[cle-release-team] Help with Skin announcement

Wed Aug 8 05:06:28 PDT 2012

Hi Aaron,

Change it in Confluence, am watching that page. I can use the diff to
change the one in /reference.

Many thanks.

   - Gonzalo

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net> wrote:

> Solid work!
> If I wanted to fix a few typos in there should I edit the confluence or
> the reference/docs file (which one?) or other?
> :-)
> -AZ
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu>wrote:
>
>> The new documentation is checked in to the /reference/docs [1]
>>
>> And also duplicated in Confluence (shudder) [2]
>>
>> Feel free lo link to it from the release pages as needed. Feel more than
>> free to make suggestions/corrections.  Putting it in front of likely
>> readers (designers, front end devs) would be useful.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>   - Gonzalo
>>
>> [1] https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22463
>> [2] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/IYjfB
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I am almost done with the skin documentation. Normally it gets added to
>>> the source at /reference. Can I also add a child page to the release
>>> documentation? Thanks.
>>>
>>>   - Gonzalo
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 5:50 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've updated this on the wiki.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would drop the "Rutgers has contributed a " part since the current
>>>>> skin is actually a result of efforts from lots of schools and individuals
>>>>> and there will be even more involved by the time it is released. Simply
>>>>> mentioning it is new and replaces the older ones in 2.9 should be
>>>>> sufficient IMO.
>>>>>
>>>>> -AZ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Neal Caidin <
>>>>> nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Okay.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Should the naming happen before the announcement? Otherwise there
>>>>>> will be this announcement and then another announcement announcing the new
>>>>>> name?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To keep it simple maybe we should target the message just to folks
>>>>>> who are using pre-b07, since everyone else will be using the new skin
>>>>>> anyway when they start their process to convert to 2.9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about something like:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Attention: This message is primarily targeted for users of Sakai CLE
>>>>>> 2.9 beta release 6 (Sakai CLE 2.9-b06) and earlier beta releases of CLE 2.9
>>>>>> :   Rutgers has contributed a skin update which significantly improves the
>>>>>> look and feel of the Sakai CLE and has become the new de facto standard for
>>>>>> Sakai 2.9. Older skins will not be supported and, if possible, you should
>>>>>> move to the b07 skin. Please see
>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
>>>>>> for details."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Neal
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here was the write-up I started:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+CLE+2.9+portal+changes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To use the pre 2.9 skins you can use
>>>>>>   portal.templates=classicskin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All new skins are prefixed by default "neo-" all old skins have no
>>>>>> prefix. Any 2.9 skins that were used prior to 2.9.0-b07 are unsupported and
>>>>>> probably don't work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think there's 3 pieces of information here for Skins.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Sakai had a standard look for the past couple of years and the
>>>>>> standard skins have essentially been unchanged from 2.0->2.9.
>>>>>> - For the first few betas over the last year of 2.9 there was a set
>>>>>> of skins (early-neo, 2.9) these skins didn't really look that good
>>>>>> (anymore) and had some bugs which were hard to fix.  Anyone who started
>>>>>> using 2.9 with these is really out of luck. They can continue using them,
>>>>>> but we've deleted all of them and don't test anything with them.
>>>>>>  - For trunk and betas 2.9.0-b07 and afterward theres a new set of
>>>>>> skins (current-neo, 2.10, dos.equis) which have a different look.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We were also wondering if we could call them something different. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For the Why, look at this slideshow, maybe Dr. Dhuck has a more
>>>>>> updated list of reasons, but I think the ones in here are still good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.slideshare.net/csev/sakai-29-and-sakai-210-portal-and-plans
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Neal Caidin <
>>>>>> nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> At the last CLE meeting, we discussed the need to announce a
>>>>>>> replacement skin for CLE 2.9 .
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know the particulars but I think the key points of the
>>>>>>> message are:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> * The default portal skin for 2.9 has changed.
>>>>>>> * Instructions or pointer to instructions to run your legacy skin
>>>>>>> are ……..
>>>>>>> * The benefits of the new skin are an improved look and feel because
>>>>>>> …..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Are those the main points, correctly worded? Can anybody provide
>>>>>>> details for how legacy skins can be run (or put on Confluence so we can
>>>>>>> point to it)? Can you provide two or three key changes of the new skin
>>>>>>> compared to the old?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Neal Caidin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CLE Community Coordinator
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> email - nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
>>>>>>>
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- Gonzalo
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