I agree with the idea of making the site the landing page for all the sub-projects within the overall ActiveMQ project.
You should take a look at the message from Michael Andre Pearce to see his mockup using the new logo, it's an excellent starting point for a discussion. Be sure to follow the instructions in the BUILD.md: https://github.com/michaelandrepearce/activemq-site/blob/master/site/BUILD.md Bruce On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Martyn Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Some ideas to kick off design discussion. > > Really what I am trying to convey here is that ActiveMQ is the home of a > more than just 5.x series. And to have clear links to each project, > clicking through would take you to landing page for the project. This > essentially would be the landing page for top level ActiveMQ. > > I realise the text in the message needs more work (it's also probably > worth having a bit of info for each project on the landing page too). > > On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 1:23 AM, Bruce Snyder <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> This looks great, Michael. It's also a great proof-of-concept, nice work. >> I >> like the look of it, but I don't think we want to completely copy the >> Metron site, so we will need to change it up. >> >> I'm working on getting the exported HTML from the ActiveMQ Confluence >> space >> and I will dump it into a new git repo. >> >> Bruce >> >> On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Michael André Pearce < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Agree on jekyll. >> > >> > Here’s a sample I’ve mocked up with an activemq look and feel (and much >> > lighter) based around the new logo >> > >> > https://github.com/michaelandrepearce/activemq-site/tree/master/site >> > >> > I forked from metrons to get most of the bits like Jekyll etc which is >> > already working. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > > On 7 Dec 2017, at 16:49, Bruce Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > >> > > I would prefer to use Markdown with the Jekyll framework ( >> > > https://jekyllrb.com/). Jekyll handles Markdown, it handles CSS (via >> > SASS) >> > > and it would allow the site to live in a git repo. >> > > >> > > Also, I found that other projects use Jekyll with great success, here >> is >> > > just one example in the Flink project: >> > > >> > > https://flink.apache.org/ >> > > >> > > Nice looking site, clearly more modern and fully customizable. >> > > >> > > Bruce >> > > >> > > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Clebert Suconic < >> > [email protected]> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> +1 >> > >> >> > >> I like the Markdown (or whatever easy format.. non xml based). We >> will >> > >> need to choose a framework for that. do you have anything in mind? >> > >> >> > >> I also think we should have a consistent look and feel. >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> I will be supportive on this... >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> First thing will be to have a framework chosen.. >> > >> Second to have a github we collaborate... >> > >> Third.. maybe we could use one of those video calls to talk about >> how to >> > >> do it. >> > >> >> > >> On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:20 PM, Bruce Snyder < >> [email protected]> >> > >> wrote: >> > >>> Several opinions have been expressed recently that the ActiveMQ >> website >> > >>> needs some attention and that Artemis should be made more prominent. >> > I'd >> > >>> like to discuss some ideas to see what we could achieve on this >> topic. >> > >>> >> > >>> If we are going to make Artemis more prominent, the first concern I >> > >>> identified is that the ActiveMQ website and the Artemis website are >> > >>> authored differently. The ActiveMQ website is authored in the >> > Confluence >> > >>> wiki and exported to HTML automagically whereas the Artemis website >> is >> > >>> authored in raw HTML. As a result, the two sites have a very >> different >> > >> look >> > >>> and feel to them. This presents some challenges to using the content >> > >>> between the two. >> > >>> >> > >>> But this presents other questions -- do we want the two sites to >> look >> > >>> similar or different? When someone looks at Artemis content, do we >> want >> > >> the >> > >>> user to immediately know that they are looking at ActiveMQ content >> vs. >> > >>> Artemis based content solely due to the look and feel of the site? >> > Should >> > >>> there even be two different sites? >> > >>> >> > >>> I would prefer to have the site authored in a language that is >> easier >> > to >> > >>> write than HTML (such as Markdown). I would also like the files >> > >> comprising >> > >>> the site to live in a git repo. To give the site a modern look and >> feel >> > >>> means using CSS (e.g., SASS, etc.). All these things can be achieved >> > >> using >> > >>> Jekyll, but first we would need to convert the raw HTML files to >> > Mardown >> > >> to >> > >>> put in git. I have experimented with some tools to convert HTML to >> > >> Markdown >> > >>> and they are less than ideal. Does anyone have any experience with >> > this? >> > >>> >> > >>> Sorry for the rambling. Anyone else interested to help tackle this >> > thorny >> > >>> set of issues? >> > >>> >> > >>> Bruce >> > >>> >> > >>> -- >> > >>> perl -e 'print >> > >>> unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\ >> "YC;VT*" >> > );' >> > >>> >> > >>> ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ >> > >>> Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> >> > >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> -- >> > >> Clebert Suconic >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > perl -e 'print >> > > unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" >> );' >> > > >> > > ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ >> > > Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> >> > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> perl -e 'print >> unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" );' >> >> ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ >> Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder >> > > -- perl -e 'print unpack("u30","D0G)U8V4\@4VYY9&5R\"F)R=6-E+G-N>61E<D\!G;6%I;\"YC;VT*" );' ActiveMQ in Action: http://bit.ly/2je6cQ Blog: http://bsnyder.org/ <http://bruceblog.org/> Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucesnyder
