Petr Pošík wrote:
What we could do is create a separate bundle of all the ASF
plugins so that you could download them in one go. Would this help?
Yes, I think this would be very helpful.
OK, that is noted, it wouldn't be a bad idea to add it to our issue
tracker so we do not forget.
:-) With "users without internet connection" I mean such people which are
able to download the forrest instalation archive, but then turn off the
connection or leave their workplace to create their own personal almost
static sites at home. They unzip downloaded archive and ... "wow, it does
not work. Oh, it seems I had to be connected to the internet. OK, forrest is
not the right product for me because I want to work with it at home, in my
sparetime. OK, I will search another similar tool which allows me to do
so..."
Yes, I see your point. I will update the error message to make it clear
that Forrest only needs to be online for the first (and only first)
execution. It is probably also noting in the installation docs that if
you are trying to work offline you must first install the required
plugins whilst online (or download the proposed plugin collection).
One last thing worth noting is that Forrest does bundle the one plugin
that is required by the seed site used to create a new site. So in
actual fact you don't need to download any plugins to make it work first
time.
In other words, the problem seems to be with the documentation, not with
Forrest itself.
Thanks for the immediate responses... developers of other applications are
not usually so fast! :-))
I'm in a "bitty" mood today, so I'm avoiding doing any "real" work :-)
Don't expect it every day, although we are proud of our responsiveness
on these lists.
Ross
