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[gnomeweb-wml] nm: update for 0.8 release

commit 9fb248b5cb38433ee07692d40296d55792b21e96
Author: Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
Date:   Tue Feb 23 17:29:28 2010 -0800

    nm: update for 0.8 release

 .../NetworkManager/admins/index.html               |    5 ++---
 .../NetworkManager/developers/design_goals.html    |    8 ++++++--
 .../NetworkManager/developers/index.html           |    4 ++--
 .../NetworkManager/images/Makefile.am              |    2 +-
 .../NetworkManager/images/banners/main.png         |  Bin 7438 -> 7129 bytes
 .../NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-floyds.png   |  Bin 0 -> 45244 bytes
 projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/index.html       |   17 ++++++++++-------
 .../NetworkManager/styles/default.css              |   18 +++++++-----------
 projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/index.html |    9 ++++++---
 9 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/admins/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/admins/index.html
index 7cd616c..95efaac 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/admins/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/admins/index.html
@@ -8,16 +8,15 @@
 <div class="administrator content">
 	<div id="banner">
 		<div id="navbar">
-			<img src="../images/banners/admins.png">
+			<img src="../images/banners/main.png">
 			<div id="links">
 				<a href="../" id="main">main</a> | <a href="../users/" id="users">users</a> | <a id="admins">admins</a> | <a href="../developers/" id="developers">developers</a>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 
-	<h1>Administrators</h1>
 	<h2>Architecture</h2>
-	The <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfiguration";>wiki</a> has more information about how the the configuration of NetworkManager works.  Also be sure to check out the information on <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings";>system settings</a> to learn how NetworkManager integrates into your distribution's normal configuration system.
+	<p>The <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfiguration";>wiki</a> has more information about how the the configuration of NetworkManager works.  Also be sure to check out the information on <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/SystemSettings";>system settings</a> to learn how NetworkManager integrates into your distribution's normal configuration system.</p>
 
 	<h2>Deployment</h2>
 	<p>NetworkManager is designed to be fully automatic by default, but offer a high level of manual control when required.  To use NetworkManager, its service must be started.  Simply start the <kbd>NetworkManager</kbd> service.  NetworkManager ships with initscripts to do this for most distributions.  If your distribution is not supported, we would appreciate patches to include support for your distribution of choice.  NetworkManager will then automatically start other services as it requires them (nm-system-settings for system-wide connections, wpa_supplicant for WPA and 802.1x connections, and pppd for mobile broadband).</p>
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/design_goals.html b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/design_goals.html
index 742e827..810f6fd 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/design_goals.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/design_goals.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <div class="developer content">
 	<div id="banner">
 		<div id="navbar">
-			<img src="../images/banners/developers.png">
+			<img src="../images/banners/main.png">
 			<div id="links">
 				<a href="../" id="main">main</a> | <a href="../users/" id="users">users</a> | <a href="../admins/" id="admins">admins</a> | <a href="../developers/" id="developers">developers</a>	
 			</div>
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 
 	<div class="design-goal">
 		<p><strong>Automation</strong>: operation should be as automatic as possible.  By default, everything should "Just Work" with as little interaction as possible.  Everything that can be done automatically or detected automatically, should be.  NetworkManager should not be doing things users don't expect.</p>
-		<p><strong>Example</strong>:  connecting to the last-used wireless network that's available when NetworkManager starts up.</p>
+		<p><strong>Example</strong>:  automatically connecting to the last-used wireless network or the fastest available network type.</p>
+	</div>
+	<div class="design-goal">
+		<p><strong>Control</strong>: just because it's not directly shown in the user interface doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be done.  Options that most people don't use on a daily basis shouldn't be shown to users every day.  But they should still be accessible to use.</p>
+		<p><strong>Example</strong>: WEP key indexes don't show up when clicking on a WEP-enabled network the first time.  But you can still change the index from nm-connection-editor.</p>
 	</div>
 </div>
 <div id="copyright">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/index.html
index d73494c..87eed55 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/developers/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <div class="developer content">
 	<div id="banner">
 		<div id="navbar">
-			<img src="../images/banners/developers.png">
+			<img src="../images/banners/main.png">
 			<div id="links">
 				<a href="../" id="main">main</a> | <a href="../users/" id="users">users</a> | <a href="../admins/" id="admins">admins</a> | <a id="developers">developers</a>
 			</div>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list";>http://mail.gn
 	<p>If you make changes to NetworkManager, create the patch using a Unified diff format (ie, diff -u) and mail the patch to the NetworkManager list.  Others on the list may make suggestions, please take these into consideration.  Eventually, your patch can be checked into the NetworkManager git source repositories.</p>
 
