[FM Discuss] revisiting bookipublisher lite

[adam]

the best way is to file a ticket here in as much detail as possible:

http://dev.sourcefabric.org/browse/BK/

adam

On 11/17/2012 04:00 PM, Mick - Floss Manuals wrote:
> I just wanted to revisit the idea of booki publisher lite.
> 
> This was put together by Michael to serve the needs of the CiviCRM
> community a way of viewing the FLOSS Manual inside the civicrm.org URL,
> adding formatting, and making friendly, structured URLs.
> 
> The code is here
> https://github.com/michaelmcandrew/bookipublisherlite
> and michael's post about it on the list is here
> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/pipermail/discuss-flossmanuals.net/2011-December/006795.html
> 
> At Mozilla Festival we discussed if it could serve the needs of
> fledgling language communities in FM and other groups using BookType.
> 
> On 28/10/12 21:53, a.l.e wrote:
>> i've already stated in the past, that i would welcome a well managed
>> (and stable...) central setup. maintaining multiple tiny sites looks
>> like a waste of time and resources to me. i
> 
> I think there are a few situations like this some languages ( fa - nl -
> es) where there are enough manuals translated to merit a front page and
> separate URL,  but which would also benefit from the central repository
> (which is currently by default booki.flossmanuals.net), rather than
> maintaining a full BookType install.
> 
> It might be nice to think of a wish list of a minimal front end site (
> created by this mini-booki publisher). It wouldn't be able to do
> everything that the current system does  - ie the remix interface.
> But could ideally be integrated into BookType somehow.
> 
> Some of the core features might be
> 
> * host manuals within the language / community URL
> * be able to link to translations easily (as in current sites)
> * to be easily theme-able to add banner images, footers and menu items
> linking out to blogs, about pages etc.
> 
> I do think that if communities can, it's good for them to install a
> BookType instance as it makes for a more resilient federated community.
> But this idea of Bookpublisherlite could be a good stepping stone in
> that direction.
> 
> Adam what would be the best way to feed into the BookType team about this?
> 
> nice one
> mick
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/discuss-flossmanuals.net
> 

-- 

--
Adam Hyde
Founder, FLOSS Manuals
Project Manager, Booki
Book Sprint Facilitator
mobile :+ 49 177 4935122
identi.ca : @eset
booki.flossmanuals.net : @adam

http://www.flossmanuals.net
http://www.booki.cc
http://www.booksprints.net