I worked locally to add events section on Apex home page. Attached are a couple of screenshots show how Apex home page look like with this events section. We can reduce the height of "Tweets by @ApacheApex" section when embedding it, to make sure the left Announcement section is not shorter than the right side.
Thanks, Michelle On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Amol Kekre <a...@datatorrent.com> wrote: > > Perfect. Sorry for my paranoia > > Thks > Amol > > *Join us at Apex Big Data World-San Jose > <http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose.html>, April 4, 2017!* > [image: http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose-register.html] > <http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose-register.html> > > On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Pramod Immaneni <pra...@datatorrent.com> > wrote: > >> Not auto generated. I want to be able to send a sample to dev list so >> that folks can look at it and approve. Michelle is trying to do that. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Amol Kekre <a...@datatorrent.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Pramod, Michelle, >>> This cannot be a page that is auto-generated. I am a little paranoid, >>> because auto-generation will get all events and then this will be shut >>> down. It will need hand creating the events on the page, and then moving >>> them into "past events" once a month/quarter or so. >>> >>> Thks >>> Amol >>> >>> >>> *Join us at Apex Big Data World-San Jose >>> <http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose.html>, April 4, 2017!* >>> [image: http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose-register.html] >>> <http://www.apexbigdata.com/san-jose-register.html> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Michelle Xiao <miche...@datatorrent.com >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Sure, I will. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Pramod Immaneni < >>>> pra...@datatorrent.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Could you send an email with screenshot Michelle to the dev group in >>>>> the email thread where we are discussing this when you are done? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 12:46 PM, Michelle Xiao < >>>>> miche...@datatorrent.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Pramod, >>>>>> >>>>>> I will work on my local server to add events section on Apex home >>>>>> page, will show you how it looks like when I am done. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Michelle >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Pramod Immaneni < >>>>>> pra...@datatorrent.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey Guys, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I had started a discussion on apex list to put conference details >>>>>>> and meetup events on the apex website. So far the community has agreed >>>>>>> on >>>>>>> putting up the conference details on Community -> Events -> Meetup >>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>> section. The discussion to put conference link and other meetup events >>>>>>> directly on the main page is ongoing as you can see from the discussion >>>>>>> below. Would it be possible to see how the page will look like if we >>>>>>> put an >>>>>>> events section on the page next to the tweet section or at the bottom of >>>>>>> the page? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: Ashwin Chandra Putta <ashwinchand...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 4:45 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: relevant conferences and meetups on website >>>>>>> To: dev@apex.apache.org >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> +1 for community volunteers to manually maintain the list. >>>>>>> +1 for adding the events to the main page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The community as a whole is working toward Apex adoption, we should >>>>>>> collectively publish all relevant events that help toward the common >>>>>>> goal. >>>>>>> All Apex events should be treated equally irrespective of the source. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Ashwin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 4:34 PM, Pramod Immaneni < >>>>>>> pra...@datatorrent.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > How about asking for volunteers in the community to manually >>>>>>> maintain the >>>>>>> > list. How about the specific request to add the conference link to >>>>>>> the main >>>>>>> > page? >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Thanks >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Amol Kekre <a...@datatorrent.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > > I agree with Thomas on not putting meetup events. meetup.com >>>>>>> does "index >>>>>>> > > by >>>>>>> > > Apex", and the search would simply pick up anyone putting Apex >>>>>>> in the >>>>>>> > event >>>>>>> > > and at times they are not relevant to Apex. We get too much >>>>>>> clutter. So >>>>>>> > the >>>>>>> > > only way out is to manually select the events, and then take >>>>>>> them out >>>>>>> > after >>>>>>> > > they are done. This does not scale well. >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > I however do not agree with a hard filter on vendor content. >>>>>>> Apex as a >>>>>>> > > community is losing out on a lot of content that is being >>>>>>> created by >>>>>>> > > vendor(s), which helps with adoption. In longer run google >>>>>>> search will >>>>>>> > > become more relevant to Apex than apex.apache.org. This is >>>>>>> something >>>>>>> > that >>>>>>> > > Apex community should discuss and vote on. >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > Thks >>>>>>> > > Amol >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Thomas Weise <t...@apache.org> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > > > Since the conference was beforehand discussed with the PMC I >>>>>>> think you >>>>>>> > > > could list it under: >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > http://apex.apache.org/community.html#events >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > There is already a link to all meetup groups that have "Apache >>>>>>> Apex" as >>>>>>> > > > topic. >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > As for other meetup references, IMO direct vendor meetup group >>>>>>> > references >>>>>>> > > > don't belong on the project web site. >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > Thomas >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:27 AM, Pramod Immaneni < >>>>>>> > pra...@datatorrent.com> >>>>>>> > > > wrote: >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > > Hi, >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > I wanted to discuss a couple of items. First, as many of you >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> > > aware, a >>>>>>> > > > > conference specifically for apex, apex big data world 2017, >>>>>>> is coming >>>>>>> > > up >>>>>>> > > > in >>>>>>> > > > > the next couple of months. There is one in Pune India and >>>>>>> another in >>>>>>> > > San >>>>>>> > > > > Jose, USA. I wanted to see if we can put links/information >>>>>>> about it >>>>>>> > on >>>>>>> > > a >>>>>>> > > > > section of the website. Here is the information about the >>>>>>> event >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > http://www.apexbigdata.com/ >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > Other projects like flink, for example, has the details >>>>>>> about their >>>>>>> > > > > conference flink forward on their website. >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > Second, we used to have a section on our website that showed >>>>>>> upcoming >>>>>>> > > > > meetups and conferences. Looks like it has been removed. How >>>>>>> about we >>>>>>> > > > bring >>>>>>> > > > > it back. It can be in a different form, if there were issues >>>>>>> with how >>>>>>> > > we >>>>>>> > > > > did it before. >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > While we are discussing the second point can we still go >>>>>>> ahead and >>>>>>> > put >>>>>>> > > up >>>>>>> > > > > the links to the above conference on the website as soon as >>>>>>> possible >>>>>>> > as >>>>>>> > > > the >>>>>>> > > > > events are very close. >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > Thanks >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Ashwin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
