Ok. I updated the site with a new banner as well as an "Alert box" to let people know about the FP decommission and about Apache Royale. Let me know if you think this is enough.
I am still trying to untangle (re-learn) how the old CMS worked so that I can port things over to one of the other options. But for now, I got the old CMS to push out the new pages for us :) -Nick On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 10:08 AM Carlos Rovira <carlosrov...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Nicholas, > > In another thread we talked about adding a banner flex website to make > Apache Royale be known for flex users. > Could you please add that banner? I was unable to do it. Copy here what we > talked in the other thread: > > "I think just a visible section (maybe before the main menu or after it), > of about 300px-400px height with a message like this: > > *"For those who need a frontend technology that runs in browsers without > Adobe Flash Player, * > *please check Apache Royale.* > *Apache Flex will still be used outside browsers with desktop technologies > (i.e, Adobe AIR) after December 31th, 2020."* > > And make the "Apache Royale" text link to the website ( > https://royale.apache.org). > Please correct the spelling to match the right english translation. > If possible make the background green or blue and wording white with some > sizing so it captures attention." > > Thanks in advance. > > Carlos > > > > El mié., 26 ago. 2020 a las 14:40, Andrew Wetmore (<andr...@apache.org>) > escribió: > > > Good to know. > > > > As far as I know, any of the static site generators that support MarkDown > > also support traditional HTML, so migrating should not require a general > > rewrite. > > > > Andrew > > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:18 AM Nicholas Kwiatkowski < > > nicholaskwiatkow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hey there -- checking in (this thread ended up in my spam blocker > > somehow). > > > > > > We do still use the CMS, but we didn't use a ton of features in it. We > > > mostly used it to glue on a header and footer to the straight HTML > pages. > > > It looks like the CMSs that were linked in the initial post are mostly > > > markdown-based, which we don't use (and it would be a pain to convert > > over > > > to). > > > > > > I don't have a ton of time this week -- I'm trying to convert my > classes > > to > > > be online at the last second, again. If anybody else on the list wants > > to > > > do the research to move it over, I can chime in to help. I should have > > > some more time in a few weeks when things settle down. > > > > > > -Nick > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 9:12 AM Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > The migration from the CMS to any of the likely static-site > generators > > is > > > > more like a copy and paste than a rewrite, if the site uses HTML or > > > > markdown. > > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 2:34 PM Carlos Rovira < > carlosrov...@apache.org > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I think Tom's idea of dump html is the best. I tried recently to > add > > a > > > > > simple banner on the main home page and must abandon since it was > > > > difficult > > > > > and use SVN. > > > > > > > > > > just an html dump where we can easily change a part of html would > be > > > > > enough for this migration and maintenance > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > El mar., 18 ago. 2020 a las 11:32, Tom Chiverton (< > > t...@extravision.com > > > >) > > > > > escribió: > > > > > > > > > > > On 18/08/2020 07:45, Olaf Krueger wrote: > > > > > > > I took a look into your migration guide and it sounds like that > > we > > > > have > > > > > > to > > > > > > > rewrite the entire page by using other technologies, e.g. one > of > > > the > > > > > > static > > > > > > > site generators. Is that right? > > > > > > > > > > > > Surely there has to be a way to just dump raw HTML in a folder > and > > > have > > > > > > it served up... the site doesn't change so that would be easiest > > for > > > > us ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud > > > > service. > > > > > > For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Carlos Rovira > > > > > http://about.me/carlosrovira > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Andrew Wetmore > > > > > > > > http://cottage14.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew Wetmore > > Technical Writer-Editor > > Infra > > *Apache Software Foundation* > > andr...@apache.org > > > > > -- > Carlos Rovira > http://about.me/carlosrovira >
