On 13.09.2019 04:18, Nathan Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 3:12 AM Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org > <mailto:br...@apache.org>> wrote: > > On 12.09.2019 05:00, Nathan Hartman wrote: > > I've been studying the site and there is a site-ng branch created > > 2015. I remember a discussion about it around that time but I can't > > find it in the archives now. > > > > Since there are no commits on site-ng beyond branch creation / > readme, > > would it be agreeable if I catch it up to the present and use it? > > site-ng was a misguided attempt at changing how our site > implementation > works (from server-side includes to generated static pages). If we > ever > do that overhaul, we'll probably use the new templating automation > that > Infra is working on. > > I'd prefer to *delete* the site-ng branch. The staging branch is there > for preparing content changes. > > -- Brane > > > I know about staging and it's convenient that it's served. But I'd > like to experiment without worrying about breaking things. I hope to > achieve three things: > > * Reorganize the information so visitors find what they want with > minimal reading and searching > > * A more modern look > > * Improve display on mobile phones > > I'd like to emphasize that I am *not* thinking about changing the > implementation (SSI vs something else) at this time. Nor am I thinking > about removing or rewriting the text. The information we have on the > site is good and thorough. I just want to reorganize it and make a > good first impression on visitors with an attractive home page -- and > make sure we're all happy with it before it moves to staging.
Oh, then sure, either use site-ng or create another branch, whatever suits you best. The only (minor) issue is that you'll have to cook up a local server for testing. Or of course we could ask Infra nicely to publish yet another branch of our site. -- Brane
