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Posted to dev@velocity.apache.org by nb...@apache.org on 2003/07/10 01:48:01 UTC
cvs commit: jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view index.xml layoutservlet.xml menu.xml velservlet.xml
nbubna 2003/07/09 16:48:01
Modified: xdocs index.xml menu.xml
xdocs/generic index.xml menu.xml
xdocs/struts index.xml menu.xml
xdocs/view index.xml layoutservlet.xml menu.xml
velservlet.xml
Log:
various updates and tweaks in anticipation of upcoming release
Revision Changes Path
1.8 +49 -3 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/index.xml
Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/index.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.7
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diff -u -r1.7 -r1.8
--- index.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:23:37 -0000 1.7
+++ index.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.8
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
of creating tools and infrastructure for building both web and non-web
applications using the Velocity template engine.
</p>
- <p>Status information, releases, documentation and application examples
- will generally be located within the individual sub-projects.</p>
<subsection name="VelocityView" >
<p><a href="view/">VelocityView</a>
@@ -53,7 +51,31 @@
<br clear="all" />
</subsection>
- </section>
+ <subsection name="Example Applications">
+ <p>Several example applications are currently available, including
+ one to demonstrate the use of Velocity as a view technology for Struts.
+ The example utilizes both Velocity and JSP files for the view in parallel
+ so that they can be compared easily. Also, resources bundle usage for
+ language localization is demonstrated there. Other examples include a demonstration
+ of the use of the VelocityLayoutServlet and a minimal "simple" application.</p>
+ <br clear="all" />
+ </subsection>
+ </section>
+
+ <section name="Download">
+ <p><strong>Releases</strong></p>
+ <p>
+ Velocity Tools 1.0 has been released and is available
+ <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-velocity-tools/">here</a>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p><strong>Source Code</strong></p>
+ <p>
+ Nightly snapshots of the project source are available as binaries
+ <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/builds/jakarta-velocity/nightly/">here</a>.
+ </p>
+ <br clear="all"/>
+ </section>
<section name="CVS Repository">
<p>All Velocity Tools project code is maintained in the
@@ -64,6 +86,30 @@
<p>CVS Client: <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/getinvolved/cvsindex.html">http://jakarta.apache.org/getinvolved/cvsindex.html</a>.
</p>
+ <br clear="all"/>
+ </section>
+
+ <section name="Wanna help?">
+ <p>This project is still young and has a growing user base. With the publicity
+ of this first release, we expect the growth to increase significantly.
+ We would like to encourage interested developers to evaluate the project
+ and send feedback to the velocity-user or velocity-dev mailing list.</p>
+ <p>Those interested in furthering the development of this project are
+ especially welcome to jump in and help out. Patches can be sent to the
+ mailing list or attached to a
+ <a href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Velocity&component=Tools">bugzilla</a>
+ ticket. The <a href="http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?VelocityTools">Wiki</a>
+ can also be a good place to discuss and develop ideas.</p>
+
+ <p>A few good places to get started include:
+ <ul>
+ <li>Documentation (patches for the site or additions to the Wiki)</li>
+ <li>Improving the example apps</li>
+ <li>Support for Struts 1.1 features</li>
+ </ul>
+ Other project goals can be found in the project
+ <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/STATUS">STATUS</a>
+ file.</p>
</section>
</body>
1.3 +3 -0 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/menu.xml
Index: menu.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/menu.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.2
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- menu.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:23:37 -0000 1.2
+++ menu.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.3
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
<menu name="Velocity Tools">
<item name="Overview" href="index.html"/>
+ <item name="Download" href="index.html#Download"/>
<item name="CVS Repository" href="index.html#CVS Repository"/>
<item name="Javadoc" href="javadoc/index.html"/>
+ <item name="Wiki" href="http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?VelocityTools"/>
+ <item name="Report Issues" href="http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Velocity&component=Tools"/>
</menu>
<menu name="Sub-projects">
1.2 +0 -8 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/generic/index.xml
Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/generic/index.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- index.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:21:36 -0000 1.1
+++ index.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.2
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@
</section>
- <section name="Download">
-
- <p>There is no release available at this point in time.</p>
- <br clear="all" />
-
- </section>
-
-
<section name="Contributions">
<p>We welcome your contributions to this library. Please post your offer
to contribute a tool to the
1.2 +3 -3 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/generic/menu.xml
Index: menu.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/generic/menu.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- menu.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:21:36 -0000 1.1
+++ menu.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.2
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<menu name="Generic Tools">
<item name="Overview" href="index.html"/>
- <item name="Download" href="index.html#Download"/>
+ <item name="Download" href="../index.html#Download"/>
<item name="Contributions" href="index.html#Contributions"/>
<item name="Javadoc" href="../javadoc/index.html"/>
</menu>
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
<menu name="Tool Documentation">
<item name="DateTool" href="DateTool.html"/>
<item name="MathTool" href="MathTool.html"/>
- <item name="RenderTool" />
- <item name="IteratorTool" />
+ <item name="RenderTool" href="../javadoc/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/RenderTool.html"/>
+ <item name="IteratorTool" href="../javadoc/org/apache/velocity/tools/generic/IteratorTool.html"/> />
</menu>
<printerversion/>
1.3 +0 -29 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/struts/index.xml
Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/struts/index.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- index.xml 27 Jun 2003 22:09:52 -0000 1.2
+++ index.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.3
@@ -108,35 +108,6 @@
</p>
</section>
- <section name="Download">
- <p>Velocity for Struts is currently in a pre-release phase. Currently,
- only the source is available from the CVS repository. A binary release
- will be made after the API is mature, the software is stable, and additional
- documentation exists. (Note: As of Apr 2003, we have a significant and growing
- user base. Also, the API has been stable for some time; only documentation
- issues are holding up a 1.0 release.)</p>
-
- <p><strong>Source Code</strong></p>
- <p>
- The source can be accessed with
- <a href="http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/">ViewCVS</a>
- or your favorite CVS client. See
- <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/getinvolved/cvsindex.html">Jakarta CVS Repositories</a>
- for instructions.
