www.gnucash.org simplification proposal

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org>:

>> Here's a question: can someone
>> help convert the wiki to using the same (or look-alike) CSS so it has
>> a similar look-and-feel as the main website?
>
> What's the right way to edit the wiki look and feel?  Are the templates
> on the wiki.gnucash.org filesystem, or are they editable from the
> media-wiki software itself?  If so, what's the URL?

Honestly, I don't know.  I'm not sure if the CSS is editable from the
wiki or if one needs to install it in the filesystem.  I /think/ it might
be editable from the wiki....

I know that the left-side menus are certainly editable from the wiki.

> FWIW, I'm not too concerned with the wiki sharing a pixel-perfect
> look-and-feel with the www.gnucash.org site, but it'd be nice if they
> were similar.  I think it's useful for people to get a "comfortable"
> media-wiki look and feel as well, but perhaps "gnucash-branded".

I'm not worried about a pixel-perfect look-and-feel either...   But
I would like a "gnucash branded" look and feel, and have the menus
be somewhat similar..  Although the more we put into the wiki the less
we can translate.

>> >   - Donations
>>
>> I'm not sure whether this should be its own page, a link to the wiki,
>> or a direct link to the SF donations page.
>
> I was thinking direct to SF.  They should get to the donation button as
> quickly as possible, before they change their mind. ;)  Seriously,
> though, it might be nice to update the explanatory text at
> http://sourceforge.net/project/project_donations.php?group_id=192 , but
> given that there *is* changeable explanatory text there, I don't see
> another level of indirection being necessary.

I know Linas was hoping to keep a list of doners, but that list never
really materialized.  I don't have a strong opinion, but we should make
sure that the link off the menu and the link off the wiki all point to
the same place.

-derek

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