On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:13:26 -0400 Christopher Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> For myself, I'd prefer either xsm or plain html. Xsm because I am used > to it from get-e.org and plain html because I'm familiar with that too > :) As far as Ruby on Rails I can't really say because I've never used it > before. plain html is not an option - it doesn't scale. do you hand-edit every page to add a link in a navigation bar? you need some form of templating and auto-generation at least so things like navigation links are set up once and generated per page. (yes you can use frames - and i can also rip your limbs off with a blunt spoon too! :)) > Also, I do not think that either benr or andy should be left out of > this. Benr because he is/was maintainer and may one day want/be able to > work on the site again. Andy because he's maintaining the xsm and can > also submit content himself. Granted the "full time" maintainers > "should" imho, have the most say as they will be using it most of the > time, but lets try not to exclude others that may want to help. > > As far as rasties integrating the desktop/web site, I had some > discussion with him about this a while ago. Basically, the ultimate goal > is to integrate a "live help" system that would fetch updated faqs, help > files, etc etc and also allow users to add an faq entry, or submit an > updated help item. How this system will eventually pan out may have some > bearing on how the site is handled, or it may not. Not much of this has > been actively discussed yet, and I'm not trying to divert this > discussion to there, just mentioning what I know. this would simply involve the www server serving plain files at known fixed url's (eg http://www/enlightenment.org/edata/faqs/faq.txt - would just be a text file with the faq formatted simply - maybe with minimal formatting etc. etc. - you get the idea - much like debian's apt repositories) so it's only a matter of providing such files at given well-known url's (and maybe providing indexes to them etc.). if faq's are user contributed via the www site - then the www site needs to be abel to process, and convert the faq's into such a format. until such a format is specified - it's a moot point :) > </end_my_2_cents> (for now) > > Cheers, > devilhorns > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
