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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:16:34 -0400
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I also have offered to help build the website. HTML, Flex, JS anything =
is fine. I think to showcase, the website will make a greater impact if =
built using flex, but i am not sure if this violates Apache's =
architecture of already hosted websites.

Ashish Desai
Zootar Inc.
ashish.desai@zootar.com


On Jun 27, 2012, at 9:02 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski wrote:

> Reply inline :
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> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Tomasz Maci=C4=85g | Fuse Collective =
<
> t.maciag@fusecollective.com> wrote:
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>> I'd like to ask for help/opinion about site map and site content. =
Most of
>> the needed content can be used from current site [1] and open@adobe =
[2].
>> However there are a couple of important informations that IMO could =
be
>> helpful especially for newcomers. Bellow is proposed site map and =
mockup
>> [5] (not all info is on designs). I've put question marks beside =
pages that
>> I'm not sure how to deal with (if they are needed now and, are we =
able to
>> produce proper content for them). Any help regarding those will be =
much
>> appreciated.
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>> 1. About:
>>   - What is Flex, content from open@adobe [2]
>>   - Supporting platforms
>>   - Features (?)
>>=20
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> I wonder if we can grab an old features list from the old Flex SDK =
page on
> Adobe's site.  Not the text, but at least the highlighted features...
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>=20
>>   - Showcase (?)
>>=20
>=20
> Adobe still has their Flex Showcase site up.  Wonder if we pick some =
of the
> most popular of these sites and run with that.
> http://flex.org/showcase-all.php
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>=20
>>   - Resources (?)
>>=20
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> This is a toughie.  I'll see what I can pull together.  There are LOTS =
of
> resources out there -- maybe we can open it up for the community to =
give
> input on that -- I know it's been talked about quite a few times on =
the
> list.
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>=20
>>=20
>> About page should have Features and Showcase pages but I'm not sure =
what
>> to put here.
>> For features I was thinking about something like on [3]. We can't use
>> those texts directly but I'm willing to rewrite them. Is that enough =
in
>> terms of features, what do you think? Maybe someone has flex related =
text
>> content from clients presentations or company offer that could be =
helpful
>> here?
>> Resources - links to paces where you can find useful information =
about
>> flex (tutorials, manuals, documentation, blogs, books). There are a =
lot of
>> useful information on adobe [4] and flex dev center [5] that could be
>> linked.
>>=20
>> 2. News (?) - ontent from current site
>> New addition to structure that is absent in designs.
>>=20
>=20
> I plan on updating the news once a month (to correspond with the =
Apache
> Revue that I'm helping write on the Spoon side).  It would be great to =
have
> a spot on the site for that.
>=20
>=20
>>=20
>> 3. Get started (Download SDK, Learn, Get Involved, Community) - =
example
>> content in mockup [6]
>>=20
>> 4. Learn/Wiki (link to Wiki)
>>=20
>> 5. Community:
>>   - Get Involved - content from current site
>>   - Team - content from current site
>>   - Mailinglists - content from current site
>>   - Social media (Twitter, Google)
>>   - User groups (?)
>>=20
>=20
> Spoon Foundation has a pretty good list for this.  I think Kevin was
> working on it recently.
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>=20
>>   - Events (?)
>>=20
>=20
> Again, Spoon was working on an events list, but I'm not sure how =
complete
> it is at this point.  Or maybe it is complete and just depressing.
>=20
>=20
>>=20
>> 6. Downloads - content from current site
>>   - Download SDK
>>   - Source access (svn/github mirror/etc.)
>>   - JIRA
>>=20
>> 7. Apache Software Foundation (links to apache)
>>   - Website/About ASF
>>   - Donations
>>   - Sponsorship
>>   - Security
>>   - Thanks
>>=20
>> [1] =
http://incubator.apache.org/**flex/<http://incubator.apache.org/flex/>
>> [2] =
http://sourceforge.net/adobe/**flexsdk/wiki/About/<http://sourceforge.net/=
adobe/flexsdk/wiki/About/>
>> [3] http://flex.org/what-is-flex/
>> [4] =
http://www.adobe.com/products/**flex.html<http://www.adobe.com/products/fl=
ex.html>
>> [5] =
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/**flex.html<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex.h=
tml>
>> [6] =
http://clients.fusecollective.**com/flex/apache_flex_mockup.**png<http://c=
lients.fusecollective.com/flex/apache_flex_mockup.png>
>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> Tomasz Maci=C4=85g
>> Fuse Collective
>> www.fusecollective.com
>>=20
>>=20
> Thanks for the hard work on this already.  Let me know how to help on =
this
> effort. I want the website to really make us proud -- and not just =
content
> :)
>=20
> -Nick Kwiatkowski
> quetwo@apache.org


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