I concur. #1 looks like a great start for the site. +1 to building the site in markdown
Everything we can build in markdown, should be built in markdown. If you haven't heard of atom.io I suggest checking it out. On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Brandon Gulla <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Jim, thanks for putting these together. I am personally a fan of the > layout and style of Option 1. > > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Jim Klucar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I started in on mocking up the site. I got tired of the bootstrap navbar > on > > top approach so I came up with a few mock ups. Don't worry about the > colors > > not being right or whatever details that are off. > > > > 1) http://imgur.com/Or5Fkbx > > 2) http://imgur.com/2ok8T98 > > 3) http://imgur.com/al0gGht > > > > More importantly, I plan on implementing it using Jekyll ( > > https://jekyllrb.com/) This is how github pages is done. > > https://pages.github.com/ > > > > Basically Jekyll parses markdown files and injects them into HTML > templates > > and generates a static site. The main advantage is it is really > blog-aware > > so we can create new release notices, blog entries, etc by writing a > > standalone markdown file and recompiling the site. The other advantage is > > we can redesign the website later and all the content won't have to be > > ported. Jekyll will just inject the markdown content into the new site > > design. > > > > Let me know what you think. If there aren't any objections to Jekyll I > can > > get started and we can quibble about design later. > > > > Jim > > > > > > -- > Brandon > -- *Jim Scott* Director, Enterprise Strategy & Architecture +1 (347) 746-9281 @kingmesal <https://twitter.com/kingmesal> <http://www.mapr.com/> [image: MapR Technologies] <http://www.mapr.com> Now Available - Free Hadoop On-Demand Training <http://www.mapr.com/training?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Signature&utm_campaign=Free%20available>
