Thanks :) Did you mean a different url for your #2 below? That seems to be the url i'm after (the shared directory), but you linked to a page on the Commons site.
Hen On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 3:41 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24 April 2013 05:28, Henri Yandell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So if you're using the SVN approach, you check locally, then commit and > go > > hit publish on the CMS? > > > > > If you commit to the source, I think that automatically does the build and > updates the staging site. > > You can then check the staging site before hitting publish. > > Perhaps try this out with a trivial change. > > However, given that the same staging site is shared by everyone, anyone > else making updates at the same time will publish your changes if you have > not yet done so. Publication copies the entire staging site across to live. > > Also it's not possible to drop the staging site except by reverting the > original commit. > > So I suggest reviewing major changes locally first. > > The CMS system is very convenient for minor edits; typos and the like. > > > > Hen > > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 11:50 AM, sebb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 23 April 2013 19:25, Henri Yandell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Looking at the site building docs, I could see how to modify the site > > > > (install a CMS plugin or just modify SVN and test locally, I went > with > > > the > > > > latter). My commit was then built by the buildbot. > > > > > > > > Where is the staging site to look at the buildbot output so I can > then > > be > > > > happy pressing Publish? I couldn't see anything in the docs or the > > > buildbot > > > > that seemed to link to such a thing. > > > > > > > > > > > If you use the CMS bookmarklet (it's not a plugin) it's one of the > links > > > shown at the top of the page when you commit. > > > The link is to a protected private directory - e.g. [1] however that > > > redirects to a shared directory [2] > > > > > > The ASF CMS docs could be updated with this info somewhere suitable. > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > https://cms.apache.org/commons/wc/edit/sebb-{ramdomtag}/trunk/content/xdoc/releases/prepare.xml?action=staged > > > [2] http://commons.staging.apache.org/releases/prepare.html > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > > > > >
