Re: SVG community site moved, wiki modules updated

Dailey, David P. wrote:
> Glad to see we have a site now! My cheers to all involved.
>
> I haven't quite figured out several things yet about what the web site
> is to be. I rather assumed (seeing the blogs that Doug and Rob created)
> that we can undo stuff at some time, though I can't yet see quite how.
> How does one undo something?
>   
There's revision control in some cases. I'd encourage you (and others) 
to just try it out. At present there's nothing to lose on the site. 
Worst comes to worst, I have automated nightly backups running.
> Has anyone tried posting svg images yet? (there is a place for that I
> see, but I am a bit afraid to play too hard until I find the undo
> button)
>   
There's a Book I created named 'gallery' with this intention but there's 
no specific support for SVG images just yet. I have to decide whether to 
use an existing Drupal module or try the one I've been hacking on for my 
own site (you could look at 
http://www.latenightpc.com/blog/archives/2008/10/16/drupal-svg-display-module-ideas 
for an example of what I'm thinking about). At a minimum, I need to add 
the ability for users to do file uploads.

Oh, this assumes external SVG files. If you want to try inline SVG then 
give it a shot but set your Input Format to Full HTML. I think the pages 
generated are valid XHTML so it might work.
> How does the site's topology relate to the discussions we've had under
> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Activities ?
>
>   
Closely, I guess? The W3C wiki needs an update in terms of 
implementation status and I'll get to that today or tomorrow morning. 
The features are in line with what I've been putting in the Status 
section at 
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Community_Website_Activity .
> Which of the various threads started at the wiki will be moved to the
> web site?
>
>   
Not sure about this. I think the W3C wiki is about running the IG but 
the community site is for anybody, member or not, who wants to create 
SVG. Talking too much about conceptual features that don't exist in most 
implementations on the community site might be counter-productive. Just 
my opinion, anyone else please chime in.

> How can we change the little Drupal ghost on the page to ... say the SVG
> logo? 
>   
The druplicon (trivia: meant to look like a water droplet) is part of 
the default theme. That changes with the theme. As we talked about on 
the telcon a few times, I'm need help coming up with a distinct and 
visually appealing theme.
> Some of this is probably clear in some people's minds, and it may
> actually have been discussed in the minutes or in the archives, so
> apologies if my questions are all redundant. Perhaps the same benevolent
> individual who wrote up some of the nice material at
> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Help:Contents could post a little
> "here's how this site works" kind of thing? When I get there, I feel a
> bit adrift.
>
>   
Understood. It makes sense that things have to be repeated because of 
the number of people we have in the group. I included some user 
information in 
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/wiki/Community_Website_Activity but 
not a whole lot. The place to start is with the "Create Content" link on 
the left. Make Pages or Book Pages. If you can't find a node after you 
create it then you can always look under 
http://www.planetsvg.com/admin/content/node to see all content on the site.

Also, the Drupal documentation applies to our site as well. There's a 
little information at http://drupal.org/node/302312 that could help get 
started. Anything on that site that relates to /using/ a Drupal powered 
site can apply to our site. Some places may reference features provided 
by modules that we don't use but could if they are desired & useful.

Once the features settle out then it's easier to write clear 
instructions on using the site but the features we use or throw out 
depend on what people use and for this we need content. So it's a bit of 
a catch-22 (content helps develop the site but it's hard to write 
content for a changing site). I'm going to keep working at getting 
everything configured nicely but more testing would help me know what 
people expect.

Thanks for the feedback,
Rob Russell
rob@latenightpc.com
http://www.latenightpc.com/blog/

> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-svg-ig-request@w3.org [mailto:public-svg-ig-request@w3.org]
> On Behalf Of Jeff Schiller
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 3:05 PM
> To: Rob Russell
> Cc: SVG IG List
> Subject: Re: SVG community site moved, wiki modules updated
>
>
> Cool!  Renamed it to "Planet SVG"...
>
> On 10/22/08, Rob Russell <rob@latenightpc.com> wrote:
>   
>>  Okay, the site's been moved to http://www.planetsvg.com/ .
>>
>>  I've also turned on the pear wiki formating module and the
>>     
> freelinking
>   
>> module. What this means is that mediawiki-style markup should work and
>>     
> you
>   
>> can use wiki style links. If you look at
>> http://www.planetsvg.com/content/scripts-library then you
>> can see an example. If you link to a page that doesn't exist using a
>>     
> format
>   
>> like [pageName|Page Name] then it will show up as a link. If the page
>> doesn't exist yet, then clicking the link will make a new Book Page.
>>     
> This
>   
>> isn't the only way to create pages but it enables a familiar workflow
>>     
> for
>   
>> wiki users. These features are available using the "Filtered HTML"
>>     
> input
>   
>> format (which is the default, as opposed to the "Full HTML" input
>>     
> format).
>   
>>  Nodes and comments should be visible to all visitors, including
>>     
> anonymous
>   
>> ones. Robots are still blocked from the site for the time being (since
>>     
> the
>   
>> site is still in beta).
>>
>>  Regards,
>>  Rob Russell
>>  rob@latenightpc.com
>>  http://www.latenightpc.com/blog/
>>
>>
>>
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Received on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 20:36:09 UTC