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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/developers/api.md | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/developers/directory_structure.md | 119 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/developers/i18n.md | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/developers/index.md | 2 |
4 files changed, 66 insertions, 85 deletions
diff --git a/docs/developers/api.md b/docs/developers/api.md index cbd4c7c85..1e6c15cfd 100644 --- a/docs/developers/api.md +++ b/docs/developers/api.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ these ways: * Look for the RSS feed links. * Examine the `<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml">` tag in the head of the HTML. -* Add `/feed` to the start of another URL. +* Add `/feed` to the start of another URL. Note that even complicated search queries have Atom feeds. You can do all sorts of things with them, such as query by authority, by file type, by date range, @@ -73,9 +73,13 @@ as follows: * as form variable `json`: * `direction` - either `request` (from the user - might be a followup, reminder, etc) or `response` (from the authority) * `body` - the message itself + * `state` - optional, allows the authority to include an updated request `state` value when sending an update. Allowable values: `waiting_response`, `rejected`, `successful` and `partially_successful`. Only used in the `response` direction * `sent_at` - ISO-8601 formatted time that the correspondence was sent * (optionally) the variable `attachments` as `multipart/form-data`: * attachments to the correspondence. Attachments can only be attached to messages in the `response` direction +* `/api/v2/request/<id>/update.json` - POST a new state for the request: + * as form variable `json`: + * `state` - the user's assessment of the `state` of a request that has received a response from the authority. Allowable values: `waiting_response`, `rejected`, `successful` and `partially_successful`. Should only be used for the user's feedback, an authority wishing to update the request `state` should use `/api/v2/request/<id>.json` instead diff --git a/docs/developers/directory_structure.md b/docs/developers/directory_structure.md index 9dbe06789..34a92b411 100644 --- a/docs/developers/directory_structure.md +++ b/docs/developers/directory_structure.md @@ -33,6 +33,30 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). <p><em>the core Alaveteli application code</em></p> <dl> <dt> + assets + </dt> + <dd> + <em>static assets that require precompilation before being served</em> + <dl> + <dt> + fonts + </dt> + <dt> + images + </dt> + <dt> + javascripts + </dt> + <dt class="last"> + stylesheets + </dt> + <dd class="last"> + <p><em>stylesheets in CSS or <a href="http://sass-lang.com/">SCSS</a> format.</em></p> + <p>SCSS stylesheets are compiled to CSS.</p> + </dd> + </dl> + </dd> + <dt> controllers </dt> <dt> @@ -44,54 +68,16 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). <dt> models </dt> - <dt> - sass - </dt> <dt class="last"> views </dt> </dl> </dd> - <dt> - assets + <dt>cache </dt> - <dd> - Static assets - <dl> - <dt> - css - </dt> - <dd> - Rendered stylesheets - </dd> - <dt> - img - </dt> - <dd> - static images - </dd> - <dt> - sass - </dt> - <dd> - Stylesheets in SCSS format, which are compiled to CSS - </dd> - <dt class="last"> - scripts - </dt> - <dd class="last"> - JavaScript - </dd> - </dl> + <dd><p><em>cached files for downloads, attachments and templates.</em></p> </dd> <dt> - bootstrap - </dt> - <dd> - <p> - Alaveteli's default style uses Bootstrap. - </p> - <dt> commonlib </dt> <dd> @@ -155,9 +141,13 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). <dt> tasks </dt> + <dd><a href="http://guides.rubyonrails.org/command_line.html#rake">Rake</a> tasks. + </dd> <dt class="last"> - whatdotheyknow + themes </dt> + <dd class="last">This is where your Alaveteli theme lives. + </dd> </dl> </dd> <dt> @@ -171,33 +161,15 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). </p> </dd> <dt> - public + log </dt> <dd> - <p><em>static assets</em></p> - <dl> - <dt> - admin - </dt> - <dd> - images, JavaScript and stylesheets used by the admin back-end - </dd> - <dt> - fcgi - </dt> - <dd> - Fast CGI files for serving static assets - </dd> - <dt> - images - </dt> - <dt> - javascripts - </dt> - <dt class="last"> - stylesheets - </dt> - </dl> + <p><em>application log files.</em></p> + </dd> + <dt> + public + </dt> + <dd> <p><em>static files that can be served directly.