Hi,

I've finished most of the design for now but it appears that the
provisioning of the Vagrant VM fails due to updates to RVM. Once I iron out
this small task I'll commit my work back to the whiteboard, together with
instructions on how to run the setup.

Thanks,
Radu

On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Radu Cotescu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> To answer Bertrand's question first:
>
> I forgot the exact naming for the process but we just mirror one public
> svn folder for the website. It might be svnpubsub, IIRC. Multiple Apache
> projects use this (see Cordova for example).
>
> There are two alternatives for site committers:
>
> 1. We either install Jekyll and Less (if we modify styling) on our
> machines and run a few simple commands to generate the synced folder
>
> 2. We use a Vagrant template that I built and use the VM that Vagrant
> builds to avoid installing the tools we need locally, while running the
> same simple commands (this has the advantage that everybody uses the same
> configuration, irrespective of the platforms that we use regularly)
>
> Regarding the theming:
> I found Apache's CMS lacking flexibility in terms of templating due to the
> fact that I don't have Perl knowledge. Changing the CSS for the current
> site is not that difficult. However, being able to build the same layout as
> my prototype (as this also implies some server-side logic) is a different
> beast.
>
> I haven't been able to commit my work yesterday. Hopefully I'll have a few
> minutes today.
>
> Cheers,
> Radu
> On 21 Dec 2014 18:34, "Reza Naghibi" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Is it even possible to host this in apache.org production?
>>
>> Would it be possible to just take the redesigned theme and apply that to
>> the current site?
>>
>>       From: Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected]>
>>  To: [email protected]
>>  Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2014 6:49 AM
>>  Subject: How will updates of the new website work? (was: Promoting
>> devicemap strengths)
>>
>> Hi Radu,
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 12:43 AM, Radu Cotescu <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I'm almost ready with the new site...
>>
>> How do you see the integration of the new site that you're working on
>> with the ASF infrastructure - can you briefly describe the scenario
>> and tools for updating the website once your new setup is in place?
>>
>> -Bertrand
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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