FWIW, the new website is backed by the new CMS from infra and has gone line yesterday or so ...
2010/11/5 Gert Vanthienen <[email protected]>: > 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 >> > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
