So I did take a look at this last weekend, and it looks a bit more complicated than I thought. The call for webmasters still stands.
What I can help with: finding and copying _content_ to the site. What I can't help with: developing or maintaining the technical or design parts of the website. On Thu, 6 May 2021 at 09:42, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Nice, that looks like it might not be too hard to set up. I’ll give it a shot > over the weekend. Thanks for the pointers! > > On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 19:24 Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 3:01 PM Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > So I took a look and I really like the Apache Beam website. >> >> Looks like they have dockerized the toolchain needed to develop their >> website: >> >> https://github.com/apache/beam/tree/master/website#readme >> >> Content is authored as markdown, built using an open source tool named >> Hugo, which apparently has a large selection of themes. >> >> https://gohugo.io/ >> >> Once set up, pushing markdown to github is all that is needed to deploy >> changes. >> >> - Sam Ruby >> >> >> > On Wed, 28 Apr 2021 at 08:15, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > Hey all, >> > > >> > > Dave Fisher is currently migrating other pieces of apache.org to CMS. >> > > I'm >> > > thrilled with how much easier treasurer is to change now. I suggest >> > > putting in an infra ticket to get the D&I site added to his work agenda. >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Myrle >> > > >> > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 3:26 PM Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > > I haven’t forgotten this, but I still need to check out various sites >> > > > again >> > > > to find which design(s) look nice. I do remember liking some of the >> > > > sites >> > > > for projects that have participated in Outreachy here, though I’ll get >> > > > back >> > > > to you about that. That’s a good idea, and it’s also how I learned to >> > > > make >> > > > websites long ago (also why I’m no good at designing them). >> > > > >> > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:05 Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > > While I'm basically in the same boat as you are, I have been able to >> > > > > successfully steal^wcopy and mimic from another site. Is there an >> > > > > ASF >> > > > > hosted site that you generally like the look and feel of? >> > > > > >> > > > > - Sam Ruby >> > > > > >> > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:44 AM Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Yeah, I know what tools exist to generate static sites. I do not, >> > > > > however, >> > > > > > have any non-trivial graphic design knowledge, nor do I have any >> > > > existing >> > > > > > templates to go off. I do know how to fiddle with CSS and read MDN >> > > > > > documentation, but that basically means I can design a dynamic >> > > > > > widget >> > > > for >> > > > > > the site more so than the site itself. :D >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 09:13 Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> >> > > > > wrote: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > Matt Sicker wrote on 4/7/21 2:35 PM: >> > > > > > > > We need a webmaster! Can someone help out and get the site in a >> > > > state >> > > > > > > > where content writers can help contribute? We have plenty of >> > > > > > > > raw >> > > > > > > > source material in the D&I survey results PDFs and Google Doc >> > > > > > > > that >> > > > > > > > could be broken down into blog posts and such over time as >> > > > > > > > well as >> > > > > new >> > > > > > > > content contributed by others. I've heard that Pelican is >> > > > > > > > supported >> > > > > > > > here at Apache, though I'm not picky as long as content >> > > > > > > > writers can >> > > > > > > > easily contribute (e.g., via GitHub or some interactive >> > > > > > > > software). >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > While projects are responsible for their own website maintenance, >> > > > > Apache >> > > > > > > Infra has several semi-supported toolsets / ways to build static >> > > > sites >> > > > > > > that are widely used and easy to get help with; see .asf.yaml >> > > > > > > docs. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > https://infra.apache.org/project-site.html >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Pelican is getting traction on a lot of new sites and sites being >> > > > > > > migrated off the old Apache CMS, but there are plenty of Jekyll >> > > > > > > or >> > > > > other >> > > > > > > Markdown-ish tools being used widely too. The diversity.a.o >> > > > > > > site is >> > > > > > > already mirrored to GitHub, but needs some layout structure: >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/diversity-site >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > I agree - once we have better docs as to site structure and >> > > > > > > expected >> > > > > > > themes, it will be easier for a lot more people to collaborate. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > -- >> > > > > > > - Shane >> > > > > > > Apache Member >> > > > > > > The Apache Software Foundation >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >
