Guillaume, Good point about the Apache feather and link -- we really want to keep that around. And I also hadn't noticed the new aggregated feed on the Apache main website yet, but it looks like something that would be awesome for us as well.
Regards, Gert Vanthienen ------------------------ FuseSource Web: http://fusesource.com Blog: http://gertvanthienen.blogspot.com/ 2010/11/5 Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]>: > Though I like the visual effect of the proposal a lot, I wonder about > a missing news section and a missing link + logo to the ASF web site > (even though it's not a requirement, I think it's a good thing to add > the feather logo somewhere). > Also note that the ASF web site (http://apache.org/) now has an > activity widget which merges twitter, jira and svn commits. Maybe > that's something we'd want to use instead of separate sections? > > 2010/11/5 Gert Vanthienen <[email protected]>: >> Hi Lukasz, >> >> Sorry for the late reply -- these images are really starting to look >> better every time! I really think this design is getting very close >> to the end result and we should start to integrate things into the >> website20 sandbox project. I love the general look and feel, the >> images and icons in the boxes, the way a new user is guided to the >> downloads/docs/community from his/her first visit, the fact that we >> also have a window on what's happening in twitter/blogosphere/jira/... >> >> Just a few minor things about this last proposal: >> - I'd make the blue bar on the top slightly lower, there's no need for >> the search box to be 3 x the height of the letters >> - I'm not sure about the big 'Leading enterprise service bus...' image >> at the top >> - The blue box around the home navigation item looks a bit big >> compared to everything else in the header, perhaps we can find another >> way to highlight the current page? >> - We'd have to find a way to make the three boxes at the bottom look a >> bit more similar, but we can probably do that by replacing the widgets >> with a little RSS javascript thingy though >> >> Anyway, if we can get this thing worked out over the next few weeks so >> it can go live together with the new release, that will be an awesome >> achievement for the ServiceMix community. >> >> Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into these proposals! >> >> Gert Vanthienen >> ------------------------ >> FuseSource >> Web: http://fusesource.com >> Blog: http://gertvanthienen.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> 2010/11/3 Łukasz Dywicki <[email protected]>: >>> Hi all, >>> I have all ideas connected into one page: >>> http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/1718/servicemix46.jpg >>> >>> Please take a look and let us know - is it nice and what could be done >>> better. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Lukasz >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Eric Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 12:48 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Design update >>> >>> I created a barebones project at >>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/servicemix/sandbox/website20 >>> >>> Right now it is just the sitegen sample from the scalate distro. I plan on >>> hacking it into something more over the weekend. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Eric Johnson >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Will do. >>>> >>>> On Friday, October 22, 2010, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > Well, we actually already have a sandbox opened to committers ? I did >>> not >>>> > remember it was set up like that. >>>> > >>>> > Eric, feel free to create your own tree in the servicemix sandbox and >>>> hack >>>> > at will there ! :-) >>>> > >>>> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 15:38, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> On Friday 22 October 2010 9:27:43 am Guillaume Nodet wrote: >>>> >> > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 15:19, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> > > On Friday 22 October 2010 9:10:01 am Guillaume Nodet wrote: >>>> >> > > > Dan, Given Eric is not a committer, I don't see any other way if >>>> he >>>> >> > > > wants to get started. >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > Create a sandbox open to all Apache committers. Several projects >>>> have >>>> >> > > them, >>>> >> > > including CXF, Maven, etc... Trivial to setup. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Right, good idea. Do you know how to set that up ? With the new ldap >>>> >> > permissions, i'm not quite sure how the svn permissions is set up >>> now. >>>> >> >>>> >> No ldap needed, just edit the asf-authorization-template file. The CXF >>>> >> entry: >>>> >> >>>> >> [/cxf] >>>> >> @cxf = rw >>>> >> >>>> >> [/cxf/sandbox] >>>> >> @committers = rw >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> > > What I was trying to suggest was to see if scalate can get stuck >>>> into >>>> >> the >>>> >> > > CMS >>>> >> > > there somehow instead of the Perl templating thing they have now. >>>> I >>>> >> > > THINK you would still be able to use the "svn checked out" type >>>> form, >>>> >> > > but for others, you could just use the web frontend and not bother >>>> with >>>> >> > > svn checkouts, >>>> >> > > commits, etc.... Was just a thought. That said, I don't know >>>> how >>>> >> > > "ready" >>>> >> > > it is yet. Possibly something to investigate later. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Yeah, the svn based is really one of the important thing imho. It >>>> makes >>>> >> it >>>> >> > way easier to submit patches. Also, from what i read, the CMS is >>>> bound >>>> >> to >>>> >> > markdown atm, >>>> >> >>>> >> Well, it associates file extensions with a process to run somehow. If >>>> you >>>> >> edit a file with extension "mdtext", it uses the Perl thing, but it >>>> >> supposedly >>>> >> can be extended for a bunch of other things. See: >>>> >> >>>> >> http://www.staging.apache.org/dev/cms.html#templating >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Dan >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> > I actually did not really understand where the value was, but >>>> >> > I may have missed something. It looks to me that scalate is way more >>>> >> > powerful. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > > Dan >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 15:00, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> > > > > On Friday 22 October 2010 8:40:35 am Eric Johnson wrote: >>>> >> > > > > > Would it make sense to start a github project >>>> >> > > > > >>>> >> > > > > Only if you want your next board report to say SMX >>> collaboration >>>> is >>>> >> > > > > happening >>>> >> > > > > at GitHub. Hint: that won't go over well. >>>> >> > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > and start hacking together a >>>> >> > > > > > scalate version of the static site incorporating the design >>>> ideas >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > being >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > > > > offered? (I suggest scalate because the Apache infrastructure >>>> >> team >>>> >> > > > > > is deprecating Confluence due to lack of maintenance on the >>>> >> static >>>> >> > > > > > site >>>> >> > > > > >>>> >> > > > > export >>>> >> > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > plug-in.) >>>> >> > > > > >>>> >> > > > > What MAY actually be an interesting idea is to approach INFRA >>>> and >>>> >> ask >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > for >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > > > some >>>> >> > > > > details on the new CMS. It supposedly has a pluggable >>>> >> > > > > template/markup system, but I don't know how "pluggable" it >>>> really >>>> >> > > > > is (like is a JVM allowed). >>>> >> > > > > All the content would be in SVN so folks could contribute that >>>> way >>>> >> or >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > use >>>> >> > > >>>> >> > > > > the >>>> >> > > > > web gui thing, it supports stagin-- >>>> > Cheers, >>>> > Guillaume Nodet >>>> > ------------------------ >>>> > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ >>>> > ------------------------ >>>> > Open Source SOA >>>> > http://fusesource.com >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Principle Technical Writer >>>> >>>> Phone (781) 280-4174 >>>> Skype finnmccumial >>>> E-Mail [email protected] >>>> Blog http://documentingit.blogspot.com/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Principle Technical Writer >>> >>> Phone (781) 280-4174 >>> Skype finnmccumial >>> E-Mail [email protected] >>> Blog http://documentingit.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > Guillaume Nodet > ------------------------ > Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ > ------------------------ > Open Source SOA > http://fusesource.com >
