The Developer Gods are on my side this morning. Starting today to work on Cordova Blog using Jekyll and this pod-cast landed today
#54: Jekyll and CMS-less websites with Young Hahn and Dave Cole http://5by5.tv/webahead/54 June 27, 2013 at 7:00pm • 1 hour 28 minutes After many years of using Content Management Systems that store content in a database, there's a movement to store content in files instead. Jekyll and other tools, including github, are springing up to create a new ecosystem of file-based tools. Young Hahn and Dave Cole join Jen Simmons to explain. Quote of the day: "Shame on you for setting deadlines on Fridays, you don't love developers" On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > ya for sure, its basically a jekyll like clone now > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Brian you mean port the whole site to JekyII? > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:03 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> +1 lets port the whole template over > >> On Jun 24, 2013 7:42 PM, "Andrew Grieve" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > I think if you want to take a stab at it, Carlos, that would be great! > >> You > >> > can see how the website currently works by looking at: > >> > > >> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova/site/README.md > >> > > >> > I've created https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-3997 to track > this > >> > and assigned it to you. > >> > > >> > If you can get a prototype going, maybe just post a diff of your > changes > >> > via "svn diff" and attach it to the JIRA ticket. > >> > > >> > I think timeline-wise, as soon as it gets done and we have a blog post > >> > written, we can ship it! :) > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 8:27 PM, Carlos Santana <[email protected] > >> > >wrote: > >> > > >> > > I took a look today at JekyII and got excited at the simplicity. > >> > > > >> > > I love simple solutions to simple problems. > >> > > > >> > > Should we try to launch a new site/blog for 3.0 time frame? > >> > > > >> > > How can I help? (admin, setup, tutorials, screencasts, migration, > ideas > >> > for > >> > > posts, etc..) > >> > > > >> > > --Carlos > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > OR we could use Github pages for the Cordova org and just host on > a > >> > > > subdomain: > >> > > > > >> > > > http://blog.cordova.io > >> > > > > >> > > > ??? > >> > > > > >> > > > Seems like the least friction. > >> > > > > >> > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Carlos Santana < > >> [email protected]> > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > Yes mirror to Github, official and live content will be stored > on > >> > > apache > >> > > > > servers. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > +1 on the repo name cordova-blog > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> +1 on Jekyll and Github. All we need is to request a > cordova-blog > >> > repo > >> > > > on > >> > > > >> git-wip-us, and then the Github mirror does all the work (I > think) > >> > :) > >> > > > >> > >> > https://help.github.com/articles/user-organization-and-project-pages > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> So if the repo is cordova-blog, the url would then be > >> > > > >> http://cordova.github.io/cordova-blog > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Carlos Santana < > >> > [email protected] > >> > > > >> >wrote: > >> > > > >> > >> > > > >> > @Brian > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > I'm not married to WordPress was just referring as an > >> example, > >> > > > JekyII > >> > > > >> > will do fine , > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > Can we see if we can host the content on git/github instead > of > >> > svn?, > >> > > > this > >> > > > >> > way, I think it will be easier to contribute and maintain. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > --Carlos > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > +1 on a blog but I'd like to do something static if > possible. > >> > > > (Jekyll, > >> > > > >> > > Scotch, Docpad are all nice enough). We used to use > Wordpress > >> > for > >> > > > >> > > http://phonegap.com and it was a complete struggle to > keep it > >> > up > >> > > to > >> > > > >> > > date and online. The running joke when were dealing w/ this > >> was > >> > > > >> > > 'static sites are web scale'. And its true, since moving to > >> > Jekyll > >> > > > >> > > we've had basically zero downtime. