[Webteam] squeak.org issues list

[Chris Cunnington]

squeak.org issues list

Backlog of change requests in no particular order:

Eliot
http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/webteam/2014-March/001421.html

squeak.org issues:
- image shouldn't run as root
- resource links point to chriscunnington.com
- zip resources for faster download
- use minified versions of files
- get that 404 image (broken paper showing a code browser) out of my email Archive and install
- check multi platform layouts (i.e. cell phone, tablet)

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[Darius Clarke]

Thank you. :)

- Darius
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[tim Rowledge]

A couple of nitpicks about the front page after taking a look at the latest state - nitpicks are good, since it means the basics are good!

Under ?Download?
- possibly change "All-In-One bundle that works for Windows, OS X and x86 linux systems.? to "All-In-One bundle that works for most modern x86 Windows, OS X and x86 linux systems.? just to be clear that it won?t work on Windows RT (does anything?) and MIPS/Clipper/68k/PPC/etc unixes.
- turn the mentions of the Downloads page and Documentation page into links and/or mention the tabs at the top.
- change label of the Download button to Download All-in-one

Oh, whatthehell, I?m suggesting it should end up like this (modulo the fact I couldn?t actually edit the page code)-

Of course, we need to make a better downloads page than just pointing to the horribly messy ftp archive page and the documentation? oh my. I?ve been spending a fair bit of time trying to improve the doc on the swiki but there is a huge amount still needing attention. If anyone knows good ways to cajole, persuade, or even blackmail people into helping then I?m all ears. (Not literally you understand; I actually have arms and legs too.)

tim
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[Chris Cunnington]

I just completed a round of changes to squeak.org, which I'll upload tomorrow.

The homepage seems to be a Pandora's box I've opened. I see a collision about to happen where strong opinions meet in a space where there is no time. I want to say that there is time. The homepage went for a long time with no tending and now I feel people think they need to get their changes in exactly as they want them quick before it disappears again.

It's not about to disappear. And there is time. And your content will go on the site. And it will not be rendered exactly as you want it to be. I don't have a solution for inlining links at the moment. And I'm not sure I want one. I do have a strong distaste for links to Wikipedia. (Now that I think about it, there is a strong paradigm in people's mind that squeak.org should be a wiki. I don't see it that way.)

And please remember, I'm a volunteer. It's important to allow me to feel I own part of the process. I elect to own presentation and not content. Not entirely, but some. And there's value in this, because somebody needs to see the whole. People have been making comments that would warp the overall look of the site. And some comments show people haven't noticed their changes have already happened or if something they want already exits somewhere else on the site.

There's lots of time to figure these things out. A lot has improved in two weeks.

Thank You,
Chris


squeak.org issues:
image shouldn?t run as root
resource links are to chriscunnington.com
zip resources for faster download
- use minified versions of files
- get that 404 image (broken paper showing a code browser) out of my email Archive and install
- check multi platform layouts (i.e. cell phone, tablet)

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[karl ramberg]

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[Chris Cunnington]

Hi,
There is a number of sites that let you do cross browser testing.
At my work we have IE 8 and the site looks a little messed up.
Cheers,
Karl

Thank you very much. I'll look into that.

Chris

[tim Rowledge]

Post by Chris Cunnington
I just completed a round of changes to squeak.org, which I'll upload tomorrow.

[snip]

Post by Chris Cunnington
There's lots of time to figure these things out. A lot has improved in two weeks.

Thanks Chris. One of the things that we (using the royal we here, as in the The Mighty And Puissant Board) would really like to see as an interim measure would be having access online to the old content. The best way to do that which I can come up with is to ?resurrect? the old site files and have it pointed to from the new home page - perhaps repurposing the ?archive? link. This would keep all the old content available whilst the transition is .. in transition. Not to mention being a reminder of what needs transitioning.

tim
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tim Rowledge; ***@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
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[tim Rowledge]

Post by tim Rowledge
The best way to do that which I can come up with is to ?resurrect? the old site files and have it pointed to from the new home page - perhaps repurposing the ?archive? link.

damn tpyos.

The *easiest* thing is to point to the archive.org snapshot at http://web.archive.org/web/20140228140440/http://www.squeak.org/

Sure, it?s not ?live? but it?s there, it?s free and it involves minimal work.

tim
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tim Rowledge; ***@rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
Useful Latin Phrases:- Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? = Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

[Chris Cunnington]

Post by tim Rowledge

Post by tim Rowledge
The best way to do that which I can come up with is to ?resurrect? the old site files and have it pointed to from the new home page - perhaps repurposing the ?archive? link.

damn tpyos.
The *easiest* thing is to point to the archive.org snapshot at http://web.archive.org/web/20140228140440/http://www.squeak.org/
Sure, it?s not ?live? but it?s there, it?s free and it involves minimal work.

No problem. I'll add it to the list of changes I'll make in a couple of days.

Chris