[Neuroimaging] Site Discussion

Thu Aug 27 01:50:21 CEST 2015

Jekyll is serving as a template engine to render the pages and links, and
the menu and d3 are dynamically generated from the data file
<https://github.com/vsoch/nipy-jekyll/blob/master/_data/packages.yml>. I'm
sure it would be possible to achieve that kind of functionality with any
other engine, given the data and templating is transformed into said engine
(as I did to go from the original flask <http://vsoch.github.io/nipy> -->
jekyll).

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Eleftherios Garyfallidis <
garyfallidis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vanessa,
>
> The website is beautiful. Thank you again for your work. I subscribed to
> tumblr too.
>
> Are parts of this that were possible only with Jekyll? And if yes which
> ones?
>
> I am not suggesting to change the technology again. But I would like to
> know where Jekyll helped at the end.
>
> Cheers,
> Eleftherios
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 7:28 PM, vanessa sochat <vsochat at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> My suggestions for moving forward:
>>
>>
>> 1)
>>
>> Feedback and desires for the template and look, best as issues on the
>> repo. Ironically, we've been so focused on getting it working that I don't
>> consider the style complete, and there were good suggestions that I haven't
>> even looked at yet! If you have a style or element preference, please
>> share, and it would be great to provide an example. First we fix those
>> details.
>>
>> 2)
>>
>> Then content (specific packages, pages that are not posts, and where we
>> tell users to ask for help, etc). I'm pretty indifferent about these
>> things, and will be happy to go with the consensus. I can write
>> documentation for the "contribute" page for the different flavors of
>> contributors.
>>
>> 3)
>>
>> It would be good for others to then give the different kinds of
>> contribution a try, and get feedback on those workflows.
>>
>> 4)
>>
>> Then when the CI, ghpages, blogging / site workflow, and documentation
>> are properly in order, we deploy our little nipy.
>>
>>
>> I'll start a first round of edits (step 1) this weekend.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:13 PM, vanessa sochat <vsochat at stanford.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This should be fairly easy to maintain. The main "package" pages are
>>> jekyll, meaning anyone can push a PR to the repo, preview on circle, and
>>> then deploy to github pages with approved changes. Developers know how to
>>> use github.
>>>
>>> The hidden blog is hosted at tumblr, which means that:
>>>
>>> - anyone can contribute content. We can let it get pushed or put it in a
>>> queue for approval.
>>> - posts can be done on mobile, or from email. In html, markdown, or
>>> standard text editor.
>>> - we can choose to "hide" the neuroimaging.tumblr.com url if we want,
>>> but it's really not so bad.
>>> - looks spiffy on mobile too :)
>>> - posts can be associated with authors, but don't need to be.
>>> - people can ask questions on posts, share posts, like them, etc.
>>> - integrated notifications, social media, apps, all the standard stuff
>>> you get with a platform like this. Tumblr has an API :)
>>>
>>> We kill lots of birds with a snakey thought stone. The site has CI,
>>> hosted for free on ghpages, and is an easy workflow for developers to
>>> update or add their packages. The site is also better integrated into the
>>> non-developer community, because anyone can contribute content easily
>>> without github, and we still have control over that content.
>>>
>>> If there is a huge redesign of the site, then the template would need to
>>> be updated on tumblr, but that really comes down to copy pasting the base
>>> code into the template editor. This was the idea that I had this morning.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:44 PM, vanessa sochat <vsochat at stanford.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *Continuous integration:*
>>>>
>>>> https://circle-artifacts.com/gh/vsoch/nipy-jekyll/68/artifacts/0/home/ubuntu/nipy-jekyll/_site/index.html
>>>>
>>>> *Gihub pages:*
>>>> http://vsoch.github.io/nipy-jekyll/
>>>>
>>>> All things seem to be in working order :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Eleftherios Garyfallidis <
>>>> garyfallidis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So another push for Jekyll?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Ariel Rokem <arokem at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Eleftherios,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Eleftherios Garyfallidis <
>>>>>> garyfallidis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Vanessa,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:20 PM, vanessa sochat <
>>>>>>> vsochat at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Eleftherios, it's good that you express concern because that means
>>>>>>>> that you care about nipy, and we can work together to ensure that the
>>>>>>>> vision is properly reflected in this site. It's typically not a straight
>>>>>>>> path to converge on the right solution, and I think that it's ok we are
>>>>>>>> needing to try different things. If it isn't too troubling to you, please
>>>>>>>> let me implement what I have in mind, and then we can move forward with
>>>>>>>> discussion on the points of content.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure, be happy to prepare whatever you think will help the
>>>>>>> discussion. Can I ask you to summarize quickly here the next steps of
>>>>>>> development that you have in mind?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think that question has been answered here:
>>>>>> https://mail.python.org/pipermail/neuroimaging/2015-August/000380.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Eleftherios
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 12:09 PM, vanessa sochat <
>>>>>>>> vsochat at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Eleftherios,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A framework like Django is too heavy for a simple portal and blog,
>>>>>>>>> and we want to stay away from making something substantial that requires
>>>>>>>>> regular maintenance and care, and an actual server. We can achieve all the
>>>>>>>>> functionality of comments / social media, etc by integrating a blogging
>>>>>>>>> platform into a site that works on Github pages. Question b (sites
>>>>>>>>> included) and c (organization vision) needs discussion from everyone, and
>>>>>>>>> for the rest, here are my thoughts:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> a) What the portal is about? We need to reach consensus. This is
>>>>>>>>>> currently vague.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A simple portal that gives nipy a brand, links to its products,
>>>>>>>>> and integrates some platform for us to easily write about it. If something
>>>>>>>>> more substantial than that is desired, then we first need to resolve where
>>>>>>>>> it will be hosted and who takes responsibility for its life.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> c) How the website and e-mail lists/forums will benefit and
