[kdewebdev-site] Phase I design and development opportunities

[Chris Hornbaker]

On Thursday 15 April 2004 03:52, David Joham wrote:
> > Chris has proposed an idea based on what KDE does. In reflection I think
> > KDE was set up with this interesting and unique procedure because of
> > their familiarity with the tools. In thinking about this the idea of
> > being able to use an XML processor within PHP and the ability to add tags
> > in XHTML gives me the idea that this abstraction could be accomplished
> > using XML. It would require a definition of the page layout elements and
> > an XML name for those elements which would make content writing sort of
> > like writing docs.
>
> This is an interesting idea. I'll admit to not knowing enough about PHP to
> even envision how it would work (I've always followed the strategy Chris
> recommended) so I would like to see a prototype.

It's pretty simple: Flag strings to translate, extract them into .pot files, 
translate the .pot files, and convert the .pot files to PHP includes. Most of 
that can be automated.

> Jacob, can you work with Eric to put together a PHP prototype of what Eric
> is talking about please? Something that is a simple page that displays some
> goofy content and can have its language switched from say English to
> Klingon.

I have a page that changes language and/or style (accessibility) already.

> Chris, I'd also like to see a prototype of your idea. Would you mind
> working with Bill and D.Reddish (hey D. what's your full name?) to do the
> same thing?

I have the code pretty much done completely, but would /really/ like to 
rewrite is as it's not as flexible as I'd like it to be.

> Just as an FYI, we may not even use the localization parts of the design
> (it will depend on if we can get some translators) for Phase I, but I want
> to have the capability in place for the future if necessary.
>
> Ideally, I'd like the two prototypes finished by late next week. I'd also
> like to have a first pass at the mockups/comps by that time. Américo, don't
> worry about any real content. I'm just looking for general look and feel
> for the site at this time. Once we have a good idea of what we like, then
> we'll get into specifics.
>
> Is this doable for all y'all?
>
> Once we have the prototypes finished, we can decide which path we're going
> to take and begin to flesh out our design for how we're going to put the
> site together. I plan on having Bill help me with this based on his
> experience. Once we have the design, we can start to actually put some code
> together...
>
> Sound like a plan?
>

sounds good to me

> Thanks,
>
> David
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