Yeah I think we can be incremental about this.

- add the site to /site as is. This way even if it's a pain people can
contribute
- make a publish-site.sh
- add some form of template system (probably to publish-site.sh)
- finalize with documentation? < or add it as we go

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Stephen Mallette <spmalle...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> There's not a lot of pages - true - though when i wear the release manager
> hat i have grumble every time i have to go through all the links trying to
> get it right. invariably i make a change, then copy/paste to the others
> only to find i misspelled something or missed a link. it just sucks.  That
> said, i'm open to the idea of moving the site as-is to the git repo under a
> /site directory. that would be the first step to doing the static site
> generation anyway.
>
> if it doesn't hinge on static site generation, then perhaps it should hinge
> on a little script or something that will bin/publish-site.sh - that would
> be nice.
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Robert Dale <robd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Stephen, please correct me where I'm wrong, but after mirroring the
> > site and removing docs and javadocs since these are generated, it
> > would appear that there are only 7 html files to the website. It's not
> > clear to me that at this point the effort of creating or moving to a
> > template engine is worth the effort. I would rather see the static
> > site as-is move to version control sooner rather than later and not
> > hinge upon generation.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Dylan Millikin <dylan.milli...@gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> > > The groovy template engine could work just fine.
> > > FYI :
> > >
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3793880/lightweight-
> template-engine-in-java
> > > There might be a few interested template engines there as well.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Mallette <spmalle...@gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yeah - i'm not so good with the sed to the awk to the grep or whatever
> > so
> > >> if it can be that simple that would be awesome. The groovy template
> > engine
> > >> might be another option. Something like that would work easy enough
> too
> > I
> > >> would guess. I really don't think we need much more than that right
> now.
> > >>
> > >> Organizationally, I think we should have a /site directory at the root
> > of
> > >> the repo to house the images/html template content and then have it
> > >> generate into root /target/site from bin/generate-site.sh.
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Dylan Millikin <
> > dylan.milli...@gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hmm sounds like what we would want would be a template engine that
> > would
> > >> > help us build the static site.
> > >> > If all we need are includes that put together html partials
> > >> > (headers/footers) we could make our own. It could be as simple as
> > using
> > >> sed
> > >> > in bin/generate-web-site.sh
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Stephen Mallette <
> > spmalle...@gmail.com>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > yes - static html/css and it sucks a bit because we don't have any
> > >> re-use
> > >> > > going on there. so if we have to change a menu or something it
> means
> > >> > > changing it on every page in the site. would be nice to have some
> > >> > re-usable
> > >> > > headers/footers and such. i looked into some static site
> generators
> > a
> > >> > while
> > >> > > back, but they all seemed like they did too much. maybe i didn't
> > know
> > >> > what
> > >> > > to look for.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Dylan Millikin <
> > >> dylan.milli...@gmail.com
> > >> > >
> > >> > > wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > How is the current site structured? Is it just HTML and CSS
> files?
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> spmalle...@gmail.com
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > wrote:
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > > no - we don't have one for the main web site. i've wanted to
> > >> suggest
> > >> > > that
> > >> > > > > we change that though and generate the main web site from the
> > >> github
> > >> > > > repo.
> > >> > > > > in that way we could easily accept pull requests and such. i
> > don't
> > >> > > think
> > >> > > > we
> > >> > > > > want to take a full asciidoc approach and the web site
> > generation
> > >> > would
> > >> > > > > probably stay separate from the doc generation, but it would
> be
> > >> nice
> > >> > if
> > >> > > > we
> > >> > > > > could bin/generate-web-site.sh for a local build of that that
> > thing
> > >> > > which
> > >> > > > > could then be published to the apache svn repo. anyone else
> like
> > >> that
> > >> > > > idea?
> > >> > > > > if so, how would it best be done?
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 5:05 PM, Robert Dale <
> robd...@gmail.com>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > > Is there a git repo for this and the main website?  I would
> > like
> > >> to
> > >> > > > > > make pull requests to fix some things.
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> > > > spmalle...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > > > > wrote:
> > >> > > > > > > The download page is now "live"
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 7:14 PM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> > > > > spmalle...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > > > > > wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > >> I assume everyone is cool with making the Download Page
> > live
> > >> at
> > >> > > this
> > >> > > > > > point
> > >> > > > > > >> as there's been no other feedback in the last few days.
> > I'll
> > >> > > > probably
> > >> > > > > > make
> > >> > > > > > >> some adjustments to the web site tomorrow to bring it
> > online
> > >> > > > publicly.
