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Xfce Directory
This page centralizes information about the organization of the Xfce Directory website. Edit the page at any time to correct “bad designs” or to add new ideas or $whatever.
Two possibilities of deployments:
- A website directory.xfce.org
- Adapt a CMS
- Write plugins
- A namespace inside the wiki e.g. http://wiki.xfce.org/directory/…
- To manage a team we can set up write access to the directory namespace
- Write plugins
What is it about?
The Xfce Directory provides a simple interface to download quality content and minimize hours of search for a nice desktop. Unlike xfce-look.org, it will accept content after selection/decision by the team.
Scribble
Links
SVN repository
/xfce-xfwm4-themes/trunk/themes
/xfce-gtk-themes/trunk/themes
/$foobar/trunk
…/branches/xfce_4_4
…/branches/xfce-themes = a selection of themes (svn external…)
…/tags/xfce_4_2_3 = follows the xfce release cycle
Tags
Each content is tagged, this gives us full possibility on content presentation.
Possible tags:
- By category: xfwm4, gtk, xfce-selection, …
- By color: dark, blue, …
- Special: $meta-package, by-$member, user-contributed (anonymous), …
Image preview
We could attach a little bit of Javascript to preview a glimpse of a theme on mouse over. Or just a bit of Javascript to display a bigger resolution inside a tooltip.
Meta packages
Several selections (e.g. meta packages) of bundled themes. Idea: add configuration files for the panel, desktop, etc. as to provide different default desktops!
Sitemap
- Index
- Directories
- Xfwm4
- GTK+
- Xfce Selection
- Recent Additions
- Select by tags
- Packages
- Xfwm4.tar.gz
- GTK+.tar.gz
- FAQ
- How to
- Propose content
Pages
Index
- A little about message (whereami).
- Display a snap' of the content:
- 5-10 Recent Additions
- 5-10 Xfce Selection
- Links to Directories
- Links to Packages
Single content
A page for a single content. Useful for permanent link (paste on IRC, …).
Directory
A view ala Thunar icon view of all the files from a specific tag/category.
Select by tags form
The “Select by tags” form is full javascript featured (always retro-HTML compatible) and lets you filter out the content very quickly.
The Debian packages cloud web interface is lovely.
Package
List of tarballs.
FAQ
How to
A list of internal and external tutorials.
Propose content
This page is a form for anonymous users to propose content.
Workflow
The team members follow the next workflow:
- Accept the content
- Commit to SVN
- Upload a static tarball
- Send an email to the author
- Reject the content with the most polite answer
Form
Name | by default anonymous (save name in cookie) |
File | select the tarball (must contain a README/AUTHOR/… file so we can contact upstream) |
Tags | select a bunch of existing tags |
Upload | Click! |