[FM Discuss] Form submission from: Get Involved Form

Sat Feb 4 14:07:32 PST 2017

hi everyone,

great that things are happening :)

it would be good if there was somewhere online where this kind of info
could be accessible, like a manual for floss manuals ... is there such a
thing?

h : )

On 4/02/17 10:57 50PM, Mick wrote:
>
> Hello Cathy,
>
>
> I'm ccing the FM discuss list again in case anyone else want to know
> about the mission of adding the remaining manuals to the new page at
> http://flossmanuals.net.
>
>
> Here's a summary of the process but feel free to email me with more
> questions.
>
>
> If you can see a manual in the archive page.
> http://archive.flossmanuals.net that hasn't made it to the new one at
> http://flossmanuals.net
>
>
> Check is has been migrated and find out it's new address (many weren't
> migrated for various reasons - found other homes etc)
>
>
> https://ethercalc.org/k3idd5dtta
>
> (substitute http://write.flossmanuals for http://floss.booktype.pro/ )
>
>
> We need to add the data for the new pages to a file here.
>
> https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash/blob/master/data/book_details.json
>
>
> You can see the format is as follows
>
> |{"title":"How to Bypass Internet Censorship", "category":"Internet",
> "img_url":"index_fr_files/bypass_600.png", "description":"There is a
> vast amount of energy, from commercial, non-profit..... ",
> "read_link":"http://write.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship",
> "pdf_link":"http://archive.flossmanuals.net/_booki/bypassing-censorship/bypassing-censorship.pdf",
> "epub_link":"http://archive.flossmanuals.net/_booki/bypassing-censorship/bypassing-censorship.epub",
> "languages":[ {"name":"English",
> "link":"http://write.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship"},{"name":"دریافت‎",
> "link":"http://archive.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship-fa/"},{"name":"العربية",
> "link":"http://archive.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship-ar/"}],"keywords":[
> {"name":"online-pad"},{"name":"realtime-editing"} ]},|
>
> So the process involves the following
>
>
> inputting the manual name and a short description of about 400
> characters,
>
> a default image of say "index_fr_files/flossman_blue_600.png"
>
> and finding links for the online manual and the epubs and pdf files
> (which are found at the old web page at say
> |http://archive.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship)|
>
> adding any  translations that exist
>
> choosing keywords,
>
> I wouldn't worry about creating images unless you want to (I can send
> you a template in inkscape if you like)
>
> Hope that makes sense. I have been going down the archive page and I
> think I am up to Linphone, but I know I have missed some too.
>
>
> Do let me know if you have questions and thanks again for helping out.
>
>
> If you know the git system you can do a pull request for the file here
> with you additions.
>
> https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash/blob/master/data/book_details.json
>
>
> If not you can just email them too me.
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mick
>
>
> On 01/02/17 01:28, Xiong Ying wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mick,
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your clear and detailed explaination! I
>> appreciate it very much! I think I would like to start with adding
>> manuals that exist on the old site to the new one, but I am unsure
>> how to do that. Where should I ask for help for questions like these?
>> Is there a webpage?
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Mick <mick at flossmanuals.net>
>> *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2017 4:49:22 AM
>> *To:* x.yxiong at outlook.com; discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>> *Subject:* Re: Form submission from: Get Involved Form
>>  
>> Dear Cathy,
>>
>> Many thanks for your interest in volunteering for FLOSS Manuals.
>> I've cc-ed our community list to introduce you. You can join the list
>> here if you are interested to do so.
>> http://lists.flossmanuals.net/listinfo.cgi/discuss-flossmanuals.net
>>
>> You mentioned you are interested in writing, editing and development.
>> Our main project at the moment is to finish work on our new front page
>> which you can see here.
>> http://flossmanuals.net/
>>
>> We are looking to do the following things and you may be able to help.
>>
>> 1) identify and fix links which don't work on that page (report should
>> be logged here https://gitlab.com/mickfuzz/fm_en_splash/issues)
>>
>> 2) add manuals which are on the old site but not the new one (the old
>> site is still live here (http://archive.flossmanuals.net/)
>>
>> 3) Improve summary texts of manuals on the front page to make it clear
>> what the software is and what you can do with it. :)
>>
>> I think this could be a way of getting to know the site better and
>> seeing if there are manuals that you think you would like to update,
>> improve or get ideas for new projects.
>>
>> Probably the best thing to do is to pick a small mission and then to
>> email to ask for help for how to do it.
>>
>> Many Thanks
>> Mick
>>
>> On 27/01/17 06:33, FLOSS Manuals Foundation wrote:
>> > Submitted on Friday, January 27, 2017 - 07:33
>> >
>> >
>> > Name: Cathy Xiong
>> > Email: x.yxiong at outlook.com
>> > I'm interested in :
>> >   - Writing and Editing
>> >   - Developing and Supporting Tech
>> > How I can help..: I am have some knowledge in Python
>> >
>> >
>> > The results of this submission may be viewed at:
>> > http://www.flossmanuals.org/node/150/submission/373
>> >
>>
>
>
>
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