[FM Discuss] new front page for FM

[Anna Morris]

ok, I will do the second option :) I also refer to the publication
system for the manual itself, which has not been officially published yet


ax



On 30/09/16 13:26, mick wrote:
> Hi Anna,
>
> The process for publishing to this front page is quite low tech.
>
> You can either do a git pull request if you are up for that and add your
> details to this file.
> https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash/blob/master/data/book_details.json
>
> Or just email the following details and image to me.
> Image size is 600x312 and there's an inkscape template here -
> https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash/tree/master/svg
>
> Just replace with the appropriate text and links.
>
> As you can see this makes the process a bit messier but a lot more
> decentralised and flexible.
>
>     {   "title": "Plumi",
>         "category": "Video",
>         "img_url":
> "http://splash.flossmanuals.net/index_fr_files/plumi_600.png",
>         "description": "Plumi enables you to create your own
> sophisticated video-sharing site. It includes a beautiful adaptive skin
> using Diazo, server-side transcoding of most video formats, upload
> progress bar, thumbnail extraction, HTML5 video playback and embedding,
> subtitles using Amara, large file uploading via FTP, social media
> integration, threaded commenting and user feedback forms, customised
> user profiles and a range of other useful features.",
>         "read_link": "http://write.flossmanuals.net/plumi/",
>         "pdf_link":
> "http://en.flossmanuals.net/plumi/_booki/plumi/plumi.pdf",
>         "epub_link":
> "http://en.flossmanuals.net/plumi/_booki/plumi/plumi.epub",
>         "languages": [
>             {"name": "English",
>             "link": "http://write.flossmanuals.net/plumi"}
>         ],        
>
>         "keywords": [
>             {"name": "Video Blogging"},
>             {"name": "CMS"}, {
>             "name": "Selfhosting"}
>     ]},
>    
>
>
> On 30/09/16 12:24, Anna Morris wrote:
>> Hey
>>
>> Great, I will do an image for the phpList manual. I notice it's not
>> showing there, the publication system was down when we finished the
>> manual. Is that fixed now? How do I publish?
>>
>> Anna
>>
>> phpList
>>
>> On 30/09/16 11:23, mick wrote:
>>> Hi there,
>>>
>>> I've been talking about this on the FM admin but I want to cast the net
>>> a bit wider.
>>>
>>> I've been doing some work on a simple FM splash page to link to manuals
>>> in the new repository.
>>>
>>> It's a work in progress here
>>> http://splash.flossmanuals.net/
>>> and on gitlab here - https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash
>>>
>>> I'm looking for help to finish the adding the text details and creating
>>> images for the books too and advice on the following. 
>>>
>>> This is especially true if you are linked to a manual. What should the
>>> short description, keywords and image be?
>>>
>>> This page introduces a way of filtering manuals by broad category, and
>>> beyond Video, Graphics and Audio, I'm not sure how to best categorise
>>> the other manuals in a very simple way so that there is only a handful
>>> of options. Any advice would be great! I'm thinking of resorting to big
>>> catch alls like "Internet", or "Communication".
>>>
>>> Just email back to the list with offers of help.
>>>
>>> many thanks
>>> Mick
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mick
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