Author: crossley Date: Thu Apr 5 19:50:12 2007 New Revision: 526038 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&rev=526038 Log: Better utilise the space at top of home page. ToC was wasting space, so collapse some sections. Move description of Forrest to the abstract.
Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml?view=diff&rev=526038&r1=526037&r2=526038 ============================================================================== --- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml (original) +++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/index.xml Thu Apr 5 19:50:12 2007 @@ -19,28 +19,25 @@ <document> <header> <title>Welcome to Apache Forrest</title> + <abstract> + Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that transforms + input from various sources into a unified presentation + in one or more output formats. The modular and extensible + plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant + standards, which separates presentation from content. + Forrest can generate static documents, or be used as a + dynamic server, or be deployed by its automated facility. + </abstract> </header> <body> - <section> - <title>Introduction</title> - <p> - Apache Forrest is a publishing framework that transforms - input from various sources into a unified presentation - in one or more output formats. The modular and extensible - plugin architecture is based on Apache Cocoon and relevant - standards, which separates presentation from content. - Forrest can generate static documents, or be used as a - dynamic server, or be deployed by its automated facility. - </p> <note> Please realise that Forrest is still pre-1.0 release version. It is certainly usable for those who are prepared to move with it. See more notes about <link href="#status">status</link> below. </note> - </section> <section> - <title>User-friendly</title> + <title>Explanation and features</title> <p> Forrest is designed with the new user in mind. Much effort has gone into making the process of generating a new site <strong>easy</strong> and @@ -94,9 +91,7 @@ <strong>intranets</strong>, and <strong>home pages</strong>, and anything else you can think of. </p> - </section> - <section> - <title>Powerful</title> + <p> Forrest is far from a quick and dirty solution however. Forrest is built on the world's leading XML application framework, @@ -137,8 +132,7 @@ XML data that it processes. </li> </ul> - <section> - <title>Static or Dynamic</title> + <p> Unique amongst comparable documentation tools, Forrest generates sites that can run both <strong>interactively</strong> as a dynamic @@ -158,11 +152,10 @@ enables Forrest's edit/review cycle to be faster than command-line transformation tools. </p> - </section> </section> - <section> - <title>History</title> + <section id="status"> + <title>History and project status</title> <p>Apache Forrest was started in January 2002, with the major use-case being to create a consistent and efficient <link href="http://xml.apache.org/">xml.apache.org</link> group of project @@ -177,10 +170,7 @@ tool capable of meeting many needs. Certain relevant project management facilities are being added. </p> - </section> - <section id="status"> - <title>Project status and website status</title> <p>Apache Forrest is currently progressing rapidly through a series of 0.x releases. It is certainly usable now (despite not yet being version 1.x). See the growing list of