[cle-release-team] Help with Skin announcement

Wed Aug 8 05:16:49 PDT 2012

Looks like you already caught them but good to know for the future.
:-)
-AZ

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Gonzalo Silverio <gsilver at umich.edu> wrote:

> 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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>>>>
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> - Gonzalo
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