On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Keith N. McKenna < keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Kay Schenk wrote: > >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna < >> keith.mcke...@comcast.net >> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> Kay Schenk wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Keith N. McKenna < >>>> keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello All; >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have a proposed draft of a template for use in creating Release >>>>> Notes >>>>> at: >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/******confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**<https://cwiki.apache.org/****confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**> >>>>> **<https://cwiki.apache.org/****confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**<https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**> >>>>> **> >>>>> Release+Notes+Template<https:/****/cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/**<http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/**> >>>>> display/OOOUSERS/Release+****Notes+Template<https://cwiki.** >>>>> apache.org/confluence/display/**OOOUSERS/Release+Notes+**Template<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Release+Notes+Template> >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> All comments and changes are welcome. I believe that there is a way to >>>>> generate actual templates for the Confluence wiki and I will be digging >>>>> through the documentation for it to try and figure out how to do so. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Keith >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Looks good to me. I think using a template like this will be good for >>>>> >>>> organization. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks Kay, that was one of the ideas that prompted me to do this. I >>>> >>> noted that you said in an earlier thread that converting the notes from >>> the >>> wiki to HTML took some futzing. Are we using the HTML export add-on >>> that is available or Conluence or are you doing it by hand? >>> >>> Regards >>> Keith >>> >>> >> I use the html export but it puts it some styling that we don't use on the >> web site and it needs to be removed. I'll need to see how it looks if we >> just left this in. And then, maybe no futzing needed. Or, maybe I'm doing >> something wrong. :/ I'll do this again at some point. >> >> >> >> >> I had noticed the html export when I was rooting through the > documentation and wasn't sure i it was installed on our instance of > Confluence. Figured that it couldn't hurt to ask. My background is in > manufacturing engineering and I am a very large fan of making sure that > there are more efficient ways of accomplishing redundant and potentially > error prone tasks. > well, it's a curious thing. I DO the html export but for some reason although the file IS an html file, it makes into ".doc". I need to check some of what I told you about this by the way. At any rate, the html export is there. > > Your knowledge of web design and support shows in the quality of your > work. On the other hand what I know of the subject and HTML in general > would it on the head of a pin and have room left for thousands of angels. > :oD. > Thank you, but I'm not sure I deserve the extent of this complement. I had little to do with the COMPLETE design of www.openoffice.org. I do know a LOT about bare bones html though. CSS, maybe not so much, but enough to get by most of the time. :) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. " -- Buddy Hackett
