I would like to hold off on merging for a few more days, until we have
worked out the kinks we know of and have a few pages that have significant
information.

a

On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.invalid>
wrote:

> The develop branch is built by our CI server.  The results are here:
>
> http://apacheroyaleci.westus2.cloudapp.azure.com:8080/job/
> RoyaleDocs_Stagin
> g/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/_site/index.html
>
> Theoretically, when we merge develop into master, GH pages will process it
> and it will show up here:
>
> https://apache.github.io/royale-docs/
>
> We can try a merge now if you want.  Would need Andrew's ok before doing
> so.  Not sure if our partial work in develop is better than the
> placeholder in master.
>
> Thoughts?
> -Alex
>
> On 1/26/18, 3:27 AM, "Gabe Harbs" <harbs.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >I’m trying to find my bearings after following lightly for a couple of
> >weeks.
> >
> >I’m really excited by all the work that’s been going on vis a vis docs
> >lately. I think it’s really important work and really glad it’s happening.
> >
> >How do I view the current status of the work on docs? I see there’s a
> >develop branch on the docs repo, but I’m not sure how to actually view
> >that. Is there a URL that Jekyll outputs changes to? Is it built locally,
> >and if yes how? How is changes actually published by Jekyll to the docs
> >GitHub.io site?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Harbs
> >
> >> On Jan 26, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com.INVALID>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >> OK, I figured out how to generate the ToC from a JSON file
> >> (_data/toc.json).  Basically, it is a hierarchical structure.  Each ToC
> >> entry is a JSON Object with a path property and an optional children
> >>array
> >> of other ToC entries.
> >>
> >> The title and links are pulled from the site information gathered by
> >> Jekyll, so you won't see ToC entries on the page for entries in the
> >> toc.json that don't have an actual file.  Which also means that if you
> >> don't match the path to the actual file name it won't show either.  Make
> >> sure you have your capital letters and everything correct.
> >>
> >> I also figured you were asleep at this hour so I did the license sweep.
> >> Make sure you sync up any local working copies before making more
> >>changes.
> >>
> >> On 1/25/18, 6:51 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com.INVALID> wrote:
> >>
> >>> OK, I saw your other email about more ToC changes coming.  I think I am
> >>> going to try to generate the ToC.
> >>>
> >>> -Alex
> >>>
> >>> On 1/25/18, 6:32 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com.INVALID> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 1/25/18, 4:11 PM, "Andrew Wetmore" <cottag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have not been touching the ToC file because it looks very easy to
> >>>>>get
> >>>>> wrong.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, I was fiddling with the ToC and thinking the same thing.  I'm
> >>>> wondering how many more changes to the ToC we'll be doing.  If it is
> >>>>just
> >>>> a few more to implement your proposed ToC, we could just keep the
> >>>>current
> >>>> way and fix the small things as we find it.  If we think we're going
> >>>>to
> >>>> be
> >>>> adding new entries and/or renaming entries, maybe it is worth it for
> >>>>me
> >>>> to
> >>>> try to spend a day making the ToC "generate" from the .MD files.  We
> >>>> would
> >>>> probably dictate the organization of the ToC in a JSON file, but the
> >>>> entries would be less error prone.  Maybe like:
> >>>>
> >>>> { "toc": [ "index.md" : [ "welcome/high-level-view.md" : [] ,
> >>>>                         "welcome/features-and-concepts.md": [
> >>>> "welcome/features/as3.md" ...
> >>>>          "get-started.md" : ["get-started/system-requirements.md" ...
> >>>>
> >>>> Essentially, a hierarchical object that just lists the file names in
> >>>>the
> >>>> order you want them to appear in the ToC.  I think I can get Jekyll to
> >>>> generate the ToC by using the page titles.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have also not been inserting links from one .md page to another
> >>>>> because I am not clear whether we are using relative or absolute
> >>>>>links
> >>>>> (not
> >>>>> sure, for instance, whether there is a performance benefit of one
> >>>>>over
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> other...).
> >>>>
> >>>> In the .md files, links have to be a full path without the leading
> >>>>slash.
> >>>> So to link to /welcome/features/as3.md, you would use
> >>>>
> >>>> [as3](welcome/features/as3.html)
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Also, when we link out from the help docs to another section of the
> >>>>> Royale
> >>>>> site, or any other resource, we should pop a new browser window, not
> >>>>> take
> >>>>> the reader away from the help docs. Is there a standard way to
> >>>>>declare
> >>>>> that
> >>>>> when writing a link in markdown? Is it the same as in HTML
> >>>>> ("target=_blank")?
> >>>>
> >>>> I had to look it up.  The syntax is:
> >>>>
> >>>>> [as3](welcome/features/as3.html){:target='_blank'}
> >>>>
> >>>> I just modified index.md and tested it and it seemed to work.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Alex
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
>


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