> On 13 Apr 2018, at 12:17, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 13 April 2018 at 11:08, <j...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi all >> >> Sorry for the noise on this list, I am trying to simplify the website, >> meaning getting rid of the ant generation. > > What's wrong with Ant ? > Or do you mean Velocity (Anakia, Texen)? I mean the whole generation part.
> >> The idea is to: >> - have a sidebar file that is included in all files (with projects etc). >> - have a project template, that can be copied and filled out for each new >> retired project. >> >> I am not touching the active site, until I have something working, and we >> have consensus that it is a better solution. > > If we are going to change the site generation, I suggest we start with > a data file containing all the retired project details and use that to > generate the pages. > That will make it easier to update the individual pages as well as the > include file. > > Also the data file may be useful for other purposes, so JSON might be > a good format. I was not thinking of “generation”, because we have to few projects entering attic that is does not have value. I am thinking of making something that can be plainly edited, which would make life easier, since it can be done directly in a browser without the need of having special software installed. This is of course also true for server side generated html, which could be a second step if we agree on it. > >> rgds >> Jan I.
