"Software" link for the webseite and mentioning of open source

[nuest]

There is not enough information on the website the the software is available on GitHub as open source. Ideas to change this:

• mention the fact on the about page
• add a first level menu entry "software" which includes links to the sources and description of the software components

@ahitch - what do you think?

[ahitch]

My 2 cents:

• we should mention it on the about page
  and
• I think a first level menu entry software is a must (at some point at least - the software continues to grow and we will need a space to describe it). My only question at this point is whether we have enough information for such a page at the moment.

[ahitch]

I suggest a new box on about page . Text as follows. (edit in https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZXIW2IdcNehPfVHfb_zoz_0a4EuyEYeymVrpsvNybkY/edit#) "The software"

enviroCar software is open source and published under the Apache 2.0 (link) license. The following software is hosted at GitHub (https://github.com/enviroCar):

• enviroCar app: Android app
• Java-based tools for the enviroCar platform
• enviroCar wps: A 52°North WPS webapp with customized enviroCar settings and processes
• enviroCar python: Python code for analyzing enviroCar data
• enviroCaR: Import and analysis functions for the R environment for statistical computing and graphics
• enviroCar server
• enviroCar gep components: enviroCar adapters for ESRI ArcGIS GeoEvent Processor for Server

Comments?

[nuest]

Important: enviroCar software is NOT published under Apache 2.0. I suggest to say "are all published as open source - see the project page for license details".

Even though all projects are on GitHub, I would still add a link to the projects on GitHub and also add extra links for documentation. We could extend the page http://envirocar.github.io/ with the same information as well, make that the "one stop" for all eC software. Then the first level software link simply opens that page. A short sentence about open source and a link should nevertheless be on the about page.

[nuest]

Oh, and of course the github.io page should be overhauled, adding the missing projects - I can do that, since I started the whole thing...

[nuest]

FYI: I plan to have a draft of the page ready after my flight :-). @ahitch If you rather have it on the "real homepage", then it is still worth having a more informative page at envirocar.githug.io

[ahitch]

@nuest I suggest we discuss next week when you are back :-)

[nuest]

When I'm back I don't have time for this ;-). Please check for errors and let me know what you think: http://envirocar.github.io/

[ahitch]

@nuest I will send a file.

[nuest]

The software link does only appear after login, though it is outside of the "if logged in" code: https://github.com/enviroCar/enviroCar-www/blob/12497e61018ddad6450084fa9795ac4f77422dc3/header.php#L175

[ahitch]

can anyone fix this?