > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Lewis* > > > -- *Lewis*
