[FM Discuss] FLOSS manuals archive sites - and a volunteer request

[Helen Varley Jamieson]

actually i'm negative - i have a test from yesterday to prove it 😂

On 25.11.21 16:30, Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra wrote:
> Helen you are so positive <3
>
> Le jeu. 25 nov. 2021 à 15:48, Helen Varley Jamieson
> <helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at creative-catalyst.com>> a
> écrit :
>
>     hi mick,
>
>     great that you are getting onto this & nice to see the wayback
>     snap of the infant FM :)
>
>     can you move the UpStage v3 manual to the archive site? we are now
>     using the new UpStage & have nearly finished its manual - we're
>     doing it on french FM
>     (https://fr.flossmanuals.net/upstage-v4-english/_draft/_v/1.0/introduction/
>     <https://fr.flossmanuals.net/upstage-v4-english/_draft/_v/1.0/introduction/>)
>     as this was easiest for elisa to set up, & we've all benefited
>     from learning french terms like enregister & telecharger :)
>
>     h : )
>
>     On 25.11.21 10:25, Mick Chesterman wrote:
>>
>>     Hi there,
>>
>>      
>>
>>     I’ve been working with Alexandre Porres from the pure data
>>     community to correct older versions of our pure data manual and
>>     the current one.
>>
>>     This has highlighted that archived resources could do more to
>>     point to more current versions and ideally remove completely
>>     redundant versions of manuals.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     This reflects the current focus of the FLOSS Manuals project to
>>     maintain existing manuals as archived work – and to update
>>     documentation for existing project where appropriate – and
>>     signpost to other relevant materials and resources in line with
>>     FLOSS Manuals ethos.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     So, I’ve finally pulled the plug on write.flossmanuals.net
>>     <http://write.flossmanuals.net> – although the site is still
>>     available here
>>
>>     http://floss.booktype.pro/ <http://floss.booktype.pro/> -
>>
>>     I’ll ask for that to be taken down at the end of the year – so if
>>     there is still anything useful there that isn’t part of
>>     http://archive.flossmanuals.net <http://archive.flossmanuals.net>
>>     then please do go grab it.
>>
>>     write.flossmanuals.net <http://write.flossmanuals.net> – now
>>     forwards to archive.flossmanuals.net
>>     <http://archive.flossmanuals.net>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     *Volunteer/s Request*
>>
>>     Would anyone be up for taking on a project to include a header
>>     banner for the archive site that signposts reader to more updated
>>     manuals when they exist?
>>
>>     The archive site is in flat html. So some kind of script to
>>     inject header material would be needed. And some design work to
>>     create a nice looking header.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Here’s a link to the current archive site on gitlab
>>
>>     https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/archive.flossmanuals.net
>>     <https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/archive.flossmanuals.net>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     and here’s a link to an early version of flossmanuals.net
>>     <http://flossmanuals.net> capture by archive.org
>>     <http://archive.org> – it has a header at the top of the page
>>     saying wayback machine – it’s this kind of injected header that
>>     I’m talking about.
>>
>>     https://web.archive.org/web/20060721074055/http://www.flossmanuals.net/
>>     <https://web.archive.org/web/20060721074055/http:/www.flossmanuals.net/>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Hope you are all doing well.
>>
>>     If you are ever in the north of England come visit me at a new
>>     Making / Repairing space that I’m doing in a town called
>>     Todmorden - https://todmordenmakery.org.uk/
>>     <https://todmordenmakery.org.uk/>
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Nice one
>>
>>     Mick
>>
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