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The features of the IDE4EDU really should of have corresponding intro pages. Pointers to help, and maybe even a cheat sheet or two would be good.
(In reply to comment #0) > The features of the IDE4EDU really should of have corresponding intro pages. > Pointers to help, and maybe even a cheat sheet or two would be good. > Maybe allow for opening of projects from the welcome screen. Recent local projects could be listed as well as a selection to open a remote project. (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=250661)
I believe that a good starting point would be a rudimentary welcome page that just describes what the heck IDE4EDU is. After that we can open additional bugs for further functionality. There is some help in the documentation: http://help.eclipse.org/galileo/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/guide/ua_intro_define_content.htm
I would like to start on this for the second sprint.
(In reply to comment #3) > I would like to start on this for the second sprint. Bring it. Remember that most of the Eclipse community doesn't know what a "sprint" is. "I will be working on this over the next week" is enough information.
Right! I will be working on this over the next week.
Should this be extending the universal intro, or should this intro be an intro of its own?
(In reply to comment #6) > Should this be extending the universal intro, or should this intro be an intro > of its own? How do you feel about it?
I am assuming that all the eclipse made RCPs use the universal intro. I think it is very functional. However, I think that it is over complicated, if were going for simplified. However, creating all new content is a large job if in the end it will be a similar product to the existing universal intro. I am on the fence, I have been going with my gut and working towards a simplified version, from the minimal content example in the help files. However, this won't have the eclipse look that the universal intro has. So here I stay, sitting on the fence.
Make a choice and run with it. Post a patch as early as possible to solicit feedback.
I have attached a document on how to create the welcome page. It is one Eclipse version old, but it may be close.
Created attachment 148846 [details] Welcome page generation
Created attachment 148847 [details] Quick try at using the customizable intro. I'm not sure if this is what we're looking for but it's a shot. I'm not really sure I like it yet. I found it hard to maneuver the pseudo-html XML file, and even harder to style with CSS, due to my low-level of experience. One problem I had was the "Go to Workbench" , switchToLaunchBar action-command wouldn't work, with all my trials I only succeeded in failure on that end. I took a look at Dwight's suggestion to create from scratch, and I honestly now think extending the universal intro is the best way to go. Because, I believe it is possible to specify which options are shown i.e. overview, tutorials, etc. The problem with starting from scratch is the lack of content. As mentioned in previous posts we really only need to describe what IDE4EDU is and provide some links to tutorials for now. As it is the Universal intro is very nice looking and my attempt seems feeble in comparison.
(In reply to comment #12) > Created an attachment (id=148847) [details] > Quick try at using the customizable intro. > > I'm not sure if this is what we're looking for but it's a shot. I'm not really > sure I like it yet. I found it hard to maneuver the pseudo-html XML file, and > even harder to style with CSS, due to my low-level of experience. One problem I > had was the "Go to Workbench" , switchToLaunchBar action-command wouldn't work, > with all my trials I only succeeded in failure on that end. I took a look at > Dwight's suggestion to create from scratch, and I honestly now think extending > the universal intro is the best way to go. Because, I believe it is possible to > specify which options are shown i.e. overview, tutorials, etc. The problem with > starting from scratch is the lack of content. As mentioned in previous posts we > really only need to describe what IDE4EDU is and provide some links to > tutorials for now. As it is the Universal intro is very nice looking and my > attempt seems feeble in comparison. Also, I haven't created any pictures because I'm not 100% sure if I can create images using my educational license of photoshop. Otherwise I would have created an icon atleast. I guess I could use the already created one.
Dwight, where did that PDF come from?
It was one of my old Eclipse Source articles.
I've pulled the plug-in into my workspace. I've removed the Activator (it's not required). In fact, I've removed the Java nature from the project as it's not necessary. I'll attach the changed project for your review. I'd like to see more content, but it's definitely a good start.
Created attachment 149139 [details] Updated project directory I've removed the Java code, nature, and builders since they are not required.
I'm inclined to change the name of the bundle to org.eclipse.ide4edu.branding and use it as the future target for things like splash screens, icons, and such. Does that make sense?
Yes
+1
I am prepared to rename and commit. I don't think we should include this in the build until the content is matured. Is there agreement?
I agree.
Committed into HEAD. For completeness, It was created 100% from scratch, is under the terms of the EPL, contains no encryption, and is <250 lines in length. I have marked the attachment as +iplog so that it appears in the project's IP Log.
Created attachment 149272 [details] mylyn/context/zip
Where should I be pulling this content from? I would like to add more content, I just don't know 100% what we should be putting into it? I bet if I looked around on the website I could find some more content no?
(In reply to comment #25) > Where should I be pulling this content from? I would like to add more content, > I just don't know 100% what we should be putting into it? I bet if I looked > around on the website I could find some more content no? We spoke of tutorials that are specific to IDE4EDU. Something like that would be good content. I'm pretty sure we even have a bug for that, but I'm too lazy right now to figure out which one it is. As it sits, the intro page isn't all that useful. We either need to make it useful, or remove it. In any case, it'd be nice to see a couple of new bugs open to add specific content.
