Some more progress: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/1622
On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Oliver Walters < [email protected]> wrote: > I have worked out how to transfer the KLC page to the Hugo templating > system (it is SO much harder to use than Jenkins :p) > > Example: > > https://i.imgur.com/4kZnvOA.png > > The libraries information is also moved across, but that's just static > content so it's much simpler. > > I'll keep you posted. > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 10:41 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 9/14/2017 8:54 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: >> > Ben, >> > >> > That's also an option, I hadn't considered that! Perhaps I was focused >> > on the GitHub-side solution too closely. >> > >> > Wayne, do you want to weigh in here before I spend too much further >> > effort developing this? Could the libraries page be developed on the >> > KiCad website itself? >> >> The libraries page could be developed on KiCad website although I'm not >> sure how that would work. I am comfortable with either solution. Pick >> which ever solution is the most comfortable for you. Since you are >> doing the work, you should choose the implementation unless someone else >> is willing step up and help out. Even the basic overview that you >> presented is far better than anything we have at the moment. We can >> always add more features later. >> >> > >> > The structure could remain largely the same but the formatting would >> > need to change from Jekyll to Hugo. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Oliver >> > >> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ben Hest <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Does this method provide an advantage over doing a similar thing >> > using Hugo and putting the docs on the kicad-pcb.org >> > <http://kicad-pcb.org> >> > website? https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website >> > <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website> >> > >> > >> > - Ben >> > >> > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Oliver Walters >> > <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > The conversation of how best to manage and distribute KiCad >> > libraries has been raging for a while now. >> > >> > Users looking to download or contribute to the libraries are >> > currently presented with a github landing page and some bland >> > wiki pages (e.g. for the KLC information). >> > >> > I have been working on a new-and-improved website system for the >> > following: >> > >> > * Clear information about the libraries >> > * A place to download the latest libraries >> > * Information on what is *in* the libraries >> > * Instructions on how to contribute to the libs >> > * Better presentation of the KLC >> > >> > This website will need to be updated periodically to present the >> > latest version of the libraries to the users. Also, if users are >> > going to be downloading library files then it could potentially >> > use a lot of bandwidth. Thirdly, the generated content should be >> > scripted but statically hosted. >> > >> > The solution? GitHub pages! - https://pages.github.com/ - >> > >> > These are hosted from your github repository, and for e.g. ours >> > would have the URL kicad.github.io <http://kicad.github.io> - >> > this could be easily redirected from kicad-lib.org/library >> > <http://kicad-lib.org/library> (for example). >> > >> > GitHub pages use the jekyll toolset to generate static content. >> > >> > With a small amount of additional Python scripting I have >> > created a bare-bones example of what this might look like >> > (locally hosted on my laptop for now): >> > >> > Here are some screenshots! Ignore the colors and simple layout >> > scheme, this is currently just a framework. >> > >> > https://imgur.com/a/0GELG >> > >> > The main objectives of this project are: >> > >> > a) Present a more professional landing page for the libraries >> > b) Leverage GitHub Pages functionality >> > c) Improve KLC >> > >> > And, eventually: >> > >> > Provide a standardised way to separate the KiCad libraries from >> > the KiCad installer! >> > >> > Thoughts and comments appreciated! >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Oliver >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > -Ben >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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