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:33 AM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> > > > > spmalle...@gmail.com
> > >> > > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > >> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > > >>> I updated the downloads page some more:
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>> + tweaked the date format a bit to "really" match the
> > rest of
> > >> > the
> > >> > > > > site
> > >> > > > > > >>> (which is still inconsistent in other places like
> > changelog -
> > >> > > dah)
> > >> > > > > > >>> + added a "verifying downloads" section which talks
> about
> > >> > > > > GPG/PGP/etc.
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>> http://tinkerpop.apache.org/downloads.html
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> > > > > > spmalle...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > > > > >>> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>> Good feedback Robert/Jason.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>> Updated:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>> http://tinkerpop.apache.org/downloads.html
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>> Added documentation and included some descriptors to
> > current
> > >> > > > > releases.
> > >> > > > > > >>>> Didn't change the date format for now - that's the
> > format we
> > >> > use
> > >> > > > > > everywhere
> > >> > > > > > >>>> around "release" so didn't want to muck with that at
> this
> > >> > point.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Robert Dale <
> > >> > robd...@gmail.com
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > > > > wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> Stephen, I think what Sebb might be getting at is that
> > some
> > >> > > > things
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> should be spelled out even if they are obvious to
> some.
> > I
> > >> > agree
> > >> > > > > with
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> this.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> 3.2.1 (latest, stable)
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> 3.1.3 (bug fixes only)
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> I think the dates should be in ISO8601 format.
> > YYYY-MM-DD
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> Otherwise, I think it looks very good.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> --
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> Robert Dale
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Jason Plurad <
> > >> > > plur...@gmail.com
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > +1 looks great.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > Link to the documentation, maybe next to the release
> > >> notes
> > >> > > > link,
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> would be
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > useful too.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > -- Jason
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Stephen Mallette <
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> spmalle...@gmail.com>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> > wrote:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> I think it might be a good idea to include a
> > "Download
> > >> > Page"
> > >> > > > on
> > >> > > > > > our
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> web
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> site. It would let us better list the versions we
> > have
> > >> out
> > >> > > > there
> > >> > > > > > and
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> would
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> get us better in line with Apache Infrastructure -
> > for
> > >> > > > example:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> https://issues.apache.org/
> jira/browse/TINKERPOP-1255
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> I'm also seeing that we yet have spots where we
> dont'
> > >> link
> > >> > > to
> > >> > > > > the
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> mirror
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> system. And finally, it would be nice to have a
> > >> "generic"
> > >> > > > > download
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> page
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> where we could point external links to - like the
> new
> > >> > > > > > "documentation"
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> feature in StackOverflow (right now it's sorta
> > hardcoded
> > >> > to
> > >> > > > the
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> mirror
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> which isn't so good because we'll have to change
> that
> > >> all
> > >> > > the
> > >> > > > > > time).
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> I quickly took a swipe at such a page:
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> http://tinkerpop.apache.org/downloads.html
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> It is NOT "linked to" by anything at this point so
> > it is
> > >> > > > > > "hidden". I
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> just
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> wanted to have something that everyone could look
> at
> > to
> > >> > get
> > >> > > > the
> > >> > > > > > idea
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> of
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> what such a page might look like.
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> Thoughts?
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> Thanks,
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >> Stephen
> > >> > > > > > >>>>> >>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>>
> > >> > > > > > >>>
> > >> > > > > > >>
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > > > --
> > >> > > > > > Robert Dale
> > >> > > > > >
> > >> > > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Robert Dale
> >
>

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