RES: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] New MapServer Website (beta)

[Murilo Lacerda Yoshida]

  Hi all,
  I "joined" the new mapserver site .. and then I tried to see a how-to,
about vector data . Then the site threw an insufficient privilege error
. Is that right?
  Bye,
     Murilo

-----Mensagem original-----
De: UMN MapServer Users List [mailto:MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU] Em
nome de Liz Godwin
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 26 de maio de 2005 11:03
Para: MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU
Assunto: Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] New MapServer Website (beta)

That's great!  Good work!  I look forward to using the new site!
On 5/25/05, Howard Butler <hobu at iastate.edu> wrote:
All,

I am pleased to announce the beta release of the new MapServer
website.  The site is located at < http://ms.gis.umn.edu>.

I, Kari Guerts, the mapserver-docs team, and the developers have been
working to develop a site that streamlines documentation development,
allows through-the-web editing (but not a free-for-all like a wiki),
provides searching capabilites, provides support for multi-lingual
documents, and provides for structured content types.  The new website
was
developed using Plone <http://plone.org  <http://plone.org> >, with some
additional libraries
that add functionality and some minor coding to make things fit the
project
better.

Some examples of documents on the site include the Mapfile reference
< http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/
<http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/reference/mapfile/> >, the howto list
<http://ms.gis.umn.edu/docs/howto>, and a "Getting started with
MapServer"
document (only exists on the new site thanks to David Fawcett)
<http://ms.gis.umn.edu/new_users/>.

As a user with this site, you can now participate in the documentation
of
MapServer.  By "joining" the site, you can create content, submit
howtos,
faqs, and tutorials for inclusion in the site, add comments to existing
documents, and help translate documents into your native language.  I
will
be working on documents to describe how you can participate in the
coming
weeks.  Once you join the site, make sure to go to your "Personal
Preferences" page and update your email alert preference, your picture
if
you want, and your latitude/longitude (Sean posted some details of how
this
can be used here <http://zcologia.com/news/33>).

The website should be considered beta-level, much like the beta releases
of
the software.  If you find an issue, please let me know and/or file a
bug
in bugzilla in the website category, and I'll try to get to it.  The two
sites will continue to run in parallel for a while, very likely until
after
the release of 4.6 and MUM3, to allow it to grow out of its initial
bugs,
to allow for ample time for people to get comfortable with it, and to
not
add another item to the conference crunch.

Much of the existing documentation on the blue site has been migrated to
the new site, although things might not be perfectly in sync yet.  We're

working to migrate things over as time permits.  There are also a few
other
website bugs here and there, the logo is just a place holder, and I'm
sure
there are many other issues I don't even know about yet ;).  The general

structure is there, however, with much of the content filled out so you
can
get a feel for how things will look in the future.  After the beta
period,
the site will probably be moved to < <http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu>
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu> (and
continue to exist at its current address), and the stuff in the blue
site
will be preserved and made available on something like
< <http://old.mapserver.gis.umn.edu>  http://old.mapserver.gis.umn.edu>.

I would like to thank Kari, Steve, Tom Burk and the UMN team, the
mapserver-docs crew, and the developers for all of their help and input
on
this project.

Howard

PS.  Remember that there is a server outage tonight, so it might not be
available due to the outage.

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