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

I have been working on this for a while, and have submitted the first
version here - https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-website/pull/219

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Oliver Walters <
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 - this could be easily redirected from
> 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
>