Jeremy White : Revise the 'Get Involved' web page.
Jeremy Newman
jnewman at winehq.org
Tue Jan 15 10:10:38 CST 2019
Module: website
Branch: master
Commit: 4e7a77a19e8541f85bf4ce2d0b9fa2d2a2b4ecc7
URL: https://source.winehq.org/git/website.git/?a=commit;h=4e7a77a19e8541f85bf4ce2d0b9fa2d2a2b4ecc7
Author: Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com>
Date: Tue Jan 15 09:34:09 2019 -0600
Revise the 'Get Involved' web page.
This attempts to remove some information that is provided
at other points in the web site, and to adjust the language
to attempt to improve the overall flow of the page.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy White <jwhite at codeweavers.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Newman <jnewman at codeweavers.com>
---
templates/en/getinvolved.template | 92 +++++++++++----------------------------
templates/en/home.template | 2 +-
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
diff --git a/templates/en/getinvolved.template b/templates/en/getinvolved.template
index 8ad5b04..23028db 100644
--- a/templates/en/getinvolved.template
+++ b/templates/en/getinvolved.template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-<!--TITLE:[Development Links]-->
+<!--TITLE:[Get Involved]-->
-<h1 class="title">Development Links</h1>
+<h1 class="title">Get Involved</h1>
-<p>Welcome to Wine development. On this page you will find links to our
-various resources available for our developers.</p>
+<p>The Wine Project is largely a volunteer project and we welcome
+and value volunteers of all kinds. This page has links to pages describing how to get more involved with Wine.</p>
<div class="black inverse bold cornerround padding-sm">
<div class="row">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">Option</div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">About this Option</div>
+ <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">Link</div>
+ <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">Description</div>
</div>
</div>
@@ -17,108 +17,66 @@ various resources available for our developers.</p>
<a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Main_Page#Contribute">Contributing to Wine</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Information for 1st time contributors.
+ A list of ways to contribute to Wine, with further links.
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Developers">Wine Wiki Developer Documentation</a>
+ <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Developers">Developer Documentation</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- The <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Developers">Wine Wiki Developer</a> pages will have more current
- information than this page. It should be the first place for new developers to look.
+ The developer pages provide a great deal of information about how
+ to work with the Wine source code and how to contribute code to Wine.
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs">Internships</a>
+ <a href="{$root}/forums">Forums and Mailing Lists</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- CodeWeavers fills 1-2 Wine Development Internship slots every quarter for students and recent graduates.
- Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, and candidates from both the United States and overseas
- are welcome.
+ Most user support happens on our forums, and most technical
+ Wine discussion takes place on the wine-devel mailing list.
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_Developer's_Guide">Developer's Guide</a>
+ <a href="{$root}/irc">IRC</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Online resource for development with Wine.
+ Our IRC chat rooms can be a good place for more informal conversations.
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="{$root}/forums">Mailing Lists</a>
- </div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Most of our developers communicate over our various mailing lists.
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row padding-md">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Git_Wine_Tutorial">Git</a>
- </div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- We use the source management tool Git. More information on how to use it can be found on this page.
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row padding-md">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Submitting_Patches">Sending Patches</a>
- </div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Guidelines on how to format and send your patches.
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row padding-md">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Category:ToDo">To Do Lists</a>
- </div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- What needs to be done. A good first place to look for projects to be completed.
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row padding-md">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Winelib">Winelib</a>
- </div>
- <div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Documentation on development with Winelib, our application porting tools.
- </div>
-</div>
-
-<div class="row padding-md">
- <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_Status">Status</a>
+ <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/WineConf">WineConf</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Status of the Wine project.<br>
+ We hold a conference annually. Everyone is welcome, and coming to
+ our conference is a great way to get involved.
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Licensing">Wine License</a>
+ <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Summer_Of_Code">Summer of Code</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- Wine uses the GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1
+ Wine is a regular participant in the Google Summer of Code program.
+ Students can be paid to help improve Wine!
</div>
</div>
<div class="row padding-md">
<div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2">
- <a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/WineConf">WineConf</a>
+ <a href="https://www.codeweavers.com/about/jobs">Jobs at CodeWeavers</a>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-9 col-md-10">
- We hold a conference annually. Information on where and when can be found here.
+ CodeWeavers employs a range of staff to develop Wine. If you think
+ working on Free Software full time would be rewarding, you might consider
+ applying for a job with CodeWeavers.
</div>
</div>
diff --git a/templates/en/home.template b/templates/en/home.template
index 0411569..cc8d5de 100644
--- a/templates/en/home.template
+++ b/templates/en/home.template
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
<i class="fa-inverse fas fa-users" data-fa-transform="shrink-6"></i>
</span>
<span class="title">Get Involved</span>
- <span class="subtitle">Become a Wine advocate.</span>
+ <span class="subtitle">Improve and develop Wine.</span>
</a>
<div class="clear"></div>
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