Author: crossley
Date: Thu Apr 5 19:50:12 2007
New Revision: 526038
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=526038
Log:
Better utilise the space at top of home page. ToC was wasting space, so
collapse some sections. Move description of Forrest to the abstract.
Modified:
forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml
Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml?view=diff&rev=526038&r1=526037&r2=526038
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--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml Thu Apr 5 19:50:12 2007
@@ -19,28 +19,25 @@
<document>
<header>
<title>Welcome to Apache Forrest</title>
+ <abstract>
+ Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that transforms
+ input from various sources into a unified presentation
+ in one or more output formats. The modular and extensible
+ plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant
+ standards, which separates presentation from content.
+ Forrest can generate static documents, or be used as a
+ dynamic server, or be deployed by its automated facility.
+ </abstract>
</header>
<body>
- <section>
- <title>Introduction</title>
- <p>
- Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that transforms
- input from various sources into a unified presentation
- in one or more output formats. The modular and extensible
- plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant
- standards, which separates presentation from content.
- Forrest can generate static documents, or be used as a
- dynamic server, or be deployed by its automated facility.
- </p>
<note>
Please realise that Forrest is still pre-1.0 release version.
It is certainly usable for those who are prepared to move with it.
See more notes about <link href="#status">status</link> below.
</note>
- </section>
<section>
- <title>User-friendly</title>
+ <title>Explanation and features</title>
<p>
Forrest is designed with the new user in mind. Much effort has gone
into making the process of generating a new site <strong>easy</strong>
and
@@ -94,9 +91,7 @@
<strong>intranets</strong>, and <strong>home pages</strong>,
and anything else you can think of.
</p>
- </section>
- <section>
- <title>Powerful</title>
+
<p>
Forrest is far from a quick and dirty solution however. Forrest is
built on the world's leading XML application framework,
@@ -137,8 +132,7 @@
XML data that it processes.
</li>
</ul>
- <section>
- <title>Static or Dynamic</title>
+
<p>
Unique amongst comparable documentation tools, Forrest generates
sites that can run both <strong>interactively</strong> as a dynamic
@@ -158,11 +152,10 @@
enables Forrest's edit/review cycle to be faster than command-line
transformation tools.
</p>
- </section>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>History</title>
+ <section id="status">
+ <title>History and project status</title>
<p>Apache Forrest was started in January 2002, with the major use-case
being to
create a consistent and efficient
<link href="http://xml.apache.org/";>xml.apache.org</link> group of
project
@@ -177,10 +170,7 @@
tool capable of meeting many needs. Certain relevant project management
facilities are being added.
</p>
- </section>
- <section id="status">
- <title>Project status and website status</title>
<p>Apache Forrest is currently progressing rapidly through a series of
0.x
releases. It is certainly usable now (despite not yet being version
1.x).
See the growing list of
