[Inqlude] [GSoC 2016] Improve categorization and search on Inqlude web site

[Nanduni Nimalsiri]

Hi all,

Can some one help me to contact Cornelius Schumacher to discuss more
details regarding the project idea?

Thank you.

On 7 March 2016 at 20:18, Nanduni Nimalsiri <nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk>
wrote:

> Dear Sir,
>
> I am *Nanduni Nimalsiri*, a third year undergraduate at Department of
> Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. I
> would like to take part in GSOC Programme 2016 with KDE Community. Actually
> I am very interested in contributing to open source projects and I already
> have experiences in working with a variety of open source projects. I
> suppose that I am not too late to start working on this project. I am a
> quick learner and I am very confident that I would be able to catch up
> things very soon.
>
> I found several interesting projects in KDE Community Wiki that matches
> with my interests. Actually my interest is to contribute to the project : 2.16.2
> Project: Improve categorization and search on Inqlude web site
> <https://community.kde.org/GSoC/2016/Ideas#Project:_Improve_categorization_and_search_on_Inqlude_web_site>. I
> am familiar with HTML, CSS, Javascript, web designing etc. I have little
> experience with using Ruby too. I wish to polish my knowledge on the
> relevant areas within this period.
>
> Actually I have studied the flow of Inqlude web site by now. I have
> several suggestions to improve its user experience. Meanwhile, I roughly
> went through [1],[2] repos to get familiar with Inqlude functionalities. I
> suppose that [2] is the repo which I need to work with.
>
> I have some doubts to clarify regarding this project. README.md of [2]
> mentions "There also is an option to generate an HTML overview of all
> available libraries. This can be hosted or used locally." Can you please
> explain me what this is? Does this mean the Inqlude web site?
>
> There are already search options for *Stable libraries | Development
> versions | Unreleased | Commercial | All. *In terms of "*Improve
> categorization and search*", I wish to add more search options for
> categories such as licenses, platforms, dependencies on Qt versions or
> other libraries. Can you please explain me what this means : "We also
> should improve the search to be more tailored to the data collected on
> Inqlude".
>
> I would also like to come up with improvements for web site interface. I
> can even change the website to have a responsive look and feel. Can I
> change the orientations and formattings of the UI widgets. I like UI stuff
> and I would like to know your ideas. If I am not causing trouble, can you
> please explain me more on this project and I would also like to know on how
> I proceed. Thank you.
>
> [1] https://github.com/cornelius/inqlude-data
> [2] https://github.com/cornelius/inqlude
> <https://github.com/cornelius/inqlude>
>
> Best regards,
> Nanduni.
>
> --
> *Nanduni Nimalsiri*
> Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University
> of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
> Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
> email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
> blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
> website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
> mobile : +94714114256
>



-- 
*Nanduni Nimalsiri*
Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University
of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Software Engineering Intern, WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
email : nanduni.12 at cse.mrt.ac.lk, nanduni at wso2.com
blog : http://nanduni.blogspot.com/
website: http://nanduni-nimalsiri.branded.me/
mobile : +94714114256
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