Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 4:12 AM Robert Riebisch wrote: > Hi Jim, > > > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > > plan to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > > or April. > > Sounds good to me. > > Just keep an eye on bandwidth for the front page. Not everyone has VDSL > or a leased line. ;-) > > Yes, I also want to avoid making the website too "heavy." Jim ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:47 AM Dale E Sterner wrote: > If you update your website; make sure you keep it open to > old computers like mine. Update tend to lock out old > computers like mine. > > cheers > DS > > Yes, I agree. I'm also trying to minimize the javascript on the website. I use javascript now to let you click through the different screenshots, and to hide/show the "hamburger" menu icon on mobile devices. But I think I can do away with both of those. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 5:51 PM Eric Auer wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> > *2. Make it easy to share stuff*
> > Sometimes it would be nice to share a news item with Twitter or other
> > social media. I'm working on an update to the News system that will
> provide
> > "share" buttons to share a news item on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
> > I'd also like to include Reddit.
>
> Please make sure to use the type of share links which only
> trigger when users click on share. It would be evil if you
> help social media to spy on normal freedos website visitors
> by embedding something which phones home.
>
> Definitely! I found that you can create a "share to Facebook" link with
this:
https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=${URL}
And "share to Twitter" with this:
https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=${URL}=FreeDOS%20FDISK%201%2e3%2e2=freedos
And "share to LinkedIn" with this:
https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=tre=${URL}==FreeDOS%20FDISK%201%2e3%2e2=FreeDOS
...where *${URL}* is an encoded URL.
No Javascript or "phone home" required. :-)
Jim
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Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
Hi Jim, > *2. Make it easy to share stuff* > Sometimes it would be nice to share a news item with Twitter or other > social media. I'm working on an update to the News system that will provide > "share" buttons to share a news item on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. > I'd also like to include Reddit. Please make sure to use the type of share links which only trigger when users click on share. It would be evil if you help social media to spy on normal freedos website visitors by embedding something which phones home. Thanks! Eric PS: It would be nice if the LSM list would be linked directly from the front page in addition to being linked from "nearby". ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
If you update your website; make sure you keep it open to old computers like mine. Update tend to lock out old computers like mine. cheers DS On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:52:51 -0600 Jim Hall writes: > Hi everyone > > I'm thinking about making a few changes to the FreeDOS website. But > I don't > want this to be "just another makeover" that makes things pretty. > Instead, > I'm looking for what you will find useful. > > I'm thinking of a few things already: > > *1. Update the wiki* > The wiki is arguably part of the FreeDOS website, and people go > there if > they can't find the information they are looking for on the rest of > the > site. It seems most people use the website to download FreeDOS, > check the > latest news, find links, and get general information. But if they > are > looking for a "how-to" or other documentation, they look to the wiki > for > that. > > As I mentioned in the get-together today, the wiki is out of date. > The wiki > started as docs we kept in the SourceForge site-wide wiki. When SF > stopped > running a site-wide wiki, they gave all projects an export of their > data > and instructions for how to set up their own MediaWiki. I don't know > MediaWiki, but I was able to follow the instructions to set up the > wiki we > have now. > > The setup works, but it's really hard for me to do basic "admin" > things > like add new editors. So I need to update that. > > An updated wiki will make it easier to provide up-to-date > documentation and > "how-to" instructions. > > *2. Make it easy to share stuff* > Sometimes it would be nice to share a news item with Twitter or > other > social media. I'm working on an update to the News system that will > provide > "share" buttons to share a news item on Twitter, Facebook, and > LinkedIn. > I'd also like to include Reddit. > > As a bonus, this update also makes this easier to manage on the > back-end. > > *3. Make the front page more welcoming* > The front page is a quick "landing page" for people to learn about > FreeDOS. > It's not bad, but could be better. I'm planning to embed the latest > FreeDOS > video on the front, since the videos are about *things you can do > with > FreeDOS* or *showing off neat features in FreeDOS*, so I think the > video > will help. I'll also make the screenshots smaller so they don't take > up so > much of the screen. > > I also want to make it easier to start downloading FreeDOS right > from the > front page. I'm not sure yet how I'll do that, but I'm thinking > about > borrowing from the https://getfedora.org/ front page, where they > have a > small info box about each "spin" of the Fedora distro, and a > "Download Now" > button that brings you to a separate page where you actually > download > Fedora. What do you think? > > BTW, you can already access the front page as > https://www.freedos.org/ or > http://www.freedos.org/ or https://freedos.org/ or > http://freedos.org/ > > > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > plan > to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > or April. > > > Jim Sponsored by https://www.newser.com/?utm_source=part_medium=uol_campaign=rss_taglines_more Dominion Goes After Giuliani in Massive New $1.3B Lawsuit http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/600ee7ab5c60e67ab6035st04duc1 In Moderna's Good News, One 'Ominous' Finding http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/600ee7ab8057a67ab6035st04duc2 Huckabee Sanders Enters Race, Hits 'Radical Left' http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/600ee7aba4f6467ab6035st04duc3 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Updates to the FreeDOS website?
Hi Jim, > Let me know what you think will make the website easier to use. I'll > plan to tackle this in February or March, with plans to deploy in March > or April. Sounds good to me. Just keep an eye on bandwidth for the front page. Not everyone has VDSL or a leased line. ;-) Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Which C compiler for targeting DOS?
Hi Mateusz, >> Can anyone recommend a good C compiler for DOS? > > Turbo C 2.01 (gratis, very good software) and OpenWatcom (open-source, > tend to produce heavier binaries than OW, but comes with a more complete > libc). AFAIK Turbo C++ 1.01 has less bugs than Turbo C 2.01, because it's newer (1991 vs 1989). Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Xcopy
Hi Bryan, >> Try XCOPY C:\GAMES\*.* D:\GAMES /E /S > > That worked fine. > >> */E* >>Copy subdirectories, even if empty. >> >>*/S* >>Copy subdirectories, except empty ones. > > I hadn't realised the need for those options. Just from the help text I would think just /E is enough. Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-software.de/ DOS ain't dead: https://www.bttr-software.de/forum/ ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
