+1 It is much cleaner. Would be nice (and more maintainable) for sub-menus- specifically on the versions for docs & packages.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Christopher <ctubb...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 for what's been done so far, and for revamped site with 1.6.0 release. > > Rollout sub-menus might be nice. That nav bar is pretty busy. > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Def needs a little more TLC, but using something like Bootstrap instead > of > > rolling our own is definitely the way to go. > > > > Would be happy to help out here -- maybe we can get a revamped site for > > 1.6.0? That'd be pretty boss. > > > > > > On 3/5/14, 5:40 PM, Bill Havanki wrote: > >> > >> Some folks in the IRC room were discussing how nice the Spark [1] and > Hue > >> [2] sites look compared to ours. While babysitting integration tests, I > >> decided to prototype a rework of our site using Twitter Bootstrap [3], > the > >> front-end framework that both of those other sites use. > >> > >> Here are the pages that I converted. > >> > >> * http://people.apache.org/~bhavanki/accumulo-bootstrapped/ > >> * > >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/~bhavanki/accumulo-bootstrapped/notable_features.html > >> * http://people.apache.org/~bhavanki/accumulo-bootstrapped/source.html > >> > >> You can navigate between those pages using the left nav menu, but try > >> anywhere else and you'll jump out to the production site. > >> > >> The pages use Bootstrap's own theme, with only very slight modifications > >> to > >> be close to our own theme. (I actually disabled around 90% of > >> accumulo.css.) I kept the page organization like production, although we > >> have many other whizbang options with Bootstrap. Some bits I left messy, > >> like the nav items for the user manuals, but you should get the idea > >> anyway. > >> > >> Beyond just how it looks, Bootstrap gives you many other capabilities, > >> especially responsive display for mobile and tablets, so there's benefit > >> to > >> a switch beyond just pretty looking boxes. > >> > >> [1] spark.apache.org > >> [2] gethue.com > >> [3] getbootstrap.com > >> > > >
