I wrote the Blended system to fit all of the requirements for redesigning the website (not documentation) for LilyPond. A nice side effect was that I can use it for other things.
On Feb 4, 2017 5:59 PM, "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > John Roper <johnroper...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 4:46 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >> > >>> John Roper <johnroper...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> > >>> >> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 4:16 PM, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >>> Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org> writes: > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Separating website content from general documentation should > >>> >>> > definitely be an option. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> What advantages do you expect from it? > >>> > > >>> > It is easier for users to write and it looks better. > >>> > >>> Who are "users"? What are we wanting them to write? > >>> > >>> > Blended exports human-readable files. > >>> > >>> We already export human-readable files in a host of formats including > >>> PDF, HTML, plain text. > >>> > >>> > Look at the website. http://jmroper.com/blended/ > >>> > >>> My question probably was not clear enough. What tangible benefits for > >>> LilyPond's website and its ongoing maintenance do we expect to reap > from > >>> a move to Blended as its content management system? > > > > Design update. > > So this content management system prescribes a particular design, or > makes implementing a particular design easier? > > > It looks better and attracts more users to the software. > > Last time I looked, users were not selecting their software by leafing > through random web pages until they find a generally good-looking one > and then being attracted to the software it advertises. > > At any rate, I wasn't really asking for advertising slogans here but > rather concrete examples of stuff that would improve under such a > change. > > -- > David Kastrup >
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