Oliver, Great work! This is really shaping up nicely.
Cheers, Wayne On 9/17/2017 12:13 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: > Hugo can use external JSON data during the build step, so I've worked > out how to list the GitHub library releases directly onto the downloads > page! > > Some progress images here: > > https://imgur.com/a/2V6E3 > > Most of the framework is in place now. I need some assistance with > wording for /discover/libraries but other than that, almost ready to go :) > > Oliver > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Oliver Walters > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Some more > progress: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/1622 > <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/1622> > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Oliver Walters > <[email protected] > <mailto:[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 <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] <mailto:[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]> > > <mailto:[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> > > <http://kicad-pcb.org> > > website? https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website > <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-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]> > > <mailto:[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> <http://kicad.github.io> - > > this could be easily redirected from > kicad-lib.org/library <http://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> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > Post to : [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers>> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -Ben > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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> > > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
