Set of small website refreshes and workshop announcement (HSF#403)

* Set of small website refreshes and workshop announcement

- Refresh the instructions on how to add website content
- Update the main page centre block with information on the search committee stage
- Add David Lange to Coordination Team list and remove links to "standard" organisations
- Make an announcement about the next workshop

_layouts/main.html

@@ -64,13 +64,11 @@ <h2>New Working Groups</h2>
     <a href="/organization/working-group-mandates.html">mandates</a>
     to pursue the goals from the
     <a href="/organization/cwp.html">Community White Paper Roadmap</a>
-    published last year. We are
-    <a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=WG Nominations">calling for more nominations</a>
-    for convenors for each of the three new groups in
-    <a href="/workinggroups/detsim.html">Detector Simulation</a>,
-    <a href="/workinggroups/recotrigger.html">Reconstruction and Software Triggers</a>
-    and <a href="/workinggroups/dataanalysis.html">Data Analysis</a>.
-    Nominations are open until 29 October.
+    published last year. We have setup a
+    <a href="mailto:[email protected]">search committee</a> who
+    will be happy to receive any comments and suggestions you have
+    on our excellent
+    <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mJ-fQJjXsb1JZgqXcBh6Y_-kUsvtffSX5JujKdgEzls/edit?usp=sharing">list of candidates</a>.
     </p>
  </div>
 

announcements/_posts/2018-11-08-workshop.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+title:  HSF Workshop, 18-22 March 2019 at JLab
+author: Graeme Stewart
+layout: newsletter
+symbol: glyphicon-calendar
+link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/759388/
+until: 2019-03-22
+---
+[HSF Workshop 18-22 March 2019, joint with WLCG and OSG](https://indico.cern.ch/event/759388/)

howto-website.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ layout: default
 
 ## About the HSF website
 
-This site is maintained by the HSF GitHub [contributors](https://github.com/orgs/HSF/people). If you're interested to become one contact the HSF startup team or any team member. It was set up by Torre Wenaus and Benedikt Hegner.
+This site is maintained by the HSF GitHub [contributors](https://github.com/orgs/HSF/people). If you're interested to become one contact the [HSF coordination team](/organization/team.html) or any team member. It was set up by Torre Wenaus and Benedikt Hegner.
 
 ## Implementation
 
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ If you are not familiar with GitHub and Git, you can read our [survival kit](/gi
 
 ### General structure of website content files
 All Markdown files of this site start with a section surrounded by `---`. This
-so-called *front-matter* contains metadata about the content. Such metadata are
-e.g. the author of the document or the title of the document.
+so-called *front-matter* contains metadata about the content. Such metadata are,
+e.g., the author of the document or the title of the document.
 
 In the *front-matter* (but not in the text itself), you need to replace any `&` characters (which has a special meaning in HTML) by `&`. This is particularly important for the `title` attribute.
 
@@ -43,22 +43,19 @@ meeting to validate/update them. It is then easy to convert a properly formatted
 levels) to Markdown for inserting it into the website. Look at our [documentation](/jekyll-beginners.html) on how to
 do it.
 
-### Adding to the newsletter
 
-Add a new file in `newsletter/_posts` and follow the front-matter of the
-other files in there. The list of news will be updated automatically.
+### Adding a working group or activity
 
-### Adding a working group
-
-Add a new file in `workinggroups/` directory and follow the front-matter of the
-other files in there. `Activity` menu in the navigation bar will be updated automatically: the menu entry text is the `title` attribute in the *front-matter* section.
+Add a new file in the `_workinggroups` or `_activities` directory and follow the front-matter of the
+other files in there. The `Working Groups` / `Activities` menu in the navigation bar will
+be updated automatically: the menu entry text is the `title` attribute in the *front-matter* section.
 
 ### Adding an event
 
 Add a new file in `events/_posts` and follow the *front-matter* (see above) of the other files
-in there. The [Events](http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/events.html) page and the ``Upcoming Events`` sidebar will be updated automatically. 
+in there. The [Events](http://hepsoftwarefoundation.org/events.html) page and the ``Upcoming Events`` sidebar will be updated automatically.
 
-### Adding breaking news
+### Adding news or announcements
 
 Add a new file in `announcements/_posts` and follow the front matter of the other files in there. The front page will
 get a new box with all information.
@@ -74,23 +71,28 @@ As of writing, this website contains the following page templates for wider usag
 
  * default - every page inherits from this
  * event - to be used for events
- * newsletter - to be used for news items
+ * newsletter - to be used for news items and announcements
  * plain - to be used for standard contents
  * main - the main page w/ boxes
+ * minutes - used for meeting minutes (the template adds
+   forward / backward navigation links)
 
 ### Menu bar and automatization
 The menu bar is defined in `_includes/navbar.ext`, from which all page layouts inherit.
-The layout is hard-coded except for the addition of working groups. A new post
-in the `workinggroups/_posts` directory automatically adds the group to the drop
-down menu `Working Groups`.
+The layout is somewhat hard-coded, but working groups and activities are generated
+automatically.
+
+### Main page
+The main page contains three blocks, mostly hard-coded:
 
-### Main page automatization
-The main page contains three dynamic blocks:
+  * A *meetings* block, with links to the minutes of the last three meetings
+    auto-generated
+  * A news item that holds a small snippet of current important information
+    (currently this is hard-coded, but it would be better if it were more
+      dynamic)
+  * An *activities* block, that serves as an entry point to the main sections
+    of the website
 
- * breaking news, triggered by writing an item in `announcements/_posts`
- * a list of minutes
- * a list of newsletters
-
 They are filled with *[Liquid](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/wiki)* snippets.
 
 ## Useful references

organization/team.md

@@ -8,20 +8,20 @@ layout: default
 Currently the activities within the HSF are organized by the *HSF coordination team* (formerly called the *startup team*). Following the concept of a do-ocracy active contributors to the HSF are invited to join. These are the current members of the team:
 
  * [Peter Elmer](https://phy.princeton.edu/people/g-j-peter-elmer) - Princeton University
- * Daniel Elvira - [FNAL](http://www.fnal.gov)
- * Benedikt Hegner - [CERN](http://cern.ch)
- * Michel Jouvin - [LAL,IN2P3](http://www.lal.in2p3.fr)
- * Pere Mato - [CERN](http://cern.ch)
- * Dario Menasce - [INFN](http://www.mi.infn.it)
+ * Daniel Elvira - FNAL
+ * Benedikt Hegner - BNL
+ * Michel Jouvin - LAL, IN2P3
+ * David Lange - Princeton University
+ * Pere Mato - CERN
+ * Dario Menasce - INFN
  * Eduardo Rodrigues - University of Cincinnati
- * Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy - [FNAL](http://www.fnal.gov)
- * Graeme Stewart - [CERN](https://cern.ch)
- * Andrea Valassi - [CERN](http://cern.ch)
- * Torre Wenaus - [BNL](https://www.bnl.gov)
+ * Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy - FNAL
+ * Graeme Stewart - CERN
+ * Andrea Valassi - CERN
+ * Torre Wenaus - BNL
 
 The entire team can be contacted via <[email protected]>.
 
 ## Meeting Minutes
 
 Coordination team minutes form part of the [meetings archive](minutes.html).
-