"Improve this page"

[Simon]

On 16/03/2012 04:27, James Miller wrote:
> On 16 March 2012 17:14, Brad Anderson<eco at gnuk.net>  wrote:
>> I have a pending pull request
>> <https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/d-programming-language.org/pull/98>
>> which adds an "Improve this page" button to the upper right corner all pages
>> on the website.  From the pull request description: "It essentially turns
>> the website into a moderated wiki. How it works is for each page it links to
>> a special URL on GitHub that will offer to fork the repository, open an
>> online text editor, and create a pull request in one easy process."
>>
>> It's meant for simple changes (typos, rewording stuff, minor bugs in code
>> examples, etc.). I got the idea after using the GitHub online editor myself
>> to make website and Phobos documentation change pull requests and finding it
>> to be very easy way to contribute. Even people who are unfamiliar with git
>> can use it.
>>
>> Andrei seemed to like it when I showed him but asked me to get Walter and
>> whoever else's opinions on it before he'd be willing to merged it.
>>
>> You can try a live demo here: http://gnuk.net/d/index.html
>>
>> Clicking the button will open the appropriate file in an editor on GitHub.
>> Feel free to click the button to see what the editor is like. Nothing
>> happens until you choose to submit your changes at which point it lets you
>> enter a pull request description, then it finally makes the request.
>>
>> This would probably have been difficult to implement if it weren't for Ddoc
>> so +1 for Ddoc.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Brad Anderson
>
> Seems ok, though the styling isn't amazing, maybe tone the size of the
> buttons down.
>
> Also, Github does not exactly give a useful message when you aren't
> logged in (404), but that isn't your fault.
>
> --
> James Miller

I think it looks fine and it's a great idea. At least for those of us 
with git hub accounts.

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