Apache NetBeans website with antora

Apache NetBeans website with antora playbook

Infrastructure for Apache NetBeans website with antora

Basic structure

Several repository are used as content for the website:

netbeans-antora-site contains blogs and community pages
netbeans-antora-wiki contains wiki pages
netbeans-antora-tutorials contains tutorials and kownledge database
netbeans-antora-ui handle the UI, template and css

Tools

Extensions

‘lib/rssfeed.js’ to generate atom file for rss
‘@antora/lunr-extension’ for indexing and search

Building localy

# replace username with your own github repository username if you want to use your own clones
username=apache
mkdir antora
cd antora
git clone https://github.com/$username/netbeans-antora.git
git clone https://github.com/$username/netbeans-antora-site.git
git clone https://github.com/$username/netbeans-antora-wiki.git
git clone https://github.com/$username/netbeans-antora-tutorials.git
git clone https://github.com/$username/netbeans-antora-ui.git
# Build the netbeans-antora-ui project first
cd netbeans-antora-ui
npm install
npm run gulp bundle
# Install required extension and launch local build
cd netbeans-antora
npm install
npx antora antora-local-playbook.yml
# Launch local webserver the provided file:// url from antora build does not work
# nicely with directory links, that expect the index.html to open
npx http-server build/site

Apache guidelines for web sites

Apache provides different guidelines for project websites. Here are some:

Project-related non-apache.org domain names:: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs#nonapache

Apache Website Navigation Links Policy:: https://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs#navigation

Using svnpubsub or CMS for web site publishing, and using branches:: https://www.apache.org/dev/project-site.html#generated

Using .htaccess to configure the web server:: https://www.apache.org/dev/project-site.html#configure

How to manage my project's webpage:: https://www.apache.org/dev/project-site.html#intro