Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-18 Thread Claude Brisson
Some remarks / suggestions... Le dimanche 17 décembre 2006 à 14:10 +0100, Henning Schmiedehausen a écrit : New users need to know -- What the heck is Velocity? +1. So what is it? Is it a templating engine? A toolbox for a templating engine? What is the Velocity project. I'm struggling

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-18 Thread Nathan Bubna
First, general thoughts I would like to see our web site reflect our charter in the sense that the Velocity Engine is always prominent and pre-eminent. It is a requirement that the other subprojects be dependent on that core center pole, otherwise the umbrella will become a mere sack. I'm

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-18 Thread Will Glass-Husain
Great idea! I also think it would be good to have a link right above or below it that quickly tells how to use Velocity outside a webapp. The title of this would probably depend on the examples created for it. Which, by the way, i'm not sure we have any good, simple, easy-to-get-started-with,

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-17 Thread Henning Schmiedehausen
So, finally having digged out of the heap'o'work, here it goes: On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 09:48 -0800, Will Glass-Husain wrote: Hi Henning, As I mentioned before, the layout look great. I have specific thoughts on the front page of the site. This page provides the first impression for new

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-17 Thread Will Glass-Husain
Hi Henning, I'm afraid this is a slow conversation since we both seem to be responding to Velocity emails in our respective evenings :-) Thanks for the detailed response. We're in rough agreement, but have a difference in emphasis. Clarifying/responding to a couple of points. * You've

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-12 Thread Nathan Bubna
I like the direction this is heading, especially as laid out here: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-velocity/VelocitySite I'll help with the Tools docs at least. But it might be a week or so. I've gotta get some other work done first. On 12/11/06, Henning P. Schmiedehausen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-12 Thread Will Glass-Husain
Hi Henning, As I mentioned before, the layout look great. I have specific thoughts on the front page of the site. This page provides the first impression for new users and is a frequent stop for intermediate/experienced users. I think we should aim it to provide immediate help to these two

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-12 Thread Will Glass-Husain
Hi Henning, No branches or tags - sounds good. WILL On 12/12/06, Henning P. Schmiedehausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will Glass-Husain [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks. I have the build process nailed down now and the skin is checked in. If you want to try out for yourself, just fetch

Re: Velocity Site - Preview

2006-12-11 Thread Will Glass-Husain
Interesting. I like the look and feel. I've got lots of comments on the content. But I'm going to send them tomorrow when I'm more awake. WILL On 12/11/06, Henning P. Schmiedehausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Hm. I could have sworn I've sent this out already. Seems it never made it] To let