>>>>>>>>>> promote the work and the vision of this organization.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> For the work - the website blog will afford all the things that
>>>>>>>>> blogs afford: sharing ideas, examples, links, social media integration, etc.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> d) Make some decisions on the technologies that we can use to
>>>>>>>>>> support a, b, c.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Again, this is more about hosting and responsibility.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (b) is critical because for example I saw that you added in the
>>>>>>>>>> website projects which are not currently under our
>>>>>>>>>> github organization https://github.com/nipy. I think we need
>>>>>>>>>> consensus to take such a decisions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You should consider all current content on the site as Lorem
>>>>>>>>> Ipsum etc. I simply reproduced what is on the current site and did not make
>>>>>>>>> any "decisions." As I said earlier, content and template come
>>>>>>>>> *after* getting the site functioning.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> (c) is also much related to Matthew's e-mail for supporting or
>>>>>>>>>> not Neurostars for answering questions about the NIPY
>>>>>>>>>> projects. This information and whatever we decide must be
>>>>>>>>>> highlighted clearly in the portal.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lorem,.. ipsum...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:54 PM, vanessa sochat <
>>>>>>>>>> vsochat at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> exactly :)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uwzg7SYZKF0
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Ariel Rokem <arokem at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry - didn't see that one for some reason.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Vanessa Villamia Sochat <
>>>>>>>>>>>> vsochat at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi everyone!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought more about this on my walk - here is a reasonable
>>>>>>>>>>>>> game plan! I will do the work to put together a solution that integrates
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ariel's original vision with ghpages, the parts of Jekyll that do work, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a more non developer friendly integrated blog. I think this could meet all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of our goals and be a solution that better integrates social aspects of our
>>>>>>>>>>>>> community - github just doesn't specialize in blogging but many services
>>>>>>>>>>>>> do. If that does not work, then we can go to Sphinx. Boum!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bada-boum!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I will send out an update likely during weekend time when I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tested some things.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Vanessa
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > On Aug 26, 2015, at 8:32 AM, Matthew Brett <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> matthew.brett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 4:10 PM, vanessa sochat <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> vsochat at stanford.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Hi Group,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Ben and I are having some discussion on the higher level
>>>>>>>>>>>>> goals of the site,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> and want to bring everyone in. In summary, we want
>>>>>>>>>>>>> something that is easy to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> contribute content to, and has continuous integration for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> previewing
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> updates. I am wondering, what was wrong with the initial
>>>>>>>>>>>>> look of the site?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Was it that sphinx is hard to update?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Actually, I think that sphinx is a very good option, and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> most other
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > scientific Python sites use sphinx for their main pages.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > The particular template that we were using was a little
>>>>>>>>>>>>> dated and
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > ugly, but I bet that could be improved.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Most if not all developers are perfectly capable of building
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > sphinx documentation locally to preview it, but we can also
>>>>>>>>>>>>> do what
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > other projects are doing, and build / publish the docs in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > temporary place for each commit, using an entry in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> travis-ci
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > matrix of jobs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > I think Ariel was particularly attracted to Jekyll / github
>>>>>>>>>>>>> pages,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > because it is very easy to get a rendered version to look at
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > git push, and although that is generally desirable, I think
>>>>>>>>>>>>> building /
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > reviewing locally is at least as important.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > So - if it were entirely up to me - I would prefer we go
>>>>>>>>>>>>> back to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > sphinx, on the basis that it is a very familiar workflow to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> most
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Python developers.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Thanks very much for doing all this work by the way - it's
>>>>>>>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > helpful, and I'm sorry that we are going round and round.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > See you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Matthew
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>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Vanessa Villamia Sochat
>>>>>>>>>>> Stanford University
>>>>>>>>>>> (603) 321-0676
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>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>> Stanford University
>>>>>>>>> (603) 321-0676
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Stanford University
>>>>>>>> (603) 321-0676
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>>>> Stanford University
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Vanessa Villamia Sochat
>>> Stanford University
>>> (603) 321-0676
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>> Stanford University
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