dolphin website

Jeremy Whiting jpwhiting at kde.org
Tue Oct 14 19:19:00 BST 2014


Ok, dolphin.kde.org is now a redirect to the userbase page. Thanks for
your feedback and for maintaining dolphin itself.

BR,
Jeremy

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting at kde.org> wrote:
> That site has a "Dolphin on Userbase" link on the right side under
> "Get Help" is that adequate? After dolphin.kde.org redirects to
> userbase I'll remove the links to dolphin.kde.org from userbase and
> the www page also.
>
> BR,
> Jeremy
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:00 AM, Emmanuel Pescosta
> <emmanuelpescosta099 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Good morning Jeremy,
>>
>> looks really good!
>> Thanks for migrating our website to userbase, this was a long
>> outstanding todo :)
>>
>>> One good advantage of using userbase for this is that it will
>>> get translated to many languages (and by end-users with little barrier
>>> to entry, like svn checkout, etc.)
>>
>> Yep that is definitely a big advantage over the old static website.
>>
>>> redirect to the userbase page
>>
>> Yes userbase is good.
>>
>> Maybe we should add the additional links from
>> https://www.kde.org/applications/system/dolphin/ to the userbase page?
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Contact the authors
>> Report a bug
>> IRC: #kde on Freenode
>> Mailing List: kfm-devel
>> (subscribe, list information)
>> Development Information
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>> Emmanuel
>>
>> 2014-10-13 19:53 GMT+02:00 Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting at kde.org>:
>>>
>>> Emmanuel,
>>>
>>> Ok, I moved/copied the content from the philosophy page to
>>> https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin#Philosophy let me know what you
>>> think. One good advantage of using userbase for this is that it will
>>> get translated to many languages (and by end-users with little barrier
>>> to entry, like svn checkout, etc.) Do you think the dolphin.kde.org
>>> domain should redirect to the userbase page (I think this is the best
>>> option) or the www.kde.org dolphin page? Either is fine with me, let
>>> me known and I'll request it (or you can submit a sysadmin ticket
>>> instead if you want).
>>>
>>> BR,
>>> Jeremy
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:18 AM, Emmanuel Pescosta
>>> <emmanuelpescosta099 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Sounds pretty good!
>>> >
>>> >> Philosophy <-- Maybe this should be moved to userbase and/or the
>>> >> www.kde.org page? What do you think ?
>>> >
>>> > I think we should move it to userbase
>>> >
>>> >> has more about the application, what do you think?
>>> >
>>> > +1
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for working on it, your changes are really welcome!!
>>> >
>>> > Cheers,
>>> > Emmanuel
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2014-10-12 22:53 GMT+02:00 Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting at kde.org>:
>>> >>
>>> >> Emmanuel,
>>> >>
>>> >> Ok I took a quick look at the dolphin.kde.org site content. and it's
>>> >> really just 4 short pages.
>>> >>
>>> >> Home <-- Pretty much duplicated on userbase page already, no need to
>>> >> copy this old content I believe.
>>> >> NEWS <-- All old news, nothing to keep imo.
>>> >> Features <-- All on the userbase or www.kde.org pages from what I can
>>> >> tell.
>>> >> Philosophy <-- Maybe this should be moved to userbase and/or the
>>> >> www.kde.org page? What do you think ?
>>> >>
>>> >> https://userbase.kde.org/Dolphin
>>> >> https://www.kde.org/applications/system/dolphin/
>>> >>
>>> >> Once that's done we can remove dolphin.kde.org content from svn and
>>> >> make the domain forward to either userbase or www.kde.org dolphin
>>> >> page. Either is fine, Userbase is probably preferred though since it
>>> >> has more about the application, what do you think?
>>> >>
>>> >> thanks,
>>> >> Jeremy
>>> >>
>>> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Emmanuel Pescosta
>>> >> <emmanuelpescosta099 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hello Jeremy,
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I agree with Peter that we should move all interesting parts from the
>>> >> > Dolphin website to techbase and drop the static website (redirecting
>>> >> > to userbase). There was also a discussion on kfm-devel some time
>>> >> > ago, see http://lists.kde.org/?l=kfm-devel&m=140145831406296
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> If not I can see what I can do I guess
>>> >> >
>>> >> > That would be awesome, because I'm very busy right now, help is
>>> >> > always welcome ;)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > (Maybe splitting the whole task into some smaller and independent
>>> >> > tasks
>>> >> > would also be a good idea, there are always people who want to help
>>> >> > out with non-coding things.)
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Thanks,
>>> >> > Emmanuel
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 2014-10-10 20:42 GMT+02:00 Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting at kde.org>:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Peter,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I wasn't sure who the dolphin maintainer
>>> >> >> was, I guess I could/should have looked it up. I agree we should
>>> >> >> migrate the content and expire the domain or make it a redirect to
>>> >> >> userbase or something.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Emmanuel,
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Do you have any thoughts about the dolphin website (dolphin.kde.org)
>>> >> >> or would you be able to move content from there to userbase dolphin
>>> >> >> page since you know what we want to advertise better than I would?
>>> >> >> If
>>> >> >> not I can see what I can do I guess. Once the userbase has what's on
>>> >> >> the old website we can make dolphin.kde.org redirect to the userbase
>>> >> >> page.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> thanks,
>>> >> >> Jeremy
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Peter Penz <peter.penz at icloud.com>
>>> >> >> wrote:
>>> >> >> > Hi Jeremy,
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Am 10.10.2014 um 08:15 schrieb Jeremy Whiting <jpwhiting at kde.org>:
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> Peter,
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> I'm going through some of the kde websites whose content is in
>>> >> >> >> svn
>>> >> >> >> still and migrating it to git repos. I did a quick conversion of
>>> >> >> >> dolphin.kde.org that you can clone (soon) from
>>> >> >> >> scratch/whiting/dolphin
>>> >> >> >> if you like to check that it has all the history you expect.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Thanks for the conversion!
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >> You are
>>> >> >> >> the only person that committed any changes there, and I also
>>> >> >> >> wonder
>>> >> >> >> if
>>> >> >> >> you want the site to remain or if we should migrate it's content
>>> >> >> >> to
>>> >> >> >> userbase, community and/or techbase rather than having it's own
>>> >> >> >> subdomain. We could keep the subdomain and have it redirect to
>>> >> >> >> the
>>> >> >> >> userbase page if wanted too if we decide to migrate it's content
>>> >> >> >> etc.
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> Anyway, what are your thoughts?
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Personally I don’t see much sense having a static website that is
>>> >> >> > not
>>> >> >> > maintained anymore, so I think kind of migrating parts of the
>>> >> >> > content
>>> >> >> > to
>>> >> >> > userbase, community or techbase would be nice. I stepped down as
>>> >> >> > maintainer
>>> >> >> > of Dolphin around 2 years ago, so I hope it is ok for you that I
>>> >> >> > won’t put
>>> >> >> > any work into migrating the content. The current maintainer of
>>> >> >> > Dolphin is
>>> >> >> > Emmanuel Pescosta (emmanuelpescosta099 at gmail.com) - I’m not sure
>>> >> >> > whether
>>> >> >> > Emmanuel has the time and interest to take care for this topic,
>>> >> >> > but I
>>> >> >> > think
>>> >> >> > it would be nice if you could ask him about his preferred
>>> >> >> > approach.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Thanks,
>>> >> >> > Peter
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >>
>>> >> >> >> thanks,
>>> >> >> >> Jeremy
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>




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