Re: [AMBER-Developers] volunteer needed to clean up Amber web pages

From: Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 11:43:20 -0400

you could be right- I just wanted to make sure we didn't go with something
that would create any sort of barrier, since we all know that it's hard
enough to get people motivated lately.... (me included!)


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk> wrote:

> I would argue that the lack of updates are not a function of 'ease' of
> editing but more one of lethargy / people just being too damn busy these
> days to keep it up to date.
>
>
> We have it as a git tree right now so it is pretty easy for people to
> edit, they just don't. So I wonder if changing it to a wiki would make
> people more likely to edit it. I doubt it.
>
> On 8/27/13 8:24 AM, "Carlos Simmerling" <carlos.simmerling.gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >wikis may not be pretty (or other issues Ross may point out), but I think
> >something very easy to update is preferable over something better that
> >exceeds the barrier for people bothering to update it.
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Julien Thibault
> ><tchetchenko.gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Well maybe we could have a wiki or a similar platform just for things
> >> developers tend to update frequently (such as tutorials, scripts, code
> >> snippets...)
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/8/27 Gerald Monard <Gerald.Monard.univ-lorraine.fr>
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > For the tutorials, a wiki could be nice.
> >> > There is also Sphinx
> >> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_%28documentation_generator%29)
> >>that
> >> > could be interesting (but needs more coding expertise I guess): with a
> >> > common source code, you can generate HTML for a web site but also PDF,
> >> > ePub, etc. So people could have access both to a website and to PDF
> >> files.
> >> >
> >> > Gerald.
> >> >
> >> > On 08/27/2013 04:46 PM, Julien Thibault wrote:
> >> > > Would it make sense to replace the old website with a Wiki? It
> >>would be
> >> > > much easier for people to add new tutorials while keeping a
> >>consistent
> >> > > style/look for the website.
> >> > > ~Julien
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > 2013/8/27 David A Case <case.biomaps.rutgers.edu>
> >> > >
> >> > >> I'm looking for some eager soul to take a look at some of the Amber
> >> web
> >> > >> pages. Just a basic knowledge of html is needed, so this would be
> >> > >> appropriate
> >> > >> for a high school or undergrad student.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> For starters, the awful syntax in the tutorials/index.htm file
> >>should
> >> be
> >> > >> cleaned up...this page does not display properly in Chrome. It
> >> consists
> >> > >> of tables within tables in a way that is really hard to follow.
> >> > Cleaning
> >> > >> it up, keeping the same content, would be a great start.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> If you have any one in your group who could tackle a problem like
> >> this,
> >> > >> have
> >> > >> at it, or have them contact me.
> >> > >>
> >> > >> ...thx...dac
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
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> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>_________________________________________________________________________
> >>___
> >> >
> >> > Prof. Gerald MONARD
> >> > Theoretical Chemistry and Biochemistry Group
> >> > SRSMC, Université de Lorraine, CNRS
> >> > Boulevard des Aiguillettes B.P. 70239
> >> > F-54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, FRANCE
> >> >
> >> > e-mail : Gerald.Monard.univ-lorraine.fr
> >> > tel. : +33 (0)383.684.381
> >> > fax : +33 (0)383.684.371
> >> > web : http://www.monard.info
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> Julien Thibault
> >> University of Utah
> >> Department of Biomedical Informatics
> >> Salt Lake City, UT
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