This is just fantastic. I tried to use this feature (clicked on the blue pencil) , got a nice message box with options to click Yes or No. I chose "No" and was taken to the following url https://cms.apache.org/redirect?uri=http%3A//tomee.apache.org/documentation.html and got the following error: "The requested URL /redirect was not found on this server."
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 5:03 PM, David Blevins <[email protected]>wrote: > So as previously posted, on the ASF Infra side we've added anonymous > editing to the CMS. Joe Schaefer and I did some more hacking this weekend. > > https://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/apache_cms_new_features_for > > In addition I've also added a little blue pencil icon to most pages. When > you click it it attempts to make it clear we want your contribution > regardless if you are a committer or not. As well it gives you a link > appropriate for you; if you are a ASF committer you are prompted for > user/pass, if you are not a committer you go straight in as anonymous. > > So anyone can edit the website! If you are an ASF committer (even if you > are not a committer on this project, yet) you can edit as yourself. > > If you are an ASF committer and not an OpenEJB committer, you should > navigate to the 'Diff' section and use the 'Mail Diff' feature. > > When someone edits the website and sends in a patch via the 'Mail Diff' > feature, we OpenEJB committers simply need to click the "Clone URL" link at > the top of the notification that comes from the CMS. Then you can review > and commit without having to do anything more than click buttons. It's > very github-like. > > With this our website is now incredibly streamlined. Anyone can > contribute near effortlessly. We can of course continue to make > improvements where we see we need them. > > With this we may not need the TOMEE confluence space I also created this > weekend before digging into the CMS features. I can't see an advantage to > steering people away from contributing to the website. > > Thoughts? Comments? > > > -David > > -- Karan Singh Malhi twitter.com/KaranSinghMalhi
