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Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:47:20 +0100
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Hi Marcel,

it looks good to me. Ready to work on it ;)

Regards
JB

On 01/17/2012 08:25 AM, Marcel Offermans wrote:
> On Jan 9, 2012, at 15:24 PM, Marcel Offermans wrote:
>
>> Hello JB,
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2012, at 13:03 PM, Jean-Baptiste Onofr=E9 wrote:
>>
>>> the CMS has been setup on ace.apache.org, but it doesn't provide any =
content for now.
>>> I propose to start at least with the copy of the content from the inc=
ubator website.
>>> Any objection ?
>>
>> I'm still wrapping up the many steps involved in the move, but as you =
can see, we're getting there! :)
>>
>> I think we might want to discuss what and how to move, before we dive =
in and start the work, as this is an excellent opportunity to restructure=
 the site a bit.
>>
>> So I would propose to start by defining a (new) hierarchy for our webs=
ite, at the same time trying to identifying the bits and pieces that have=
 been missing or hard to find in the current site and addressing those.
>>
>> WDYT?
>
> Following up, I drafted the first proposal for a new hierarchy, based m=
ostly on the content we currently have, but slightly re-arranged:
>
> Home
> - News
> - Presentations and articles / ACE on the web
>
> Downloads
>
> User Documentation
> - Introduction
> - Getting Started
> - Features
> - FAQ
> - Support
>
> Developer Documentation
> - Architecture
> - Analysis
> -- (5 pages)
> - Design
> -- (7 pages)
> - Coding Standards
>
> Get Involved
> - Mailing Lists
> - Issue Tracking
> - Source Code
> - Project Team
>
> Wiki
> - Board Reports
> - Drafts (??)
>
> Apache
> - About
> - License
> - Security
> - Sponsorship
> - Thanks
>
> Process wise, if we agree on a hierarchy, we can start setting up this =
tree in the CMS, moving over the content page by page, converting it into=
 "markdown" format.
>
> I propose we stick to just migrating the content before we start worryi=
ng about styling it. In the mean time I have asked a colleague (Ivo) who =
also did the styling for the Felix website, as well as our ACE logo, to d=
esign a new style for us so no doubt he will contribute something soon!
>
> We have some technical issues to think about as well, mainly related to=
 maintaining and publishing diagrams on our new website. In Confluence, w=
e could use Gliffy to draw diagrams, but we have to come up with somethin=
g different now. I guess we should stick with something like SVG and use =
an editor that can read/write that natively.
>
> For other (bitmap) images such as photos and screenshots, this is much =
less of an issue.
>
> Greetings, Marcel
>
>

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