On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 5:33 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wow, that was a lot, but very informative (I have at least 5 markers for
> deeper analysis)...but it seems that the top-menu is part of the fixed
> design, even the product page uses it. But the product page shows a nice
> way of adding another menu system, which I will use.
>
> Give me a day or two, and I will have that updated.
>
> As Alexandro pointed out, the site is not big or with big content, that is
> on purpose, I wanted to establish a "bare bottom" from where  we can build.
>
> If there are other comments, or suggestions, please let me know, and I will
> include it in the update.
>
> rob:
> I hope it is ok, that I bother you to update the site again later this week
> ?


Sure, not a problem.  If at all possible, it is a good practice to
grab the source from Subversion, to a genuine local working copy, and
then post your changes, including additions, as a diff file.

See:  
http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/svn-basics.html#creating_and_submitting_patches

Give it a try,  All the cool contributors use Subversion ;-)

-Rob

>
>
> On 31 October 2012 22:06, jan iversen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for a swift answer, I will have a look at it, and send you a new
>> version...I want to adhere to standards !!
>>
>> I might rebel from time to time, but then I try to get the standard
>> changed instead of violating it.
>>
>> Jan.
>>
>>
>> On 31 October 2012 21:44, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:26 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Someday I will learn how the templates work. I looked at one wiki page,
>>> > that explained to use sort of variables, where the merged part should
>>> go.
>>> > How a template can merge into a full html, well thats pure magic.
>>> >
>>> > I to not want a special top or bottom....but I do want different menus,
>>> > since l10n has different topics. So if the template mingles with header
>>> and
>>> > body until the menu part, and again on the bottom (apache logo etc.) I
>>> will
>>> > be more than happy to use the template.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I have not looked into it, but this part of the website seems to
>>> handle a local look and feel, along with the site-wide parts:
>>>
>>> http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html
>>>
>>> Maybe reading through the way it was done here might help:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/product/
>>>
>>> It looks like they did it entirely as Markdown Text.  But that is a
>>> minor detail.
>>>
>>> The real magic happens here, I think, where the site templates are
>>> defined:
>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/templates/
>>>
>>> Note especially:
>>>
>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/templates/product/ssi.mdtext
>>>
>>> Ah, and that then points back to:
>>>
>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/product/leftnav.mdtext
>>>
>>> I'd recommend poking around.  Or, if you think the look and feel of
>>> the "product" part of the website is good, maybe even just copy that
>>> and change the content of the left navigator to reflect the links that
>>> you want to highlight?
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > jan
>>> >
>>> > On 31 October 2012 19:42, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:14 PM, jan iversen <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> > Rob: I did not quite understand the part about google analytics,
>>> should I
>>> >> > change something ??
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> I'd like to hear what Dave thinks on this.  He set up the site-wide
>>> >> template originally.
>>> >>
>>> >> > I checked in SVN, and saw that both ooo/index.html and
>>> >> ooo/l10n/index.html
>>> >> > was committed with the complete html, I had expected the SVN part to
>>> be
>>> >> the
>>> >> > text that goes into the template?
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Generally we check in complete HTML pages, with <html>, <head> and
>>> >> <body>.  The template is then applied it does its magic, which
>>> >> apparently merges elements in the <head>, applies navigation
>>> >> breadcrumbs, the constant license footer, consistent branding on the
>>> >> header, etc. I don't fully understand how it works, but most content
>>> >> authors can just ignore it.  It works that well that most can just
>>> >> ignore.
>>> >>
>>> >> But it looks like you want to adjust the template.  We'll see what
>>> >> Dave thinks on this.  Maybe we need to pipeline things so your changes
>>> >> are applied and then the site template is applied.  (It kind of looks
>>> >> like this is happening now).
>>> >>
>>> >> >  I do not like to copy the top/bottom into every page, which is why I
>>> >> used
>>> >> > the snip thing.
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >> Right.  But I think what we're seeing now is a fight between the
>>> >> site-wide rules and the local ones.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Rob
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> > Jan.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On 31 October 2012 19:10, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> >> > On 10/31/12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >> >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/l10n-new/
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > why do we have a different directory, wouldnt it be just better to
>>> >> have
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > http://www.openoffice.org/l10n/new.html
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Doesnt make sense to have two Localization projects/folders.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Long term, it does not.  For review it is perfectly fine.  Once
>>> we've
>>> >> >> debugged it and are agreed on the new site, then of course we
>>> replace
>>> >> >> the old directory with this one.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> -Rob
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> This is based on a contribution from Jan.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> You can look at the source is Subversion:
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/l10n-new/
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> It looks like Jan is trying some clever work customizing the
>>> website
>>> >> >> >> template and server-side includes.  But it looks like it is
>>> >> >> >> conflicting with (or is being applied in duplicate to) the
>>> site-wide
>>> >> >> >> template.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Dave might have some ideas here.  But in general I think we want
>>> to
>>> >> >> >> avoid having duplicate copies of site-wide items, like Google
>>> >> >> >> Analytics declarations.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> -Rob
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > --
>>> >> >> > Alexandro Colorado
>>> >> >> > PPMC Apache OpenOffice
>>> >> >> > http://es.openoffice.org
>>> >> >>
>>> >>
>>>
>>
>>

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