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Posted to commits@pivot.apache.org by gb...@apache.org on 2010/08/10 16:16:53 UTC
svn commit: r984019 - in /pivot/site/trunk/www: index.xml styles/pivot.css
Author: gbrown
Date: Tue Aug 10 14:16:53 2010
New Revision: 984019
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=984019&view=rev
Log:
Add user comments to site home page.
Modified:
pivot/site/trunk/www/index.xml
pivot/site/trunk/www/styles/pivot.css
Modified: pivot/site/trunk/www/index.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pivot/site/trunk/www/index.xml?rev=984019&r1=984018&r2=984019&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- pivot/site/trunk/www/index.xml (original)
+++ pivot/site/trunk/www/index.xml Tue Aug 10 14:16:53 2010
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ limitations under the License.
<h2>Why Pivot?</h2>
<p>
Pivot is the only RIA framework that enables developers to build applications
- for the Java platform using Java or any other JVM scripting language, such as
+ for the Java platform using Java or any other JVM language, such as
JavaScript, Groovy, or Scala. Pivot is also the only truly open RIA framework:
it is completely open source, and is driven entirely by the software
development community.<br/><br/>
@@ -60,22 +60,36 @@ limitations under the License.
Pivot allows developers to work with the tools and APIs they already know,
reducing technology sprawl and streamlining solution technology stacks.
</p>
- <div class="btnMore"><a href="about.html"><span>More about Pivot</span></a></div>
+ <!-- <div class="btnMore"><a href="about.html"><span>More about Pivot</span></a></div> -->
</div>
<div class="homeCol2">
- <h2>Pivot Resources</h2>
+ <h2>User Comments</h2>
<ul>
- <li><a href="getting-started.html">Getting Started</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/platform-overview.html">Platform Overview</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/wtkx-primer.html">WTKX Primer</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/component-and-container.html">Component & Container</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/tutorials/x-pivottut/index.html" target="_new">Sample Application Walkthrough</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/drag-and-drop.html">Drag and Drop</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/web-queries.html">Web Queries</a></li>
- <li><a href="tutorials/data-binding.html">Data Binding</a></li>
+ <li>
+ <p>"We chose Pivot due to how rapidly we were able to create a user interface
+ and tie it into our existing API for our storage system. Pivot's straight-forward
+ collection model saved us the hassle of writing mountains of boilerplate code to
+ update the UI whenever low-level application state changed."</p>
+ <cite class="homeCol2">- Mike Smorul, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Study</cite>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>"I AM IMPRESSED. Web services, [data] binding, event handling, scripting in the UI
+ definition (in any JVM language)...and yes, a good-looking mechanism for static
+ localization. Keep going Apache Pivot - you are heading in the right direction!"</p>
+ <cite class="homeCol2">- Christophe Hanlon, ADINS sprl</cite>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>"From the perspective of someone who is fairly new to Pivot and writing a
+ decent-sized standalone app with it, I can say that Pivot's API is about
+ 10,000 times cleaner than the other choices available for Java...If you need
+ to give a Java app a nice UI with little fuss, I recommend Pivot wholeheartedly."</p>
+ <cite class="homeCol2">- Clint Gilbert, Java developer</cite>
+ </li>
</ul>
- <div class="btnDocs"><a href="documentation.html"><span>Documentation</span></a></div>
+ <!-- <div class="btnDocs"><a href="user-comments.html"><span>More user comments</span></a></div> -->
</div>
<div class="homeCol3">
@@ -83,20 +97,20 @@ limitations under the License.
<ul class="newsItems">
<li>
<a href="download.cgi#{$version}">
- <strong>Pivot 1.5 Released</strong>
- <em>June 4th, 2010</em>
+ <strong>Pivot 1.5.1 Released</strong>
+ <em>August ??, 2010</em>
<p>The latest version of Pivot is now available for download.</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
- <a href="#">
- <strong>Pivot Has Graduated!</strong>
- <em>December 16th, 2009</em>
- <p>Pivot has graduated from the Apache Incubator and is now a top-level Apache project.</p>
+ <a href="http://na.apachecon.com/c/acna2010/sessions/632">
+ <strong>ApacheCon 2010 Registration Now Open</strong>
+ <em>August 2, 2010</em>
+ <p>Join Pivot founder Greg Brown in Atlanta for an introduction to Apache Pivot!</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
- <div class="btnNewsArchive"><a href="news.html"><span>News archive</span></a></div>
+ <!-- <div class="btnNewsArchive"><a href="news.html"><span>News archive</span></a></div> -->
</div>
</div>
</body>
Modified: pivot/site/trunk/www/styles/pivot.css
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pivot/site/trunk/www/styles/pivot.css?rev=984019&r1=984018&r2=984019&view=diff
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--- pivot/site/trunk/www/styles/pivot.css (original)
+++ pivot/site/trunk/www/styles/pivot.css Tue Aug 10 14:16:53 2010
@@ -213,17 +213,19 @@ h3 {
#featured .homeCol2 ul {
margin: 0px;
list-style: none;
- background: url(dotted_line_b.gif) repeat-x left top;
+ font-size:13px;
+ background-color: #f5f5f5;
}
#featured .homeCol2 ul li {
- background: url(dotted_line_b.gif) repeat-x left bottom;
+ border-top: dotted 1px black;
+ padding-top:5px;
+ padding-bottom:10px;
}
#featured .homeCol2 ul li a {
padding: 5px 23px;
display: block;
- background: url(pivot_icon_s_light_blue.png) no-repeat 5px center;
text-decoration: none;
}
@@ -231,6 +233,11 @@ h3 {
color: #0d4a7a;
}
+cite.homeCol2 {
+ font-size: 12px;
+ font-style: italic;
+}
+
.newsItems {
margin: 0px;
list-style: none;
@@ -245,7 +252,6 @@ h3 {
padding: 5px;
display: block;
text-decoration: none;
- background-color: #f5f5f5;
border-top: 1px solid #fff;
}