Proposal: Move Inclusive Learning Design Handbook to docpad

[Gill, Avtar]

Hey Jon,

> I am proposing that the new static site for the ILDH be a reskin of the
> current Infusion Docs site <http://docs.fluidproject.org/> which is done
> using Docpad and hosted on Github pages

+1 for using Docpad to manage ILDH content. We may also want to consider
adding a fairly prominent "How to contribute to the ILDH" page that
describes the new workflow for contributing back to the Handbook.

Avtar

Jonathan Hung writes:

> Hi everyone,
>
> For a while now there's been a desire to move the Inclusive Learning Design
> Handbook <http://handbook.floeproject.org/>
> (or ILDH) from MediaWiki to a static site. Security, administration, ease
> of customization, and simplifying content creation are the major reasons
> for doing this.
>
> I am proposing that the new static site for the ILDH be a reskin of the
> current Infusion Docs site <http://docs.fluidproject.org/> which is done
> using Docpad and hosted on Github pages. Attached to this email is a PDF
> mockup of the new ILDH site as a re-skinned Infusion Docs site.
>
> Since the Infusion docs and ILDH will use a common code base, we should
> probably refactor the common parts to make it easier to maintain and easier
> to make derivative docpad sites.
>
> The shared components are:
>
>    - build scripts for Docpad (docpad.js file)
>    - content templates and fonts
>    - structure for content and site navigation
>    - UI Options
>
>
> Each doc site will have the following customizations:
>
>    - site specific markdown files and images
>    - CSS files
>    - modified docpad.js file specific for the site
>
>
> To summarize the proposals:
>
>    1. move the ILDH to docpad with a new design (see attached PDF).
>    2. refactor the existing Infusion Docs docpad project to make it easier
>    to make derivative sites.
>
>
> I'd like people's input on these two proposals. We would like to begin work
> on this next week (week of June 15) with completion in early July.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Jon.