The margins are much nicer than before, especially the front page, which is a big sparse (but I do like the prominent download button!)
-- Christopher L Tubbs II http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Bill Havanki <[email protected]> wrote: > I updated to include a modest margin on either side of the body content. > The margins are present on larger displays, but on smaller displays (e.g., > phone, tablet) they disappear so the content spans the whole page. You can > see the behavior by adjusting the width of your browser to skinny and back > again. If the margins don't appear at all, try doing a force reload in your > browser. > > I added bottom margins to some headers, and a faint gray bottom border to > h2 headers, which tend to be used for main page sections. I think the > spacing is much nicer. I'm no fan of the old dotted lines. :) > > Some side column content ideas: > - latest Accumulo news > - current Accumulo versions > - links to related projects > - download button, of course :) > - upcoming meetup / conference schedule > - link to featured blog post o' the month > - social network links / buttons > > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 5:38 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Agreed on the width of the main page content. >> >> Additionally, I think the (sub)headers took a step back in terms of >> readability. The new stuff tends to run together without an emphasis on the >> individual sections. The old CSS rules added some underlining beneath >> header elements IIRC. >> >> Compare http://people.apache.org/~bhavanki/accumulo- >> bootstrapped/notable_features.html to http://accumulo.apache.org/ >> notable_features.html >> >> Doing something to better separate the sections would be good. Not >> entirely sure I want to suggest going back the long stippled lines, but >> they certainly did make the separation easier to process. >> >> >> On 3/25/14, 12:37 PM, Bill Havanki wrote: >> >>> That's easy to do, yes. Bootstrap uses a 12-column grid system, so we can >>> squeeze the body into a smaller portion of that grid. We can also set >>> margins. >>> >>> Another idea, of course, is to use some of that horizontal space for side >>> column content. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Mike Drob <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Is there an easy (and global) way to shrink the width? Long lines of text >>>> are difficult to read. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Bill Havanki <[email protected] >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> Greetings all, >>>>> >>>>> The reworked / Twitter Bootstrap version of our site is now viewable: >>>>> >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~bhavanki/accumulo-bootstrapped/ >>>>> >>>>> The site is built from the Subversion branch: >>>>> >>>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo/site/branches/redesign14/ >>>>> >>>>> Now is a great time for anyone who wants to pitch in to get started. >>>>> Some >>>>> ideas: >>>>> >>>>> - Check that the pages still look decent after the conversion. >>>>> - Ensure that all pages can still be navigated to and from correctly. >>>>> - Rework a page with some Bootstrap enhancements, or to just look >>>>> better. >>>>> - Update a page to account for changes to the live site since the branch >>>>> was created. (Of course we'll sync up just before switching.) >>>>> >>>>> As long as you save changes to Subversion, I can update my hosted copy >>>>> to >>>>> reflect them. Or, set up the ASF CMS in your own environment for quick >>>>> testing. >>>>> >>>>> We are definitely on target for releasing this site update with the >>>>> 1.6.0 >>>>> release. Thanks again for your past and future feedback. >>>>> >>>>> Bill H >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Bill Havanki < >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The new branch is: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/accumulo/site/branches/redesign14/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Bill Havanki < >>>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks Al! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I managed to set up the CMS tool in a VM and use it to build our >>>>>>> >>>>>> current >>>> >>>>> site, as Josh suggested. If anyone else wants to do the same, these >>>>>>> instructions should work for installing the CMS - I found the README >>>>>>> >>>>>> to >>>> >>>>> be >>>>> >>>>>> a bit lacking. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.apache.org/dev/cmsref.html#local-build >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I worked around the issue of there being lots of absolute URLs in the >>>>>>> site by running this in the generated content dir and navigating to >>>>>>> localhost:8000 in the browser: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> python -m SimpleHTTPServer >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Unless I hear any objections, I'll create a branch for the >>>>>>> >>>>>> bootstrapped >>>> >>>>> version of the site, and I'll kick it off with my prototype stuff. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Al Krinker <[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I am using Twitter Bootstrap at work for about 2 years now... it is >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> nice >>>>> >>>>>> and gives you lots of nice things. However, we ran into issues at >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> work >>>> >>>>> where we were implementing custom js scripts and got into conflicts >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> with >>>>> >>>>>> Twitter Bootstrap. The site is not js heavy, so Twitter Bootstrap >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> would >>>> >>>>> be >>>>>>>> a nice addition to it. Let me know if you need help. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> My comment was in context of maintaining a separate branch that we >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> could >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> work on and have staged separately to avoid holding the production >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> site in >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> stasis while we work on this. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 3/6/14, 2:24 PM, Keith Turner wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Josh Elser<[email protected]> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >I'm not aware of anything that gives you the nice WYSIWYG >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> interface. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I use the bookmarklet to edit pages in my web browser. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> https://cms.apache.org/#bookmark >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> // Bill Havanki >>>>>>> // Solutions Architect, Cloudera Govt Solutions >>>>>>> // 443.686.9283 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> // Bill Havanki >>>>>> // Solutions Architect, Cloudera Govt Solutions >>>>>> // 443.686.9283 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> // Bill Havanki >>>>> // Solutions Architect, Cloudera Govt Solutions >>>>> // 443.686.9283 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> > > > -- > // Bill Havanki > // Solutions Architect, Cloudera Govt Solutions > // 443.686.9283