</em></p> </dd> <dt> script @@ -219,17 +191,6 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). </p> </dd> <dt> - stylesheets - </dt> - <dd> - <p> - <em>global stylesheet</em> - </p> - <p> - Actually just <code>global.css</code> - </p> - </dd> - <dt> tmp </dt> <dd> @@ -243,10 +204,10 @@ website](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html). <dd class="last"> <p><em>third-party software</em></p> <dl> - <dt class="last">plugins</dt> + <dt class="last">bundle</dt> <dd class="last"> <p> - Plugins + <em>the bundle of gems needed to run Alaveteli</em> </p> </dd> </dl> diff --git a/docs/developers/i18n.md b/docs/developers/i18n.md index deabc99a1..24c0c31e0 100644 --- a/docs/developers/i18n.md +++ b/docs/developers/i18n.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: Internationalisation (for devs) <p class="lead"> This page describes some technical aspects of internationalising the - Alaveteli code. It's mostly aimed at devs who are working on the + Alaveteli code. It's mostly aimed at devs who are working on the codebase — if you just want to translate Alaveteli into your own language, see <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/translation">translating Alaveteli</a> @@ -29,11 +29,27 @@ work and turns it into the files that Alaveteli needs (using gettext). For example, to deploy English and Spanish translations at once: - * Ensure their `.po` files are at ```locale/en/app.po``` and ```locale/es/app.po``` + * Ensure their `.po` files are at ```locale/en/app.po``` and ```locale/es/app.po``` (for example, by downloading them from Transifex) * Set <code><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#available_locales">AVAILABLE_LOCALES</a></code> to <code>en es</code> +### What to do if you don't have complete translations for an older release of Alaveteli + +Before a new release of Alaveteli is made, the translation files are +pulled from Transifex and added to Alaveteli's ``locale/`` directory in +github. These represent the most complete translations for the previous +release. Then the files in Transifex are updated with any new strings +that need to be translated for the upcoming release. At this point old +strings that are no longer used in the new release are also removed. The +latest [release tag](https://github.com/mysociety/alaveteli/releases) +for a release in github should contain the most complete translations +for that release from Transifex. + +If you're using an older release of Alaveteli and you want to add to or +change the translations, you can edit the .po files directly using a +local program such as [PoEdit](http://poedit.net/). + ### How to add new strings to the translations You need to do this if you've added any new strings to the code that need @@ -63,7 +79,7 @@ For more details about the translations, see the page about This is complicated by the fact that there are two competing ways to define a locale+territory combination. The POSIX (and gettext and Transifex) way is like `en_GB`; the Rails way is like `en-US`. Because we are using gettext and -Transifex for translations, we must deal with both. +Transifex for translations, we must deal with both. * for the Rails version of the currently selected locale, use `I18n.locale` * for the POSIX version of the locale, use `FastGettext.locale` @@ -85,7 +101,7 @@ Some hints for adding the strings into the Alaveteli code: * We allow some inline HTML where it helps with meaningful context, for example: ``` -_('<a href="{{browse_url}}">Browse all</a> or <a href="{{add_url}}">ask us to add it</a>.', +_('<a href="{{browse_url}}">Browse all</a> or <a href="{{add_url}}">ask us to add it</a>.', :browse_url => @browse_url, :add_url => @add_url) ``` diff --git a/docs/developers/index.md b/docs/developers/index.md index 22390f236..f1167a22b 100644 --- a/docs/developers/index.md +++ b/docs/developers/index.md @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ title: For developers [manual installation]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/manual_install/). Alternatively, there's an [Alaveteli EC2 AMI]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/installing/ami/) that might help you get up and running quickly. - [Get in touch](http://www.alaveteli.org/contact/) on the project mailing list or IRC + [Get in touch]({{ site.baseurl }}community/) on the project mailing list or IRC for help. * A standard initial step for customising your deployment is [writing a |