Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-03-02 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi Nikos, I got a bit lost in this discussion: what's really needed to make the style-up of the Wiki? The Mediawiki version we run is fairly new, so that's not really needed to be updated, right? Just to re-sync myself, Markus ___ grass-user mailing

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-25 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wednesday 16 of January 2013 03:19:04 Nikos Alexandris wrote: On Saturday 29 of December 2012 17:15:33 Nikos Alexandris wrote: GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is so, I guess, due to the

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-25 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos: BTW, where are the official GRASS-color combinations? Martin: logos ? http://grass.osgeo.org/download/logos/ Nikos: Thought maybe I missed some list with the official colors. Markus: You can grab them from the logos. The old green is in the stylesheet here:

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-21 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Markus Neteler: .. Re: wording. While the original name of the 80s is 'GRASS', for obvious reasons that isn't too clear. I write 'GRASS GIS' (no dash!) for many years where appropriate. So, in the new CMS Website, on page top 'GRASS GIS', then down perhaps only 'GRASS' for readability. In

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Margherita Di Leo
Nikos, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:19 AM, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.netwrote: On Saturday 29 of December 2012 17:15:33 Nikos Alexandris wrote: GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Dear all, here are another two sample screenshots (of course credits go to archi.tect.gr): http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:NikosA#Holistic_Look_.26_Feel If you like the idea(s), please, suggest, criticise (the *hard* way), support the cause for a better GRASS-Wiki. Thank you, Nikos

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Vaclav Petras
New GRASS-GIS-Wiki logo: What about GRASS Wiki instead of Wiki? We call these pages GRASS Wiki, do we? So, why not make it clear for novices and visitors? Moreover, there is no GRASS (GIS) text in pages now, except for the title. http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:NikosA#GRASS-GIS_logo On 16

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Hi Vaclav! On Wednesday 16 of January 2013 12:40:57 Vaclav Petras wrote: New GRASS-GIS-Wiki logo: What about GRASS Wiki instead of Wiki? We call these pages GRASS Wiki, do we? So, why not make it clear for novices and visitors? Sure, it sounds good for the logo(gram). Moreover, there is

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Margherita Di Leo
Nikos, On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.netwrote: I think that there is an unnecessary use of the term GIS in the main web-site (and elsewhere?): both in the title GRASS GIS and in the subtitle The world's leading Free GIS software. Why not (title)

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos: I think that there is an unnecessary use of the term GIS in the main web-site (and elsewhere?): both in the title GRASS GIS and in the subtitle The world's leading Free GIS software. Why not (title) GRASS, (subtitle) The world's leading Free GIS software? From another point

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Vaclav Petras
On 16 January 2013 14:01, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net wrote: Hi Vaclav! On Wednesday 16 of January 2013 12:40:57 Vaclav Petras wrote: New GRASS-GIS-Wiki logo: What about GRASS Wiki instead of Wiki? We call these pages GRASS Wiki, do we? So, why not make it clear for novices

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Vaclav: Moreover, there is no GRASS (GIS) text in pages now, except for the title. http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:NikosA#GRASS-GIS_logo N: I am not sure I understand what you mean here, but, for what is worth:... V: I just meant that there is no GRASS (GIS) in the (every) wiki

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-16 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi all, very nice the screenshot. A much better visual experience than the current wiki style. Re: wording. While the original name of the 80s is 'GRASS', for obvious reasons that isn't too clear. I write 'GRASS GIS' (no dash!) for many years where appropriate. So, in the new CMS Website, on

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-15 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Saturday 29 of December 2012 17:15:33 Nikos Alexandris wrote: GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is so, I guess, due to the theme(?). I've been behind and very slow in maintaining pages. It

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-15 Thread Vaclav Petras
Hi, firstly, I like screenshots on your user page. Moreover, I'm always confused by == == and === === sections in default wikimedia style (former is big but later is bold). Your style [1] does not have this problem, nice. Vaclav [1]

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-12 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos Alexandris: (apologies Martin, that was meant to go on-list) Daniel: 2012/12/29 Daniel Lee l...@isi-solutions.org: I think these are some good ideas. Could it be that the MediaWiki version we're using on the GRASS wiki is just plain old? .. Martin: huh, we are running

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2013-01-06 Thread Nikos Alexandris
(apologies Martin, that was meant to go on-list) Daniel: 2012/12/29 Daniel Lee l...@isi-solutions.org: I think these are some good ideas. Could it be that the MediaWiki version we're using on the GRASS wiki is just plain old? .. Martin: huh, we are running 1.18.1 (last version from

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-31 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos: BTW, where are the official GRASS-color combinations? Martin: logos ? http://grass.osgeo.org/download/logos/ Nikos: Thought maybe I missed some list with the official colors. Markus: You can grab them from the logos. The old green is in the stylesheet here:

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-30 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2012/12/30 Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net: Anyway I am planning to switch to 1.20 (running from git) in January. With LTS you are referring probably to Ubuntu world. OSGeo servers run on Debian :-) [1] http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:Version @Martin: are there any

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-30 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Sunday 30 of December 2012 10:43:56 Martin Landa wrote: Hi, 2012/12/30 Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net: Anyway I am planning to switch to 1.20 (running from git) in January. With LTS you are referring probably to Ubuntu world. OSGeo servers run on Debian :-) [1]

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-30 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2012/12/30 Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net: of course not, do you have a plan? Sure :-) perfect :-) BTW, where are the official GRASS-color combinations? logos ? [1] Martin [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/download/logos/ -- Martin Landa landa.martin gmail.com *

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-30 Thread Nikos Alexandris
.. Nikos: BTW, where are the official GRASS-color combinations? Martin: logos ? [1] [1] http://grass.osgeo.org/download/logos/ Thought maybe I missed some list with the official colors. Thanks, N signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

[GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is so, I guess, due to the theme(?). The grass-wiki http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Main_Page runs on MediaWiki http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki. The

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos Alexandris: .. Take for example the distances of ToC to Sec (some screenshots in GRASS-Wiki's Sandbox). Apologies, not in the Sandbox -- instead, I've started collecting some ideas in my user-page: http://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:NikosA#Scratching_ideas_for_the_GRASS- wiki Nikos

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Daniel Lee
Hey, I think these are some good ideas. Could it be that the MediaWiki version we're using on the GRASS wiki is just plain old? MediaWiki's made a lot of progress over the past few years, and I see that the GRASS Wiki's About page hasn't been updatd since February 2007. Back then MediaWiki was at

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Markus Neteler
On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Nikos Alexandris n...@nikosalexandris.net wrote: GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is so, I guess, due to the theme(?). Well, I would distinguish between content

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Nikos Alexandris: GRASSers, In my humble opinion, GRASS-wiki pages can become quite in-attractive. Not only due to lengthy and out-dated pages. It is so, I guess, due to the theme(?). Markus: Well, I would distinguish between content and layout...: the Mediawiki version is one thing,

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Martin Landa
Hi, 2012/12/29 Daniel Lee l...@isi-solutions.org: I think these are some good ideas. Could it be that the MediaWiki version we're using on the GRASS wiki is just plain old? MediaWiki's made a lot of progress over the past few years, and I see that the GRASS Wiki's About page hasn't been

Re: [GRASS-user] Upon improving the GRASS-wiki

2012-12-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
Daniel Lee: I think these are some good ideas. Could it be that the MediaWiki version we're using on the GRASS wiki is just plain old? MediaWiki's made a lot of progress over the past few years, and I see that the GRASS Wiki's About page hasn't been updatd since February 2007. Back then