Thanks Nick! Really happy to have this running on the website! I think a blog post would be a good idea, I'll see if I can make some words
On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 8:14 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > I will just announce that I merged the pull request. I hope this will aid > in getting the librarians to feel more part of the "official" KiCad, if > they didn't before. I am glad that we have motivated librarians around. > > I will encourage Oliver and Co. to write an article to the "blog" section > if they see fit. http://kicad-pcb.org/post/ > > Nick > > 2017-10-18 17:04 GMT+02:00 Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> > : > >> I have been working on this for a while, and have submitted the first >> version here - https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website/pull/219 >> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Oliver Walters < >> oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> The conversation of how best to manage and distribute KiCad libraries >>> has been raging for a while now. >>> >>> Users looking to download or contribute to the libraries are currently >>> presented with a github landing page and some bland wiki pages (e.g. for >>> the KLC information). >>> >>> I have been working on a new-and-improved website system for the >>> following: >>> >>> * Clear information about the libraries >>> * A place to download the latest libraries >>> * Information on what is *in* the libraries >>> * Instructions on how to contribute to the libs >>> * Better presentation of the KLC >>> >>> This website will need to be updated periodically to present the latest >>> version of the libraries to the users. Also, if users are going to be >>> downloading library files then it could potentially use a lot of bandwidth. >>> Thirdly, the generated content should be scripted but statically hosted. >>> >>> The solution? GitHub pages! - https://pages.github.com/ - >>> >>> These are hosted from your github repository, and for e.g. ours would >>> have the URL kicad.github.io - this could be easily redirected from >>> kicad-lib.org/library (for example). >>> >>> GitHub pages use the jekyll toolset to generate static content. >>> >>> With a small amount of additional Python scripting I have created a >>> bare-bones example of what this might look like (locally hosted on my >>> laptop for now): >>> >>> Here are some screenshots! Ignore the colors and simple layout scheme, >>> this is currently just a framework. >>> >>> https://imgur.com/a/0GELG >>> >>> The main objectives of this project are: >>> >>> a) Present a more professional landing page for the libraries >>> b) Leverage GitHub Pages functionality >>> c) Improve KLC >>> >>> And, eventually: >>> >>> Provide a standardised way to separate the KiCad libraries from the >>> KiCad installer! >>> >>> Thoughts and comments appreciated! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Oliver >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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