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > While our current setup is not ideal (svn) it does > accommodate > >> > > > >> > > anything static. I will talk w/ Yohei about doing a slight > >> > refresh > >> > > > to > >> > > > >> > > that (if cool w/ everyone here). > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:06 AM, Carlos Santana < > >> > > > [email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > This is great idea. > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > I don't mind the same content in both places. (PhoneGap > and > >> > > > Cordova) > >> > > > >> > > > Phonegap is spelled Cordova anyway :-) > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > Some of the blog posts in PhoneGap point to personal > blogs. > >> > > > >> > > > I would thin that the Cordova Blog will do the same have > >> blogs > >> > > > hosted > >> > > > >> > on > >> > > > >> > > > its site or point to personal blog posts. > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > What about having Pages (i.e. WordPress) on the Cordova > Blog > >> > in > >> > > > >> > addition > >> > > > >> > > of > >> > > > >> > > > Posts? > >> > > > >> > > > Ideas for Pages: > >> > > > >> > > > - Release Notes > >> > > > >> > > > - Roadmap/Timeline > >> > > > >> > > > - Videos > >> > > > >> > > > - Tutorials > >> > > > >> > > > - List 3rd Party Plugins > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > Here is another one, if Blog (i.e. WordPress) is created > why > >> > not > >> > > > host > >> > > > >> > the > >> > > > >> > > > whole site (cordova.io) with WordPress (Posts and Pages) > >> and > >> > > move > >> > > > >> away > >> > > > >> > > from > >> > > > >> > > > Ruby for the website :-). If not then you will be > >> maintaining > >> > > two > >> > > > >> sites > >> > > > >> > > > with two different technologies. > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > --Carlos > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Joe Bowser < > >> > [email protected] > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> Currently, PhoneGap aggregates the blog posts of many > >> > > committers > >> > > > at > >> > > > >> > > >> phonegap.com/blog. The downside of this is that it's > an > >> > Adobe > >> > > > >> blog, > >> > > > >> > > >> and it's not Apache Cordova. Apache Cordova should > >> probably > >> > > have > >> > > > >> its > >> > > > >> > > >> own blog, but I see a lot of the same content being in > two > >> > > > different > >> > > > >> > > >> places. > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> If someone wants to take this on, that'd be awesome. > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > >> > > >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Andrew Grieve < > >> > > > >> [email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > >> > I brought it up in a separate thread ( > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://callback.markmail.org/thread/y44pmva6gfm257sl) > >> but > >> > > > >> probably > >> > > > >> > > >> deserves > >> > > > >> > > >> > its own. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > I'd like to create a Blog for Cordova and make all > >> > Committers > >> > > > able > >> > > > >> > to > >> > > > >> > > >> post > >> > > > >> > > >> > to it. We could use it to: > >> > > > >> > > >> > - Post release announcements & release notes > >> > > > >> > > >> > - Draw attention to deprecations and upgrade guides > >> > > > >> > > >> > - Deep dive into significant improvements / changes > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > Mainly, I think having a blog for the project will be > >> > really > >> > > > help > >> > > > >> by > >> > > > >> > > >> > providing an authoritative source for Cordova blob > posts > >> > (as > >> > > > >> opposed > >> > > > >> > > to > >> > > > >> > > >> on > >> > > > >> > > >> > our personal blogs, which I appreciate, but which I > feel > >> > are > >> > > > >> lacking > >> > > > >> > > >> > authority). > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > I'm quite inexperienced at blogging, so everyone > agrees > >> we > >> > > > should > >> > > > >> go > >> > > > >> > > >> ahead > >> > > > >> > > >> > with this, it'd be good if someone more blog-savvy > would > >> > own > >> > > > >> setting > >> > > > >> > > it > >> > > > >> > > >> up. > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > -- > >> > > > >> > > > Carlos Santana > >> > > > >> > > > <[email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > -- > >> > > > >> > Carlos Santana > >> > > > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > -- > >> > > > > Carlos Santana > >> > > > > <[email protected]> > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -- > >> > > Carlos Santana > >> > > <[email protected]> > >> > > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Carlos Santana > > <[email protected]> > -- Carlos Santana <[email protected]>
