From 2f9fe93b98ed32b662212899db6ba2174c1138d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew James Goins Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:07:30 -0400 Subject: Removed docs and website. They will now reside (for my repo) at git://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~mjgoins/monkeysphere.info/ --- website/news/website-launched.mdwn | 57 -------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 57 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 website/news/website-launched.mdwn (limited to 'website/news/website-launched.mdwn') diff --git a/website/news/website-launched.mdwn b/website/news/website-launched.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 9936a29..0000000 --- a/website/news/website-launched.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -# The monkeysphere web site is launched! # - -dkg registered monkeysphere.info and monkesphereproject.net (due to the -failure of Chase to implement the monkeysphere, they were not able to properly -verify my credit card number). - -And ... they are both now resolving to an actual real web site. - -I just took the following steps to put the web site in place (skip to the -bottom to see what this all means if you want to modify the web site): - - * Created a new subdirectory of my git repo: website - - * Copied the default files for setting up an ikiwiki software project into - this repository. - - * I deleted the contact page, Makefile (for generating a html - doc directory for the project), and documentation page. I'm not opposed to - these pages, I was just in a hurry to get something published and wasn't sure - what to do with these files. We can always add them later. - - * I edited the remaining files to reflect the project (as best I could). - - * I created a user and web directory on the same server as my published - monkeysphere git repository. - - * I created a clone of my monkeysphere git repository owned by this new user. - - * I created an ikiwiki setup file that: - * Specifies the clone as the "srcdir" - - * Specifies my new web directory as the web directory - - * Generates a setuid binary, owned by the web directory owner, that will - update the src repo and re-generate the web pages. - - * In my published git repo, I added this setuid binary file to my - post-update script so that when I push to my git repo, it will trigger - ikiwiki to auto-generate the html - -What does this all means if you want to edit the web site? - -At the moment, we're betraying our all-distributed, all-the-time mode of -operations. I'm acting as the web manager (kinda like a release manager). - -That means that if you want a web site change, you should publish it to your -git repo and then let me know. Then, I pull in your change and push it to my -published repo which in turn pushes it to the web site. - -Also - of note - web edits are not allowed, although that's technically -possible with ikiwiki. - -In general, I'm going with simplicity first - we can get more fancy later. - -Oh... the files are written in the markdown language, which is ikiwiki default -(http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax). - -- cgit v1.2.3