FWIW, Confluence is as good as a WIKI gets IMO. You can then buy themes to make the website look good and not so wiki-like...
http://www.adaptavist.com/display/ADAPTAVIST/Builder Colin. http://hermesjms.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnson, Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 September 2006 16:59 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Qpid project Web Site > > The exact opposite argument was put forth in the CeltiXfire > discussion. > I was pushing for using HTML or some form of XML and the > developers said they felt more comfortable using a wiki to > contribute documentation. > > I took a look at the Tuscany and Maven sites that Carl likes > and it looks like they are built using the Maven site > plug-in. Tuscany does a better job with the skinning from my > perspective. I just used HTML to get the simple > CeltiXfire(http://incubator.apache.org/cxf/) stuff up I just > used plain old HTML. It was the fastest approach at my disposal. > > I can send out a zip with some basic stuff this afternoon and > we can see if we like the basic structure. Then we can decide > the best way to build the stuff going forward. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rajith Attapattu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 10:42 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Qpid project Web Site > > > > Eric, > > > > I have no particular preference, but my worry about cwiki is that > people > > might have to learn it before they contribute with documentation. > > As with the maven site building stuff people can write simple html > which > > gets converted to xdocs using some maven pluggin which seems more > easy. > > > > Either way I can help you out on the efforts. Lets agree on a site > layout > > and we can start sharing the workload. > > We might also have to start getting the others involved for > atleast a > > basic user guide and architecture guide. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rajith > > > > On 9/20/06, Johnson, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > The CeltiXfire project is also looking at using cwiki for its main > site > > > and its documentation. I'm still not convinced about it being a > great > > > idea, but the Wiki does make editing easy. There is no messing > around > > > with HTML or XML files. > > > It is a regular Confluence wiki and does have the ability to do > static > > > export of the content. To get the stuff to look really good though > you > > > need to create export themes using Confluence's theme engine which > uses > > > Velocity. Without the theme it looks pretty terrible. > > > What Geronimo did, and CeltiXfire is going to emulate, is create > several > > > spaces on cwiki for the project. One space is the where the main > site is > > > created and has pretty restricted access. The other spaces have > > > different access privileges and are used for documentation and > developer > > > spaces. This provides some flexibility around access control and > look > > > and feel. > > > I've done a little poking around with the theme stuff and it does > not > > > look too hard. I haven't actually gotten around to creating and > testing > > > one though. > > > Another option is to use the Maven site building stuff. > It is also > > > pretty powerful and can be skinned. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 3:41 AM > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: Qpid project Web Site > > > > > > > > On the MINA list, the project lead is asking for opinions on > moving > > > all > > > > their stuff to cwiki, which seems to be a > Confluence-based hosting > (I > > > am > > > > not exactly sure how it differs from plain Confluence?). He > indicated > > > it > > > > had a static site capability. > > > > > > > > He linked to this example site, which is used by Geronimo: > > > > > > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/GMOxSITE/index.html > > > > > > > > RG > > > > > > > > > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > > > > | | Carl Trieloff | > > > > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > > > > | | t.com> | > > > > | | | > > > > | | 20/09/2006 01:22 | > > > > | | Please respond to| > > > > | | qpid-dev | > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------| > > > > | > > > > | > > > > | To: [email protected] > > > > | > > > > | cc: > > > > | > > > > | Subject: Re: Qpid project Web Site > > > > | > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > -------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric, > > > > > > > > It would be great if you take the first pass. I do > however prefer > the > > > > layout of > > > > Maven and Tuscany for example over most of the others. > It would be > > > great > > > > if > > > > you could model it more of one of those two. > > > > > > > > Carl. > > > > > > > > Johnson, Eric wrote: > > > > > Does anyone have interest in picking this up? If not > I'll make a > > > first > > > > > pass at it. I did the first pass at the CeltiXfire site. It is > > > pretty > > > > > basic, but it is a start. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> From: Rajith Attapattu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:36 PM > > > > >> To: [email protected] > > > > >> Subject: Re: Qpid project Web Site > > > > >> > > > > >> Hi All, > > > > >> > > > > >> Before we do a release it's good if we can get our > web site up > and > > > > >> running. > > > > >> The website will provide us with a platform to get our > > > documentation > > > > >> > > > > > up > > > > > > > > > >> and > > > > >> running as well. > > > > >> > > > > >> The following link describes the layout and the procedure. > > > > >> > > > > >> > <http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html> > > > > >> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/sites.html > > > > >> > > > > >> comments/suggestions/ideas most welcomed. > > > > >> > > > > >> Regards, > > > > >> > > > > >> Rajith > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This communication is for informational purposes only. 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