+1. Chanaka, shall we do this as a part of the Axis2 hackathon tomorrow? Axis main site anyway needs an update. Please note that we need to add a link to the Axis2 Transports from the main page as well. I don't see it on the image.
Thanks, Ruwan On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:24 PM, Chanaka Jayasena <[email protected]> wrote: > I provided with a patch (AXIS2-4911) to update the axis.apache.org during > the last Axis2 Hackathon. Following is a screen shot of the page design. > https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12467409/screen.png > > If no one disagrees, shall we please update the site in to this? > > I also submitted patches for > > [1] Axis2 Java site - http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/core/ > (AXIS2-4912) > > [2] Apache Rampart - http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/rampart/ > (RAMPART-313) > > [3] Apache Sandesha - > http://axis.apache.org/axis2/java/sandesha/(SANDESHA2-206) > > thanks, > Chanaka > > > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Andreas Veithen < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, >> http://axis.apache.org/axis2?/(java|c)/(core|rampart|sandesha|savan|transports)<http://axis.apache.org/axis2?/(java%7Cc)/(core%7Crampart%7Csandesha%7Csavan%7Ctransports)> >> are generated sites, while the rest (in particular the home page at >> http://axis.apache.org) should eventually be published using some >> other means. Glen added a static index.html to the root, but this is >> not under version control; it only exists at >> people.apache.org:/www/axis.apache.org. >> >> Andreas >> >> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 05:25, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think we should be able to modify at least certain pages independent >> of >> > the latest release. For example, the home >> > page http://axis.apache.org/ looks so dull & incomplete. Chanaka had >> > prepared nicer looking pages with the projects logos and so on. We >> certainly >> > need to update that page at least. >> > Thanks >> > Azeez >> > >> > On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 2:58 AM, Andreas Veithen < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 19:16, Nadir Amra <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > So then updates to the site can only be done on a release boundary? >> >> >> >> The basic constraint is to maintain consistency between the published >> >> site and the site sources. In practice this indeed means that the site >> >> is only refreshed during a release. However: >> >> >> >> * One can do manual edits to the generated site, provided that the >> >> site sources are also updated (so that the updates are not lost when >> >> the site is regenerated). I did that with the Axis2 site in order to >> >> fix a couple of broken links after the 1.5.3 release. Unfortunately >> >> people tend to forget to update the site sources, leaving it to other >> >> people to clean up the mess when doing a new release (see r1042149 and >> >> r1042163). >> >> * Technically, nothing would prevent us from republishing the site >> >> from the trunk without doing a release. However, this means that the >> >> site may contain information (e.g. in the Javadoc) that is not >> >> applicable to any release. Also, I don't know any project at the ASF >> >> that does this. >> >> >> >> > If true, that does not seem too flexible, does it? >> >> >> >> Maven sites are fine for some type of documentation (such as Javadoc, >> >> reference documentation or information that doesn't change much), but >> >> it is definitely not flexible enough for some type of content (e.g. >> >> tutorials). Some time ago there was a discussion about this and the >> >> consensus is that we need something else (which would be in addition >> >> to the Maven sites, at least during a transition phase) that would >> >> allow to publish content with a simpler procedure. At that time, >> >> Confluence (with the auto-export plugin) was the only CMS available >> >> and I like that system, although it's not perfect. However, the future >> >> of this at the ASF is uncertain because the infra team would like to >> >> get rid of it in favor of their own custom built solution. >> >> >> >> > Nadir Amra >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Andreas Veithen <[email protected]> wrote on 12/27/2010 >> 11:04:50 >> >> > AM: >> >> > >> >> >> From: Andreas Veithen <[email protected]> >> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Date: 12/27/2010 11:07 AM >> >> >> Subject: Re: Axis Website update >> >> >> >> >> >> The changes for AXIS2-4912 were applied to the site sources in the >> >> >> trunk. That was after I prepared the 1.5.4 release. The site >> currently >> >> >> online is the one generated from the 1.5.4 release and therefore >> >> >> doesn't contain these changes. The normal way to get them published >> is >> >> >> with the next release. If that is 1.6, then the changes will be >> >> >> included automatically. If the next release is 1.5.5, then the site >> >> >> changes need to be merged to the 1.5 branch first (I did that for >> >> >> 1.5.4, and I plan to do the same for 1.5.5, if there is another >> >> >> release from the 1.5 branch). >> >> >> >> >> >> Andreas >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 06:51, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Chanaka had submitted a few site patches, and I think these have >> been >> >> >> > committed to the SVN. If so, why hasn't the site >> >> >> > http://axis.apache.org >> >> >> > still been updated? >> >> >> > >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > Afkham Azeez >> >> >> > Senior Software Architect & Senior Manager; WSO2, >> >> >> > Inc.; http://wso2.com, >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ >> >> >> > email: [email protected] cell: +94 77 3320919 >> >> >> > blog: http://blog.afkham.org >> >> >> > twitter: http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez >> >> >> > linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Lean . Enterprise . 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