Even more amazing - if you see an error on the website, you can fix it
and send a patch.  If they like it, they'll include the change.  I put
in a patch a quite a few years ago to replace some broken links with
archived counterparts[1] which Theo himself accepted [2].  Not tooting
my own horn here, just saying that it can be done, and it's one of the
things that's kept me coming back all these years.

[1] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-www&m=129340910201453&w=2
[2] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-cvs&m=129355971818793&w=2
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 10:01 AM Henry Bonath <he...@thebonaths.com> wrote:
>
> This is amazing to know, thank you!
>
> On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 3:11 PM <ivp...@eml.cc> wrote:
>
> > Knowing OpenBSD philosophy, you should probably NOT expect a CMS :).
> >
> > But you don't need to guess when you can check for yourself - all the
> > sources are available for an anonymous CVS as described in [1].
> >
> > You can easily have an up-to-date local copy on your machine by first
> > reading manual pages on cvs(1), httpd(8) and httpd.conf(5) and then doing
> > something like (as root):
> >
> > # mkdir -p /var/www/htdocs/openbsd
> > # cd /var/www/htdocs/openbsd
> > # cvs -qd anon...@anoncvs.ca.openbsd.org:/cvs checkout -P www
> >
> > and adding the following section to /etc/httpd.conf:
> >
> > server "openbsd-doc" {
> >         listen on * port 81
> >         root "/htdocs/openbsd/www"
> > }
> >
> > and enabling httpd:
> >
> > # rcctl enable httpd
> >
> > After that, navigate to http://localhost:81 and enjoy browsing an offline
> > copy of OpenBSD website.
> >
> > [1] https://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, at 4:24 AM, Janne Johansson wrote:
> > > Manual edits, no hurry to jump on this weeks fashionable web
> > > framework, testing with lynx goes a long way to keep it simple and
> > > readable.
> > >
> > > Den lör 27 okt. 2018 kl 11:14 skrev misc nick <misc.n...@gmx.com>:
> > > >
> > > > I was wondering how you maintain and update such high quality content
> > in OpenBSD's site.
> > > > Do you manually edit html files, use a cms, or something else? I am
> > asking to shamelessly
> > > > copy your best practices. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Nick
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > May the most significant bit of your life be positive.
> > >
> >
> >



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