- </p>
- <p>Repository module name: <code>jakarta-velocity-tools</code></p>
-
- <p><strong>Example Applications</strong></p>
- <p>Several example applications are included in the source repository
- to demonstrate the use of Velocity as a view technology for Struts.
- The examples utilize both Velocity and JSP files for the view in parallel
- so that they can be compared easily. Also, resources bundle usage for
- language localization is demonstrated. </p>
-
- <p>We encourage interested developers to evaluate the software
- and give feedback via velocity-user or velocity-dev mailing lists.</p>
- </section>
-
<section name="License">
<p>This software is licensed under the
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/license.html">Apache Software License</a></p>
1.2 +1 -1 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/struts/menu.xml
Index: menu.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/struts/menu.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- menu.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:22:02 -0000 1.1
+++ menu.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.2
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<menu name="VelocityStruts">
<item name="Overview" href="index.html"/>
<item name="Benefits" href="index.html#Benefits"/>
- <item name="Download" href="index.html#Download"/>
+ <item name="Download" href="../index.html#Download"/>
<item name="User Guide" href="userguide.html"/>
<item name="Installation" href="userguide.html#Installation"/>
<item name="Examples" href="userguide.html#Examples"/>
1.3 +6 -12 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/index.xml
Index: index.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/index.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- index.xml 5 May 2003 02:14:55 -0000 1.2
+++ index.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.3
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
<body>
<section name="Overview">
- <p>VelocityViewServlet is a stand alone servlet that can render Velocity
- templates in Web applications. Web application developers can leverage
- this servlet to extend Servlet-based web application frameworks by using
- Velocity templates for the presentation layer.
+ <p>VelocityView provides support for rapidly and cleanly building web applications
+ using Velocity templates as the view layer. The project is designed with the
+ <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/turbine-2.3/pullmodel.html">Pull-MVC Model</a>
+ in mind and works well in conjunction with web application frameworks that act
+ as the controller (e.g. <a href="../struts/index.html">Struts</a>), but can be used
+ quite effectively on its own for those creating simpler applications.
</p>
<p>Key features:</p>
<ul>
@@ -259,14 +261,6 @@
<p><b>http://<your_server>:<port>/simple/</b></p>
- <br clear="all" />
- </section>
-
- <section name="Download">
- <p>Velocity for Struts is currently in a pre-release phase. Currently, only
- the source is available from the CVS repository. The VelocityViewServlet code,
- and examples are located in the jakarta-velocity-tools module in the
- /examples directory (ant build targets are provided for them).</p>
<br clear="all" />
</section>
1.3 +2 -1 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/layoutservlet.xml
Index: layoutservlet.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/layoutservlet.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3
--- layoutservlet.xml 5 May 2003 02:15:28 -0000 1.2
+++ layoutservlet.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.3
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
<p>
This is an extension to the basic VelocityViewServlet. It provides
a simple layout control and customizable error screens for Velocity
- Tools based projects.
+ Tools based projects. Velocity Tools is distributed with an example
+ app demonstrating the use of this servlet.
</p>
</section>
1.2 +3 -3 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/menu.xml
Index: menu.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/menu.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- menu.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:21:49 -0000 1.1
+++ menu.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
<menu name="VelocityView">
<item name="Overview" href="index.html"/>
- <item name="Download" href="index.html#Download"/>
+ <item name="Download" href="../index.html#Download"/>
<item name="Installation" href="index.html#Installation"/>
<item name="LayoutServlet" href="index.html#VelocityLayoutServlet"/>
<item name="Examples" href="index.html#Examples"/>
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
<menu name="VelocityView Tools">
<item name="LinkTool" href="LinkTool.html"/>
<item name="ParameterParser" href="ParameterParser.html"/>
- <item name="ViewRenderTool" />
- <item name="AbstractSearchTool" />
+ <item name="ViewRenderTool" href="../javadoc/org/apache/velocity/tools/view/tools/ViewRenderTool.html"/>
+ <item name="AbstractSearchTool" href="../javadoc/org/apache/velocity/tools/view/tools/AbstractSearchTool.html"/>
</menu>
<printerversion/>
1.2 +0 -1 jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/velservlet.xml
Index: velservlet.xml
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RCS file: /home/cvs/jakarta-velocity-tools/xdocs/view/velservlet.xml,v
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- velservlet.xml 26 Apr 2003 01:21:49 -0000 1.1
+++ velservlet.xml 9 Jul 2003 23:48:00 -0000 1.2
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
<li>Examples</li>
<li>Configuration of Servlet</li>
<li>Configuration of Toolbox</li>
- <li>Download</li>
<li><a href="../javadoc/index.html">Javadoc</a></li>
</ul>
</section>
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