On 1/29/06, Phil Steitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry for the late response. I have had connectivity problems this week. > > My one comment is that most of the content described below belongs on > the main commons web pages. Could be I am odd man out, in which case > I will shut up and accept the chaos, but I don't think we should be > using the Wiki for developer documentation, at least not as a > permanent home for it. > <snip/>
I think this is probably orthogonal to tidying up the wiki per plan below, so I'll go ahead with that bit later today. IMO, the wiki is good as a staging area for developer documentation and if the "Commons Manual" or any of the other documents ever reach a website-worthy status, we can turn them into (non-wiki) web pages. -Rahul > Phil > > On 1/24/06, Rahul Akolkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm proposing to move some content around on the Commons wiki. > > > > Motivating factors are: > > > > * Discourage amorphous growth on one or two pages > > * Distribute content over already existing pages (some of which are > > mostly abandoned) > > * Reduce the number of orphaned pages, aim for better wiki navigation > > > > (... over time, not that I expect any of my changes to be revolutionary ;-) > > > > If you don't like one or more of the changes below, reply with a -1 > > underneath the change. I will make all changes that do *not* receive a > > -1 in a few days (Friday at the earliest). > > > > 1) Move articles and third party resources to this orphaned page: > > http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/ArticlesAndTutorials > > > > 2) Create a DeveloperDocumentation page and move the related links > > from the FrontPage to that one. > > > > 3) Create a "menu/navigation bar" on the top (currently it has three > > entries). More entries will wrap in your browser, depending on your > > resolution. > > > > 4) Lose the description for the links on top of the page, they should > > do OK without it as well, and add them to (3). For example: > > "GettingInvolved has information for people interested in helping out > > with commons development." > > will just become a "GettingInvolved" link in the nav bar. > > > > 5) Add a FrequentlyAskedQuestions page for Commons as a whole (for > > generic questions such as which why does my "maven site" fail) > > > > Stephen- > > > > Can we post your Javapolis pdf on the wiki? I remember someone suggesting > > it. > > > > -Rahul > > <snap/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
