OLPC Learning Club D.C./XO-1.5 Start Page Book Sprint

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Short URL for this wiki page: http://j.mp/xo_start_sprint

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2762/4433782381_1ab8943398.jpg


What

This working session--called a sprint--will focus on updating an outdated collection of web pages with basic information about the XO laptop and Sugar. The pages are here:

http://www.laptop.org/start

These pages have not been widely promoted or used since the second OLPC Give One Get One promotion in late 2008.

Scope:

  • 16 profusely illustrated HTML pages
  • 7 of the pages have interactive mouseover graphics
  • Many screenshots throughout
  • Many external links
  • Entire site available as one long PDF document

Why

The XO-1.5 laptop has gone into production (as of March 2010) and the Sugar Learning Platform has been significantly updated. There is a need to have this high-quality collection of web pages updated.

When

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - Sunday, March 28, 2010

Schedule TBD

Where

Arlington Career Center
816 South Walter Reed Drive
Arlington, VA 22204

Google Map http://j.mp/acc_va

Aerial photo map http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3515088488/

Who

  • Mike Lee
  • Adam Holt
  • Kevin Cole
  • Jeff Elkner
  • George Hunt
  • Amy Lee (copy editing, proofreading remotely and some pre-sprint prep)

Project Tasks

  • Reuse as much of the existing HTML and Javascript as possible. Establish directory / file naming convention for the new pages. (Maybe http://www.laptop.org/xo-1.5/gettingstarted/ )
  • Code keywords into all the new pages for search engine friendliness.
  • Some of the text will need to be edited to reflect recent changes in the hardware and Sugar.
  • Many new screenshots will need to be made.
  • Some of the photo illustrations with callouts will need to be edited due to changes in Sugar or the laptop (e.g. expanded activity ring and new trackpad design).
  • Re-use as many of the original photos and screenshots as possible. Continue to link to and store image assets in http://www.laptop.org/img/
  • Outbound links need to be rechecked.
  • One or more new pages need to be written and illustrated to explain new features such as the new Gnome Desktop.
  • Preserve old set of start pages ( http://www.laptop.org/7.1.0/gettingstarted/ ) and clearly label that they are for the XO-1. Link to these from the new XO-1.5 start page.
  • Add sidebar on new XO-1.5 pages to help people figure out which laptop/OS they have.
  • Create some inbound links from elsewhere on www.laptop.org and other user group sites.
  • Time permitting, all updated pages and illustrations to be collected into a downloadable PDF.

Image File Notes

The images are a mix of GIF, PNG and JPEG. They all appear to be stored in

http://www.laptop.org/img/

Sizes of screen shots of activities embedded in the pages vary: 427x320, 426x320

In some cases, we may want to locate the original hardware photo from the OLPC Flickr stream in order to composite in new Sugar screens

http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc

PDF document download

The entire Getting Started collection of web pages is downloadable as a 103-page, 13mb PDF. Link text in the PDF is not clickable. The PDF is posted on Google Docs for viewing:

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxZJ13aT6vDYODFkOGZjNWMtZjMwOS00NmJlLThlZTQtODdmYzllZjdiNTA1&hl=en

If this PDF is recreated from the new Getting Started pages, the file size can be reduced by optimizing through Acrobat. Clickable links should be preserved. Page numbering should be added.

References

Nearby

Contact

  • holt [at] laptop [dot] org
  • mikelee [at] laptop [dot] org

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