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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some more progress: https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-library/issues/1622

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Oliver Walters <
oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have worked out how to transfer the KLC page to the Hugo templating
> system (it is SO much harder to use than Jenkins :p)
>
> Example:
>
> https://i.imgur.com/4kZnvOA.png
>
> The libraries information is also moved across, but that's just static
> content so it's much simpler.
>
> I'll keep you posted.
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 10:41 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/14/2017 8:54 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>> > Ben,
>> >
>> > That's also an option, I hadn't considered that! Perhaps I was focused
>> > on the GitHub-side solution too closely.
>> >
>> > Wayne, do you want to weigh in here before I spend too much further
>> > effort developing this? Could the libraries page be developed on the
>> > KiCad website itself?
>>
>> The libraries page could be developed on KiCad website although I'm not
>> sure how that would work.  I am comfortable with either solution.  Pick
>> which ever solution is the most comfortable for you.  Since you are
>> doing the work, you should choose the implementation unless someone else
>> is willing step up and help out.  Even the basic overview that you
>> presented is far better than anything we have at the moment.  We can
>> always add more features later.
>>
>> >
>> > The structure could remain largely the same but the formatting would
>> > need to change from Jekyll to Hugo.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Oliver
>> >
>> > On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Ben Hest <bombledmonk@xxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:bombledmonk@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Does this method provide an advantage over doing a similar thing
>> >     using Hugo and putting the docs on the kicad-pcb.org
>> >     <http://kicad-pcb.org>
>> >     website? https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website
>> >     <https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website>
>> >
>> >
>> >     - Ben
>> >
>> >     On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:01 AM, Oliver Walters
>> >     <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx
>> >     <mailto:oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>> 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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>> >     --
>> >
>> >     -Ben
>> >
>> >
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