Congrats Andrew. Yes we can add viewstates (includeIn), phone/tablet/desktop Numerator denominator to adjust the view on different devices, common header and footer and much more. We'll be waiting for the wiki page tomorrow to get started.
Thanks, Alina Kazi On Fri, 16 Apr 2021, 7:29 PM Piotr Zarzycki, <piotrzarzyck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Congrats Andrew! > > pt., 16 kwi 2021 o 13:31 Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> napisał(a): > > > Today my wife and I have appointments, a long drive from home, to get our > > first COVID-19 injections. This will probably use up most of the day, > > leaving aside possible side-effects, so I likely will not have the wiki > > page about the web site ready to receive ideas and concerns until > tomorrow > > at the earliest. > > > > a > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 8:33 PM Maria Jose Esteve <mjest...@iest.com> > > wrote: > > > > > What dizziness! jajajaja > > > > > > Hiedra > > > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > > De: Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> > > > Enviado el: viernes, 16 de abril de 2021 1:29 > > > Para: Apache Royale Development <dev@royale.apache.org> > > > Asunto: Re: Use Royale to build the Royale website? > > > > > > This is great. > > > > > > To start, I think I will create a wiki page so we can capture what we > > must > > > have and what we would like to have in the website. For me, our website > > > must communicate useful and engaging information about our project and > > what > > > one can do with Royale. I would also like to include some features to > > > demonstrate a little bit of what Royale can do--maybe viewstates to > > manage > > > what displays when, localization (at least some of the site), > responsive > > so > > > it appears well on laptops and mobile devices, use of CSS, and other > > > stuff...and then we can use the website itself as a demonstration of > > > Royale's versatility. > > > > > > The Infra guidelines say a project's site should not be dynamic, in the > > > sense of using HTTP calls to get data that it then displays: the site > > > should be "flat". But we may find that Royale code compiled to > > JavaScript > > > can do lots of interestng things wiithout breaking the Infra rules. > > > > > > I will set up the wiki page tomorrow and let you all know that it is > > > available for adding ideas. > > > > > > Andrew > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 5:42 PM Alina Kazi <alinakazi1...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Great Maria and really its very good to show it in ApacheCon 2021. > > > > > > > > Great Idea Andrew, I would also love to contribute in any way I can. > > > > Also, If you have some design in mind. Share with us. > > > > Create a source repository,so we can start with jewel basic flat > theme > > > > or any other option that community suggests. We start migrating > > > > wordpress website step by step. Until we have virtual machine or > other > > > stuff ready. > > > > > > > > Alina Kazi > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 15 Apr 2021, 10:03 PM Maria Jose Esteve, <mjest...@iest.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > Andrew, I can help, I think the community has to make an effort if > > > > > we > > > > want > > > > > to get to ApacheCon 2021 😝 > > > > > > > > > > Have you thought about a redesign of the website or a > "translation"? > > > > > > > > > > How could I contribute? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hiedra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > > > > De: Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> Enviado el: jueves, 15 de > > > > > abril de 2021 1:51 > > > > > Para: Apache Royale Development <dev@royale.apache.org> > > > > > Asunto: Use Royale to build the Royale website? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At the moment the Royale website depends on a private server > running > > > > > WordPress. I wonder if it is time to build and deploy it using > > > > > Royale itself. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We don't need the great strengths of Royale--dynamic display, > subtle > > > > > data-processing, and so on--to support the site. It is (as all > > > > > projects sites are intended to be) a flat, relatively static > > > > > website. That should mean that running our own website with the aid > > > > > of our own tool should be far from impossible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is required? If I understand correctly, we would need Infra to > > > > > provide a virtual machine on which we could install and run a > stable > > > > > instance of Royale, and a repository of the site's source code in > > > > > MXML > > > > and > > > > > AS files, just like a real Royale application.. Each time we > updated > > > > > a > > > > page > > > > > or a file in the website repository, Infra's automated tools would > > > > > set > > > > off > > > > > a build and deployment of the updated site. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some time ago a proof-of-concept was partly built to do this very > > > > > thing, so we have some resources to start from. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Benefits: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Since it is a simple website, it should probably be an exercise > > > > > contributors and committers at many skill levels could help work > on. > > > > > > > > > > -- It would give us a "brag" to point to. > > > > > > > > > > -- We would move over to open-source resources, rather than those > of > > > > > WordPress.. > > > > > > > > > > -- Infra has an efficient and stable CI process in place that can > > > > > work with Royale's command-line to trigger builds and deployment. > > > > > > > > > > -- Other???? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Costs: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Time to migrate the existing site into Royale assets. > > > > > > > > > > -- Other????? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What do you all think of such a proposal? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > > > http://cottage14.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > http://cottage14.blogspot.com/ > > > > > -- > > Piotr Zarzycki >
