SableCC Web site

   Posted by: Roger Keays on Sun, 04 January 2004 11:11:30

  Requirements

   The SableCC project need a new web site.
    1. Kept under subversion
    2. Has the same pages as the old site (and text from these pages)
    3. Is fast to load (even on a 56K modem)
    4. No frames
    5. Is as attractive as the old site
    6. Has a sourceforge sidebar
    7. Uses sourceforge news
    8. Sidebar and header always visible
    9. Add those products using sableCC back to the list (processdash, ...
       other... check email)
   10. Add lost user contributions to the list
   11. Make Roger's SableCC tools available for download from ninthave.net
   Original requirements here: #ulid:32#

  Design

   Find the old site from backups / google. Looks like I'm going for a
   blue/green combination. 

  Topnav

   Tabs: we use tabs.css from xaraya/html/modules/roles/xarstyles:

 <div id="tabnav">
   <div>Tab1</div>
   <div>Tab2</div>
 </div>

  Leftnav

   Style of sourceforge block:

  Styles and images

   I can build the hashed background by using GIMP:
    1. Create grid (filter/render/pattern/grid)
    2. Use transforms to slant it
    3. Color curves to get the color I want
    4. Use bezier selection to make a non-straight edge
    5. Experiment with filters for extra effects (maybe a plasma background?)
    6. Use layer masks to fade edges to white
   For the logo, we do something like
    1. Create text and make duplicate layer
    2. Blur base layer
    3. Bumpmap base layer
    4. Gradient to top layer
    5. Play with effects
   See also: http://tigert.gimp.org/gimp/tutorials/beveled_text/

  Subversion usage

   A Debian subversion package is on obby... I'll install it there. From
   Etienne's email:

 To create a project in your sandbox, you can do as follows:

 $ svn mkdir svn+ssh://svn.sablecc.org/developers/roger/sandbox/sableccweb
 $ svn co svn+ssh://svn.sablecc.org/developers/roger/sandbox/sableccweb
 $ cd sableccweb
 $ #edit web site
 $ svn ci

 Please test that
 $ svn ls svn+ssh://svn.sablecc.org/developers/roger/
 actually works, indicating that the ssh setup is working.  Let me know if there
 is any problem.

  Postmortem

   Keep a better track of time. I got carried away on niggly pointless things
   again like whether the margin should be 7px or 8px.