Thanks Matt and JB. I agree. I will wrap up the current Hugo migration as
soon as I can.

Thanks,
Ken

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 7:37 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I believe Ken’s PR aligns with this approach: it focuses on transitioning
> to Hugo without making significant changes to the look and feel yet.
>
> This matches Matt's first point. I suggest we focus on the Hugo migration
> first, maintaining the current aesthetic. Once that is complete, we can
> move on to updating the "look and feel," followed by the "content."
>
> I propose that we merge the PRs and publish the website after each of these
> steps to maintain momentum.
>
> Regards,
> JB
>
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM Matt Pavlovich <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Ken!  I think we might consider doing a series of changes vs
> having
> > to do one “big drop” to keep building momentum.
> >
> > Draft plan:
> >
> > 1. Cut over to Hugo
> > 2. Vote on a more modern theme (hint: docsy!! ref:
> > https://example.docsy.dev/)
> > 3. Update some out-dated style concepts — changing website theme when
> > moving between components broker, CMS, NMS, etc.
> > 4. On-going — update content
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > > On Feb 24, 2026, at 6:37 AM, Jean-Baptiste Onofré <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ken
> > >
> > > Yes, I saw the PR. Thank you so much !
> > >
> > > I will take a look and I will propose some updates directly on your
> > > branch/PR.
> > >
> > > Thanks !
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > JB
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 9:54 AM Ken Liao <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hey JB, I have a WIP PR for this work
> > >> https://github.com/apache/activemq-website/pull/172
> > >>
> > >> For now you this PR holds the old one and the new one. The new site is
> > >> under the /hugo folder and you can preview it in your host.
> > >>
> > >> I didn't drastically change the layout so it looks unfamiliar.
> Instead,
> > I
> > >> just polish on the font and make it look more modern by referencing
> > popular
> > >> open source repo website layout. Here are a few screenshots:
> > >>
> > >> [image: image.png]
> > >> [image: image.png]
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
> [email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Thanks Ken !
> > >>>
> > >>> Are you using Hugo or similar in your effort ?
> > >>>
> > >>> I would love to see a PR or a demo !
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks !
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards
> > >>> JB
> > >>>
> > >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 9:14 AM Ken Liao <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hey JB, I started an effort a while ago and was trying to use AI (I
> > was
> > >>>> going to bring up a separate thread on this channel to propose
> adding
> > a
> > >>>> AGENTS.md file to the codebase) to refactor the entire website using
> > the
> > >>>> stack you mentioned. I can push a demo sometime next week as I was
> > >>> caught
> > >>>> up on a few things over the past months. That said, if anybody has
> > ideas
> > >>>> please feel free to share.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Ken
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM Jean-Baptiste Onofré <
> > [email protected]>
> > >>>> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi folks,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I would like to propose an initiative to update the ActiveMQ
> website.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> There are two main aspects to this proposal:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> 1. Modernizing the look and feel of the website by leveraging a
> > >>> framework
> > >>>>> like Hugo to simplify maintenance.
> > >>>>> 2. Improving the documentation, which is currently a bit
> outdated/not
> > >>>>> exhaustive and not versioned. Utilizing a framework like Hugo would
> > >>> allow
> > >>>>> us to implement versioned documentation effectively.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I have started a branch for this project and would appreciate your
> > >>>>> thoughts. Please let me know if you are interested in collaborating
> > >>> with
> > >>>> me
> > >>>>> on this effort.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Regards,
> > >>>>> JB
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >
>

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