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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Oliver,

Nice work!  Once this is ready to go, it is definitely something that
should be added or linked to the KiCad website.  Currently our users
really don't have friendly resource for discovering what libraries are
available for KiCad and how to get them.  I consider this a big plus for
our users and the project.  It is one of the more common complaints I
hear about KiCad.  Thank you for taking the lead on this.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 9/14/2017 8:01 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> The conversation of how best to manage and distribute KiCad libraries
> has been raging for a while now.
> 
> Users looking to download or contribute to the libraries are currently
> presented with a github landing page and some bland wiki pages (e.g. for
> the KLC information).
> 
> I have been working on a new-and-improved website system for the following:
> 
> * Clear information about the libraries
> * A place to download the latest libraries
> * Information on what is *in* the libraries
> * Instructions on how to contribute to the libs
> * Better presentation of the KLC
> 
> This website will need to be updated periodically to present the latest
> version of the libraries to the users. Also, if users are going to be
> downloading library files then it could potentially use a lot of
> bandwidth. Thirdly, the generated content should be scripted but
> statically hosted.
> 
> The solution? GitHub pages! - https://pages.github.com/ -
> 
> These are hosted from your github repository, and for e.g. ours would
> have the URL kicad.github.io <http://kicad.github.io> - this could be
> easily redirected from kicad-lib.org/library
> <http://kicad-lib.org/library> (for example).
> 
> GitHub pages use the jekyll toolset to generate static content.
> 
> With a small amount of additional Python scripting I have created a
> bare-bones example of what this might look like (locally hosted on my
> laptop for now):
> 
> Here are some screenshots! Ignore the colors and simple layout scheme,
> this is currently just a framework.
> 
> https://imgur.com/a/0GELG
> 
> The main objectives of this project are:
> 
> a) Present a more professional landing page for the libraries
> b) Leverage GitHub Pages functionality
> c) Improve KLC
> 
> And, eventually:
> 
> Provide a standardised way to separate the KiCad libraries from the
> KiCad installer! 
> 
> Thoughts and comments appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Oliver
> 
> 
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