- From: Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2014 16:17:08 -0400
- To: Renoir Boulanger <renoir@w3.org>, Douglas Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Cc: List WebPlatform public <public-webplatform@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAB0bRKNqatySvgbV+ZLM9n7yJAVJdAr+42aWAbHNWCnZ7CmfPw@mail.gmail.com>
If anyone wants to see what's in WPD's github 'static-sites' repo on the home-page-redesign branch, you can see it running at http://webplatform.jensimmons.com. Jen Jen Simmons designer, consultant and speaker host of The Web Ahead jensimmons.com 5by5.tv/webahead twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com> wrote: > I just rearranged the static-sites repository to contain what should live > at www.webplatform.org, with the main index.html home page at the root > level of the repo. Really, the repo could be renamed "www.webplatform.org > ". > > It's on a completely separate branch: > https://github.com/webplatform/static-pages/tree/home-page-redesign > > I deleted the 'talk' directory completely, since it sounds like we won't > be using it anymore. I also renamed the 'webplatform' directory to > '_unknown_webplatform' to mark is as needing review and attention. Any > files that were in 'web platform', which I could clearly see should stay > around as is, I moved to the root level — for example, sitemaps, > robots.txt, the files for Google and Bing bots. What's left in > 'webplatform' is a mystery to me. We can't just drag those files to root > because they are linking to CSS and JS that's different than what I created > for the new home page. I don't know if it matters, I can't tell if those > pages are being used anymore. Or if other parts of the whole web platform > system are linking to files in this directory. Renoir, you'll need to sort > that out. > > All of my work is at the root level — and consists of: > > css > images > js > sass > > .gitignore > > apple-touch-icon.png > config.rb > index.html > > All of those files (and the files inside the directories) are new and > needed for the new home page. > > Let me know if you have any questions. We should launch as soon as we can. > I'll be working all day today and I'll be on a plane most of the day > tomorrow, checking email from my phone when I can. I know we want the new > home page to be online before Tuesday morning. > > Thanks, > Jen > > Jen Simmons > designer, consultant and speaker > host of The Web Ahead > jensimmons.com > 5by5.tv/webahead > twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com> wrote: > >> So, Renoir, >> It makes sense to me to make this repo be *the* repo for everything at >> web platform.org, and not on any other domains. (Easy enough since >> there's code for two sites in this repo currently, and we plan to delete >> one site — talk.webplatform.org). >> >> If this repo is the repo for everything on the main domain, >> www.webplatform.org, then there's no need to merge part of this into >> part of something else or copy (without git) pieces of it onto the server. >> It will be clear for anyone that ever clones this repo to work on it why >> all the moving pieces are for everything at www.webplatform.org. That >> kind of clarity would be very helpful. >> >> As it is now, with different repos getting merged together in some >> unknown way — it's very hard or impossible for different people to help >> keep things organized. I've already reorganized the stylesheets and the >> asset directory structure, but because I don't know what's going on on the >> server, I don't know what I might break with such a change. By having >> multiple websites in one repo or multiple repos for various parts of a >> single website.... everything becomes a mess. A mess that you have to clean >> up, or that only you understand. And I hate single points of failure, this >> should be dead obvious to multiple people. >> >> What do you think? If we agree, I'll set this repo up to be *the* one >> and only repository of everything at www.webplatform.org. Then all we >> have to do to launch is clone this repo to the server (or grid) that serves >> www.webplatform.org and pull. Any time we want to make an update, all we >> have to do is pull. We don't have to merge some crazy thing first. Just >> pull. >> >> Yes? >> >> Jen >> >> >> >> Jen Simmons >> designer, consultant and speaker >> host of The Web Ahead >> jensimmons.com >> 5by5.tv/webahead >> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com> wrote: >> >>> Perfect. Thanks. I'll integrate the work I did into this existing code. >>> On a separate branch. And then we can merge it into master. >>> >>> Jen >>> >>> Jen Simmons >>> designer, consultant and speaker >>> host of The Web Ahead >>> jensimmons.com >>> 5by5.tv/webahead >>> twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Julee Burdekin <julee@adobe.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Fantastic!!! Thanks, Renoir. J >>>> >>>> ------------------- >>>> Julee Burdekin >>>> Content Strategist >>>> Adobe Web Platform >>>> @adobejulee >>>> julee@adobe.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 3/4/14, 1:42 PM, "Renoir Boulanger" <renoir@w3.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >Hi all, >>>> > >>>> >Just a quick heads up to tell you that I made available the static >>>> >content on github [0]. >>>> > >>>> >We might change the way pages are generated later down the road, but >>>> for >>>> >now, that's how its made. >>>> > >>>> >Pull requests welcome! >>>> > >>>> > [0]: https://github.com/webplatform/static-pages >>>> > >>>> >-- >>>> >Regards, >>>> > >>>> >Renoir Boulanger | Developer operations engineer >>>> >W3C | Web Platform Project >>>> > >>>> >http://w3.org/people/#renoirb ✪ https://renoirboulanger.com/ ✪ >>>> >@renoirb >>>> >~ >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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