Hello, Thanks for the feedback. I have feature matched the new website with the old, added linux support and implemented a quick download button on the hero homepage. Now a code cleanup and refactoring is in order.
You can always view the website here: [1] https://thorbust.github.io/openoffice-website/ <https://thorbust.github.io/openoffice-website/> And find the repository here: [2] https://github.com/thorbust/openoffice-website <https://github.com/thorbust/openoffice-website> Regards, George > On 29 Nov 2018, at 08:20, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi George, > > I echo what Andrea writes. I am currently migrating the OpenOffice forums to > new VMs and then need to plan additional upgrades. > > I was the one who did the bulk of the Apache CMS work with OpenOffice.org and > understand exactly how the pages are built from templates and css. When I > have more time in December I can look at how to convert the pages. We’ve kept > all language sites including over 100 languages in case a community ever > returns. (Mongolian has some nice Yurt icons.) > > Files are either in the original pre-Apache html or in Markdown. > > We should evaluate whatever generation system we decide to use to figure out > the best way to preserve as much as possible. > > You might get a handle on the structure from making use of the instructions > on this page. [1] > > Regards, > Dave > > [1] > https://openoffice.apache.org/website-local.html#using-the-apache-cms-bookmarklet-simpler-method > > >> On Nov 27, 2018, at 12:29 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> George Karalis wrote: >>> All I am asking now is if I could have access to a staging >>> environment(maybe in >>> another url, as I don't want to mess with your current staging site, as >>> you may want >>> to make changes there), so I can make those changes and having a fully >>> working and >>> tested homepage within this week, that we can move live. >> >> Thanks, George! As you've probably seen from other conversations, we are on >> a very tight schedule at the moment since we need to move our old sites to >> new servers this week; this is why nobody had the time to help you with the >> site. >> >> Since I see it's just HTML and assets, we could try hosting it at >> http://www.openoffice.org/new >> or similar, provided you use relative URLs for assets. >> >> You will need some patience; I like your draft more than the current >> homepage and I think it undeniably looks more modern, but we'll have to >> feature-match the current home (e.g., it suggests the native-lang site when >> available) and some of the choices we had made, like not to have a prominent >> Donate button, reflected mailing list discussions back at the time. >> Everything can be reversed, but it needs to go through a discussion. >> Fortunately, discussions on this list are now much shorter and to-the-point >> than they used to be a few years ago, so I hope we can have the new homepage >> online relatively soon. >> >> Next step: if you manage to adapt the JS so that it suggests the native-lang >> site correctly, I can then put it at a convenience URL for testing (or we >> can continue to review it on Github). Some of us will very likely be busy >> with the Wiki and Forum upgrades this week, but some feedback should come. >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
