Thanks Taher and Pranay Initial feedback from Kenneth is that a couple of the images look a bit out of place so I've asked for his suggestions for improving that. Also he is preparing some images of OFBiz screenshots that we can use on the site so I'd like to get at least those changes in before publishing.
I've noted your feedback and agree these are good points that can improve the site so will look at those. If I can incorporate some before publishing then I will, otherwise we can do it as an ongoing thing once the new site is up. Thanks Sharan On 2017-07-26 08:13 (+0200), Taher Alkhateeb <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you very much Sharan. The website looks really beautiful! my > recommendation is to go ahead and publish it immediately and we can > start to fix things as we go. > > Some notes for things to work on later: > - The three main pitches should be either without a link, or a link to > relevant documentation (I'm referring to: "Powerful Java Web > Framework", "Developer Friendly", etc ...) > - The FAQ needs to be expanded, maybe we can get stuff from the > original FAQ documentation after we clean it up [1] > - We need to find a more appealing solution for the social media > links. I believe they should be in the top as icons instead of links > in the footer. I think the template used already has a solution for > this but I need to review it at some point. > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/FAQ+-+Tips+-+Tricks+-+Cookbook+-+HowTo > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 1:59 PM, Sharan Foga <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > > > I've pretty much completed what I think could be an initial version of our > > new website so please feel free to take a look and let me have any > > feedback. (Just for info - all the pictures I've used are from Pixabay.com > > and are free to use and don't need any attribution) > > > > It would be good to have some sample OFBiz pictures (and community feedback > > supported this too - instead of the all generic ones) especially on the > > home page so I have contacted Kenneth Paskett who has helped with the > > graphic design so far, to ask for a little more help doing that. So once > > that is done, pending any other feedback, I think we could be ready to > > publish. > > > > Thanks > > Sharan > > > > > > On 2017-06-25 18:54 (+0200), Taher Alkhateeb <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> +1 for switching the website to the new one and completing it as we go. > >> > >> We should try to automate publishing the website. One solution is to > >> publish the website as is. Another solution is to restructure the > >> website so that only the "generated" stuff gets published to the > >> server. So the directory structure could be something like the below. > >> And then we can have commands like ./gradlew generateHtml or ./gradlew > >> publishHtml > >> > >> website-project/ > >> âââ build.gradle > >> âââ public > >> â âââ about-ofbiz.html > >> â âââ business-users.html > >> â âââ developers.html > >> â âââ bootstrap > >> â âââ css > >> â âââ etc... > >> âââ template > >> âââ html.tpl.php > >> âââ page > >> â âââ about-ofbiz.tpl.php > >> â âââ business-users.tpl.php > >> â âââ developers.tpl.php > >> â âââ etc ... > >> âââ region > >> âââ footer.tpl.php > >> âââ header.tpl.php > >> âââ head.tpl.php > >> âââ scripts.tpl.php > >> > >> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Sharan Foga <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi Michael > >> > > >> > I like the idea (I'd been looking at an all or nothing approach :-) so > >> > just > >> > putting the minimum we need live is OK with me. I have some changes in > >> > progress for the main page, so will commit those tomorrow. Essentially > >> > I've > >> > removed the bottom slider panel and instead added a section on OFBiz > >> > Features, modules and benefits. I'll also take a look at the key pages > >> > and > >> > update what I can. > >> > > >> > I'm not sure what to do about the php template conversion to html. I've > >> > been > >> > doing it manually but it probably needs a script and I know we talked > >> > about > >> > replacing the php templates with Freemarker ones but not sure how easy > >> > that > >> > would be so ideas welcome. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > Sharan > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On 25/06/17 18:03, Michael Brohl wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Sharan, > >> >> > >> >> Taher gave me a hint on this topic so I had a look at the new website > >> >> code > >> >> and display. I like it and think we should put some effort in this to > >> >> get > >> >> it ready for production. > >> >> > >> >> I'm thinking about leaving some of the new contents out of sight for the > >> >> first release, namely the service providers page and "what customers > >> >> said" > >> >> etc. (everything which is new and not ready for production. > >> >> I think it would be enough to have the up-to-date informations from the > >> >> old site plus some more which are ready (or near ready) to speed things > >> >> up. > >> >> > >> >> What do you think? > >> >> > >> >> Best regards, > >> >> > >> >> Michael Brohl > >> >> ecomify GmbH > >> >> www.ecomify.de > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Am 20.03.17 um 13:54 schrieb Sharan Foga: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi Everyone > >> >>> > >> >>> A quick update. I've created a new branch called under the branches > >> >>> directory called ofbiz-new-website and have uploaded all the work done > >> >>> so > >> >>> far on the new website structure and pages. > >> >>> > >> >>> The plan is to complete the work in this branch and then copy it over > >> >>> to > >> >>> the new site when we are ready. I think the content itself is the most > >> >>> important so will continue to to tidy up and complete any missing > >> >>> pages or > >> >>> information. It's in our repository now so hopefully more accessible to > >> >>> people who want to help out. > >> >>> > >> >>> I'd encourage you all to take a look at what has been done to so that I > >> >>> can get some feedback of what people think of the general look and > >> >>> feel. > >> >>> > >> >>> Once again ââ¬â I'd like to thank Kenneth Paskett for helping out > >> >>> with the > >> >>> graphics. > >> >>> > >> >>> Thanks > >> >>> Sharan > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> >
