Table of contents

1. News
2. Open positions for "Improving Boost Docs" projects
3. Docs Translations
4. Unified look & feel
5. Browser testing
6. Libraries Logos

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News

• (22/06/07) New page! Go and see the logo playgroung page.
• (22/06/07) The new docs are being tested by volunteers in different platforms and browsers. Go to the browser testing chart.
• (22/06/07) Some subprojects have been outlined so people willing to collaborate can jump in and became a part of the project. See "Open positions".
• (22/06/07) A new translation tool has been released! ( ​more information )
• (21/06/07) Syntax highlighting, Revolution! ( ​more information )
• (19/06/07) Four really cool guys volunteers to translate docs to quickbook ( ​more information )
• (18/06/07) A few steps from XHTML 1.1 validation ( ​more information )
• (15/06/07) Box wrappers support in Boostbook ( ​more information )
• (12/06/07) New Grouped Links select boxes in header ( ​more information )
• (11/06/07) Linked CSE Google search box in header ( ​more information )
• (09/06/07) Test document for new styles ( ​more information )

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Open positions for "Improving Boost Docs" projects

These are small projects waiting for one or two folks to jump into them.

• Html to docbook project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Google Search Box project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Svg icons set project ( ​more information, project wiki page )
• Syntax highlighting project ( ​more information, project wiki page )

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Docs Translations

Go to the docs translations project page.

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Unified look & feel

You can see the last iteration of the ​new style here.

Some of the new features:

• Validated XHTML 1.1 output (better than strict XHTML)
• New header and footer based on beta.boost.org.
• ​GroupedLinks select boxes for Boost Libraries and Section quick jumping.
• Google Search box over our docs.
• Box-wrapper based blurbs that allow us to include rounded corners, drop shadows, etc.
• Alternatives syntax highlighthing that simulates your own IDE (move the mouse to the upper-right corner of a code block)
• Chapter logo support
• Modular css design
• css based admonitions and navigation graphics
• PDF stylesheet matches the HTML style.

You are welcome to join ​boost-docs list to help us improve it even further.

The project is hosted in boost sandbox at boost/sandbox/doc_test

Last version of Boosbook: boost/sandbox/doc_test/box_wrapper/xsl

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Browser testing

Go to the browser testing chart.

Libraries Logos

Go to the the logo playgroung page to find proposed logos for Boost libraries.