+1 for Jake's approach I propose to remove current site and use that one created by Jake http://people.apache.org/~jfarrell/
Using symbolic link from site and source tree might help to keep e.g. README files within tutorial section in sync with the web site -roger > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Diwaker Gupta [mailto:[email protected]] > Gesendet: Montag, 28. November 2011 03:01 > > > +1 for Jekyll or Hyde (http://hyde.github.com/) > > Diwaker > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:10 AM, Roger Meier > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Yes, markdown syntax is much better as this xml stuff used by Apache > > Forrest! > > > > Markdown is just great, let's go for such an approach! > > > > What we need is: > > - better documentation > > - simple & fast > > - contributors can send their patches easily > > - edit with every editor > > - close to the source repo > > > > One approach might be to rename existing README files within source > > tree to README.md and replace the LICENSE header with a reference. > > > > Hyde or Jekyll, I don't know... I prefer minimal dependencies and just > > a few easy to manage config files. > > > > -roger > > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > > Von: Jake Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. November 2011 00:12 > > > An: [email protected] > > > Betreff: Re: Thrift Web Site > > > > > > I took a quick look at Jekyll last night and was able to convert the > > existing site > > > over to markdown and get it up and running pretty quickly. I think > > > using something like Jekyll or Hyde with markdown content would be > > > beneficial because it would simplify the process for adding new > > > tutorials and other items. The CMS looks like it will be a good > > > option for static pages that > > are not > > > in flux, but with our tutorials and other content needing so much > > > work keeping the site in source control and getting patches from the > > > community will allow for us to quickly generate content. Forest is > > > great, but the > > setup, > > > configuration and xdoc format is a little more than we currently need. > > > Keeping it simple so people can easily submit back new pages will > > > help > > get > > > our site to where is should be. Here is the jekyll sample I threw > > together > > if > > > anyone would like to take a look, css needs some cleaning up but > > > overall concept is there > > > > > > - Jake > > > > > > Site: http://people.apache.org/~jfarrell/ > > > Source: http://people.apache.org/~jfarrell/jekyll/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 23, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Jake Farrell wrote: > > > > > > > I'm taking a looking to the CMS right now to see what it has to > > > > offer, if we go down the road of a site generator I think looking > > > > at something like jekyll would be a good idea. Using a backend of > > > > simple markdown file and the addition of syntax highlighting via > > > > pygments and its current use for github pages it should be easy > > > > for people to use and add content to > > > > > > > > -Jake > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > From: Joe Schaefer [[email protected]] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 4:05 PM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: Thrift Web Site > > > > > > > > I'll still throw in my 2 cents for you guys to use the CMS. > > > > We don't currently support Forrest sites, but a guinea pig willing > > > > to sort that out would be appreciated. > > > > > > > > In any case I'll get you guys on svnpubsub if you decide to still > > > > not use the ASF CMS. It's important to infra to get you off rsync > > > > at some point. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >> From: Bryan Duxbury <[email protected]> > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > >> Cc: > > > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:02 PM > > > >> Subject: Re: Thrift Web Site > > > >> > > > >> Sounds like a worthy effort to continue. > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Roger Meier > > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Hi all > > > >>> > > > >>> I played a bit around with Apache Forrest and it might be an > > > >>> option to use it for a new Thrift Web Site. > > > >>> The homegrown static page generator CMS we have today is > > > >>> difficult to handle, so we get not that much contributions on > documentation. > > > >>> Apache Forrest provides good formats to manage content and > > > >>> export it into several formats. > > > >>> > > > >>> Here's a first example http://people.apache.org/~roger/thrift/ > > > >>> > > > >>> What do you think? > > > >>> Should I proceed with this? > > > >>> Is this an option to get better documentation? > > > >>> Merge Wiki, White Paper, etc. into a Forrest based Web Site? > > > >>> > > > >>> -roger > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://maginatics.com
