Dr. Hipp, On 17 February 2015 at 15:43, Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote: > I have switched the default Fossil repo over to using the San > Francisco Modern skin. Everybody seems to think it looks a lot > better, and I agree. >
I like the switch! I noticed there is no download in the menu bar and the download link on the main page directs to the legacy skin: http://www.fossil-scm.org/download.html I don't know if either/both of these are intentional, just reporting what's different. > I think the next step of the ongoing Fossil makeover should be to > improve the homepage: > https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki > > Suggestions and especially mockups of how this front page should look > are welcomed. > > Regarding the main page, perhaps consideration on re-organization of the numbered list. I think the fact that Fossil is self contained is highly appealing BECAUSE it auto-syncs, inbuilt web interface, DB backed, etc. I do like the list numbered and the features bold--easy to follow the flow. I like Michai's response on merging some items and moving many of the link under 'Links For Fossil Developer' elsewhere but I also like 'A Technical Overview Of Fossil.' displayed (by the way, drop that period, ;) and here too 'Thoughts On The Design Of Fossil.') It looks like this page can be updated (referred from /index.wiki): http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/hints.wiki Unfortunately, I don't know either VCS well enough to know if we can update this page: http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wiki But the news/blog can be updated to tech-notes now. It seems 'Quick Start' and 'Up and running in 5 minutes as a single user' could be merged. IME, license pages are /LICENSE or /license. Here, it's: /COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt Suggested correction: https://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/doc/trunk/www/faq.wiki > How do I create a private branch that won't get pushed back to the main > repository. How do I create a private branch that won't get pushed back to the main repository? Maybe could have a FAQ on drive-by patching, too! Is there a 'why did you create fossil' page? If not, you could list out the seven items from /index.wiki and explain that as well as CVS wasn't suiting your needs, etc. FAQ is on /index.wiki twice. Maybe on the FAQ (or homepage) information on how to create new users and discuss roles. For git, I don't know how access to repos is accomplished. I think people have to exchange ssh keys or something. Maybe that can be a bullet point on /fossil-v-git.wiki Creating accounts in SVN is not easy and with fossil, its like making an email account. If people are looking for a VCS, they'll either be using one already or looking for a new one. I think making the switch would be very easy if the page for SVN > fossil, git > fossil, CVS> fossil were easy to find. So maybe something like that can be on the index.wiki page. Put /sitemap and timeline.rss on the /index.wiki since it's absent. I'll probably suggest more later! > > Thank you all for your attention and your contributions. > Thank you for creating Fossil! > > -- > D. Richard Hipp > d...@sqlite.org -- ------- inum: 883510009027723 sip: jungleboo...@sip2sip.info xmpp: jungle-boo...@jit.si _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
