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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi there, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This has highlighted that archived resources could do more to point to more current versions and ideally remove completely redundant versions of manuals.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, I’ve finally pulled the plug on write.flossmanuals.net – although the site is still available here<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://floss.booktype.pro/">http://floss.booktype.pro/</a> -
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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
<a href="http://archive.flossmanuals.net">http://archive.flossmanuals.net</a> then please do go grab it.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">write.flossmanuals.net – now forwards to archive.flossmanuals.net<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Volunteer/s Request<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here’s a link to the current archive site on gitlab<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/archive.flossmanuals.net">https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/archive.flossmanuals.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and here’s a link to an early version of flossmanuals.net capture by 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.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060721074055/http:/www.flossmanuals.net/">https://web.archive.org/web/20060721074055/http://www.flossmanuals.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hope you are all doing well. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 -
<a href="https://todmordenmakery.org.uk/">https://todmordenmakery.org.uk/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nice one<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mick<o:p></o:p></p>
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