diff --git a/about.md b/about.md index ea8b4194..45ef3977 100644 --- a/about.md +++ b/about.md @@ -3,26 +3,27 @@ layout: page title: About --- -One of our most pressing and ever revolving needs as scholars is to pass on our textual artifacts +One of our most pressing and ever-evolving needs as scholars is to pass on our textual artifacts from one generation to another. The art of textual editing, among other practices, has helped many cultures to remember and interpret for centuries. Alas, that art is practiced and encouraged in its highest form by a dwindling number of scholars. In a digital environment the problem is compounded -by the difficulties of the medium. While vast repositories, and "e-publications" appear on the +by the difficulties of the medium. While vast repositories and "e-publications" appear on the online scene yearly, very few manifest a textual scholar's disciplined attention to detail. In contrast, most textual scholars who have made the leap to a rigorous digital practice have focused on markup, relying on technical teams to deploy and maintain their work. This makes your average -scholarly digital edition a very costly, and therefore limited affair. +scholarly digital edition a very costly and therefore limited affair. As we see it, a minimal edition is one that aims to reduce the size and complexity of the back and -front end, and the learning curves for the user and the producer. Out of-the-box, this theme can -help you build a simple reading edition, or a traditional scholarly edition with footnotes and a -bibliography without breaking the bank. In our estimate, these are the two most immediately useful -type of editions for editors and readers. An edition produced with Ed consists of static pages whose -rate of decay is substantially lower than database-driven systems. As an added bonus, these static -pages require less bandwith. Our hope is that our approach can help beginners or veterans deploy -beautiful editions with less effort, that it can help us teach a 'full stack' in one academic -semester, allow us to care for our projects at less cost, and perhaps, just perhaps, allow us to -generate high-quality editions on github.io in large quantities based on the +front end while flattening the learning curves for the user and the producer. Out of the box, the Ed +theme can help you build a simple reading edition, or a traditional scholarly edition with footnotes +and a bibliography, without breaking the bank. In our estimate, these are the two most immediately +useful type of editions for editors and readers. An edition produced with Ed consists of static +pages whose rate of decay is substantially lower than database-driven systems. As an added bonus, +these static pages require less bandwidth. Our hope is that our approach can help beginners and +veterans deploy beautiful editions with less effort, and that it can help us teach a 'full stack' +[in one academic semester](https://github.com/susannalles/MinimalEditions/blob/master/index.md), +while allowing us to care for our projects at less cost, and perhaps, just perhaps, to generate +high-quality editions on github.io in large quantities based on the [git-lit](http://jonreeve.com/2015/09/introducing-git-lit/) model by Jonathan Reeve. We're coming for you, Kindle! @@ -36,12 +37,12 @@ for you, Kindle! - [Daisy Miller: A Comedy in Three Acts](https://britaneeelizabeth.github.io/ed/texts/DaisyMillerPlay/) - ## Current Features + - Templates for narrative, drama and poetry - Responsive design for mobile phones, tablets and PCs. - Relatively easy to learn and teach -- Works well in high- or low- bandwitdh scenarios +- Works well in high- or low- bandwidth scenarios - Easier for digital archives and libraries to preserve - Open source, open access - Unobtrusive footnotes @@ -55,4 +56,4 @@ for you, Kindle! ## Installing and using Ed To learn how to install and begin using Ed, please visit our -[documentation page](http://minicomp.github.io/ed/documentation/). +[documentation page](http://minicomp.github.io/ed/documentation). diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_0_micro.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_0_micro.png index 82c62010..722805ae 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_0_micro.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_0_micro.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_1_small.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_1_small.png index 21ce7734..3fa0ae1d 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_1_small.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_1_small.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_2_midrange.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_2_midrange.png index 9d77d925..cbb63fea 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_2_midrange.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_2_midrange.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_3_large.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_3_large.png index c8f8b04a..1f5450eb 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_3_large.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_3_large.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_4_larger.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_4_larger.png index c3fb87c8..93a6b851 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_4_larger.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_0_document_4_larger.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_0_micro.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_0_micro.png index a2f8bc13..4d64823d 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_0_micro.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_0_micro.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_1_small.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_1_small.png index 05813f0a..1f1610cb 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_1_small.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_1_small.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_2_midrange.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_2_midrange.png index c6137c2e..d78a3e1c 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_2_midrange.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_2_midrange.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_3_large.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_3_large.png index 9c321f3a..9bf86afc 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_3_large.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_3_large.png differ diff --git a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_4_larger.png b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_4_larger.png index a604b591..5f910c0a 100644 Binary files a/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_4_larger.png and b/backstop_data/bitmaps_reference/ed_About_Expanded_0_viewport_4_larger.png differ