[mapserver-dev] Proposing some homepage changes...

[Jeff McKenna]

I'm also +1 for installing sphinx 1.0-dev

-jeff



Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> +1 on installing the unreleased code.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-dev-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Howard Butler
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 8:35 AM
> To: MapServer Dev Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [mapserver-dev] Proposing some homepage changes...
> 
> As I chatted with Jeff on IRC the other day, this is quite easy to do with the unreleased Sphinx 1.0 trunk (See an example that I did for libLAS at http://test.liblas.org .  The question is whether or not we want to wait until 1.0 is actually released, or install the unreleased code (it's been quite stable for me for quite a while and I know that MapServer's site builds just fine with it) on mapserver.org (and geotools.org too).
> 
> Georg hasn't yet stated when the 1.0 release date for Sphinx will be, and he usually releases things "when they're ready", so it might be a bit.
> 
> Howard
> 
> 
> On May 7, 2010, at 10:51 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> 
>> Hi Steve, Jeff,
>>
>> I just wanted to add that I like the changes you are suggesting and are working on.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>> Hi Steve,
>>> I fully agree with you.
>>> I made some minor changes so that the announcement sections no longer appear in the TOC: http://www.mapserver.org/
>>> I also made an attempt to clean up the left sidebar nav, with the sections that you suggested, through our Sphinx layout template: http://www.mapserver.org/trunk/en/index.html
>>> Impressions/comments?
>>> Personally, I like it better.  What I don't like is the "Table of Contents" section that still remains on that index page - oh I tried to remove it, searching the Sphinx Google group, trying many different ways, but in the end I failed to remove it.  It only appears on some pages though.
>>> It's a start?
>>> -jeff
>>> Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
>>>> Hi all: I'd like to propose some changes to the mapserver.org homepage. Wondering how feasible they'll be via Sphinx:
>>>>
>>>>  - Breadcrumb. Really should start at "Home" and then go from there, e.g.:
>>>>
>>>>    Home >> Documentation >> MapScript  or
>>>>    Home >> FAQ
>>>>    Home >> Develelopment >> RFCs
>>>>
>>>>  - TOC on the homepage shouldn't be announcements but rather something like:
>>>>
>>>>  Community
>>>>    Mailing Lists
>>>>    IRC
>>>>    Wiki
>>>>  Development    Documentation
>>>>    Introduction
>>>>    FAQ
>>>>    Mapfiles
>>>>    MapScript
>>>>  Downloads
>>>>  Issue Tracker
>>>>
>>>>  - Announcements could continue below the fold on the main part of the homepage
>>>>
>>>> It's not user friendly as is. The shorter, more meaningful TOC would also help to pull the OSGEO and FOSS4G icons up the page. Thoughts?
>>>>
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