FPC Website - How to submit fixes / corrections?
lazarus / 8-Other

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AgentSam · 2016-06-15 17:08

MAIN QUESTION

How would I go about submitting (or proposing) fixes / corrections to
the FPC website?

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS

Is the FPC website still built from the .adp-sources that can be found
at: http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/html

Does the FPC website have an assigned webmaster?

If there is a webmaster, should I propose changes to the webmaster
first -- or should I just send a patch file to someone or what?
(There's very little information about who to contact regarding
fixes/corrections to the FPC website.)

PROPOSED CHANGES (just to mention a few)

In file http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-
bin/viewvc.cgi/aboutus.adp?view=markup&root=fpchtml:
- The ending "</html>" needs to be removed, because it's automatically
added by the master template.
- Luckily most browsers still render the page correctly, even though
it currently has the "</html>" tag twice.


In file http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-
bin/viewvc.cgi/moreinfo.adp?view=markup&root=fpchtml:
Code: [Select]Replace

  <li>read the <a
href="http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/buildfaq.pdf">Building faq
(PDF)</a>.</li>

with

  <li>read the <a
href="http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/buildfaq">Build FAQ</a>.</li>

because this wiki page gives the user the option to view the BuildFAQ
as PDF or as HTML, along with a brief description of what the buildfaq
is.

In file http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-
bin/viewvc.cgi/develop.adp?view=markup&root=fpchtml:
Code: [Select]replace

  through this <a href="http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-
bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=fpc">viewcvs</a> interface.

with

  through this <a href="http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-
bin/viewvc.cgi?view=roots">viewcvs</a> interface.

to make the ViewVC link show all repositories, instead of just the FPC
repo.

Cheers,
AgentSam