Updated PBE synchronisation with pharobyexample.org website

> greetings the list,
>
> The Pharo By Example book currently on the http://pharobyexample.org
> was written for Pharo 1.4, which is several years old.   The community
> has been working on updating the book for Pharo 4/5 [1] under the
> moniker UPBE, and I wonder what its release strategy will be regarding
> the http://pharobyexample.org site.
>
> It would be good to update the existing web site to show PBE Second
> Edition rather than release UPBE somewhere else leaving the old
> edition in a prominent position to confuse people.  So who currently
> administers the site and what are our options for updating it?    I
> see the domain registrant is Oscar Nierstrasz, so I guess a lot
> depends on what options Oscar is happy with.
>
> One option... The Pharo community has focussed on using Pillar for a
> lot of documentation (including UPBE) and there is a new static site
> generator Ecstatic [2] which might be good to use for the site.
> Github allows static web sites to be hosted under custom domains, and
> provides the tools for the community to assist site maintenance while
> site administrators still can control what is promoted to the
> production web site.
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> cheers -ben
>
> [1] https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/UpdatedPharoByExample
> [2] https://github.com/guillep/ecstatic
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> On 8 Jan 2016, at 18:20, Serge Stinckwich <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> An Ecstatic site hosted on github would be nice !
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> greetings the list,
>>
>> The Pharo By Example book currently on the http://pharobyexample.org
>> was written for Pharo 1.4, which is several years old.   The community
>> has been working on updating the book for Pharo 4/5 [1] under the
>> moniker UPBE, and I wonder what its release strategy will be regarding
>> the http://pharobyexample.org site.
>>
>> It would be good to update the existing web site to show PBE Second
>> Edition rather than release UPBE somewhere else leaving the old
>> edition in a prominent position to confuse people.  So who currently
>> administers the site and what are our options for updating it?    I
>> see the domain registrant is Oscar Nierstrasz, so I guess a lot
>> depends on what options Oscar is happy with.
>>
>> One option... The Pharo community has focussed on using Pillar for a
>> lot of documentation (including UPBE) and there is a new static site
>> generator Ecstatic [2] which might be good to use for the site.
>> Github allows static web sites to be hosted under custom domains, and
>> provides the tools for the community to assist site maintenance while
>> site administrators still can control what is promoted to the
>> production web site.
>>
>> Thoughts anyone?
>>
>> cheers -ben
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/UpdatedPharoByExample
>> [2] https://github.com/guillep/ecstatic
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>> Sbe-discussion mailing list
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>
>
> --
> Serge Stinckwich
> UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
> http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/

>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Actually I would like to retire the pharobyexample.org web site and redirect it to a new location. I agree that this should be on github.
>
> If someone is willing  to take the initiative to set up a new web page, I will provide the redirection for another year. Then we can shut down the old web site.
>
> Cheers,
> Oscar
>
>
>
>
>> On 8 Jan 2016, at 18:20, Serge Stinckwich <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> An Ecstatic site hosted on github would be nice !
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:13 PM, Ben Coman <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> greetings the list,
>>>
>>> The Pharo By Example book currently on the http://pharobyexample.org
>>> was written for Pharo 1.4, which is several years old.   The community
>>> has been working on updating the book for Pharo 4/5 [1] under the
>>> moniker UPBE, and I wonder what its release strategy will be regarding
>>> the http://pharobyexample.org site.
>>>
>>> It would be good to update the existing web site to show PBE Second
>>> Edition rather than release UPBE somewhere else leaving the old
>>> edition in a prominent position to confuse people.  So who currently
>>> administers the site and what are our options for updating it?    I
>>> see the domain registrant is Oscar Nierstrasz, so I guess a lot
>>> depends on what options Oscar is happy with.
>>>
>>> One option... The Pharo community has focussed on using Pillar for a
>>> lot of documentation (including UPBE) and there is a new static site
>>> generator Ecstatic [2] which might be good to use for the site.
>>> Github allows static web sites to be hosted under custom domains, and
>>> provides the tools for the community to assist site maintenance while
>>> site administrators still can control what is promoted to the
>>> production web site.
>>>
>>> Thoughts anyone?
>>>
>>> cheers -ben
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/UpdatedPharoByExample
>>> [2] https://github.com/guillep/ecstatic
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Sbe-discussion mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>> https://www.list.inf.unibe.ch/listinfo/sbe-discussion
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Serge Stinckwich
>> UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
>> Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
>> http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
>
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> greetings the list,
>
> The Pharo By Example book currently on the http://pharobyexample.org
> was written for Pharo 1.4, which is several years old.   The community
> has been working on updating the book for Pharo 4/5 [1] under the
> moniker UPBE, and I wonder what its release strategy will be regarding
> the http://pharobyexample.org site.
>
> It would be good to update the existing web site to show PBE Second
> Edition rather than release UPBE somewhere else leaving the old
> edition in a prominent position to confuse people.  So who currently
> administers the site and what are our options for updating it?    I
> see the domain registrant is Oscar Nierstrasz, so I guess a lot
> depends on what options Oscar is happy with.
>
> One option... The Pharo community has focussed on using Pillar for a
> lot of documentation (including UPBE) and there is a new static site
> generator Ecstatic [2] which might be good to use for the site.
> Github allows static web sites to be hosted under custom domains, and
> provides the tools for the community to assist site maintenance while
> site administrators still can control what is promoted to the
> production web site.
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> cheers -ben
>
> [1] https://github.com/SquareBracketAssociates/UpdatedPharoByExample
> [2] https://github.com/guillep/ecstatic
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