 	<h2>Stuff to work on</h2>
-	<p>The most up-to-date list of work items is kept at the live.gnome.org Wiki <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerToDo";>here</a>.</p>
+	<p>The most up-to-date list of work items is kept at the live.gnome.org Wiki <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ReleaseProcess";>here</a>.</p>
 
 </div>
 <div id="copyright">
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/Makefile.am b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/Makefile.am
index 63e78dc..89f858e 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/Makefile.am
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/rules.common
 
 misc_images=\
 	nm-logo.png \
-	wireless-at-tealuxe.png
+	wireless-at-floyds.png
 
 page_DATA=$(misc_images)
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/banners/main.png b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/banners/main.png
index 386fbd3..0ecac52 100644
Binary files a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/banners/main.png and b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/banners/main.png differ
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-floyds.png b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-floyds.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51b03d6
Binary files /dev/null and b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/images/wireless-at-floyds.png differ
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/index.html
index 69dc9a9..cc3686a 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/index.html
@@ -17,21 +17,24 @@
 
 	<div class="float-right">
 		<div id="sidebar">
-			<h3>Download</h3>
-			<p>Source tarballs of the latest NetworkManager release can be found on the <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/NetworkManager/";>GNOME download server</a>.</p>
-			<p>For information on obtaining the NetworkManager source code from git, read the <a href="developers/">developers</a> page.</p>
+			<h3>Download 0.8 Now!</h3>
+			<p>You can probably find easily-installable packages of NetworkManager in your distribution's repositories.  If not, grab source tarballs of the latest release of <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/NetworkManager/0.8/";>NetworkManager</a> and <a href="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/network-manager-applet/0.8/";>network-manager-applet</a>.</p>
+			<p>For information on obtaining the NetworkManager, nm-applet, and ModemManager source code from git, take a look at the <a href="developers/">developer's</a> page.</p>
 		</div>
-		<img src="images/wireless-at-tealuxe.png">
+		<center><img src="images/wireless-at-floyds.png"></center>
 	</div>
 
+	<h2>NetworkManager 0.8 is here!</h2>
+	<p>More than a year in development, this latest release adds <strong>IPv6</strong> capability, <strong>improved mobile broadband</strong> support (including <strong>Bluetooth PAN</strong>-capable devices like mobile phones), a redesigned GNOME wireless applet, and much more.  See the complete list of <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/ReleaseProcess";>what's new</a>.</p>
+
 	<h2>Pain-Free Networking</h2>
-	<p>Networking on Linux right now is painful for the mobile desktop user, especially in comparison to other operating systems. You should never need to use the command line or configuration files to manage your network (<i>unless you want to!</i>); everything should "Just Work" as automatically as possible and intrude as little as possible into your workflow.  NetworkManager attempts to make networking invisible.  When moving into areas you've been before, NetworkManager automatically connects to the last network you chose to connect to.  Likewise, when back at the desk, NetworkManager will switch to the faster, more reliable wired network connection.  Or while you're on the road, use your mobile broadband connection to </p>
+	<p>Networking on Linux can be painful, especially in comparison to other operating systems. You should never need to use the command line or configuration files to manage your network (<i>unless you want to!</i>); everything should "Just Work" as automatically as possible and never stop you from doing what you want to do.  NetworkManager attempts to make networking as invisible as you want it to be.  Whether at home, work, or on the move, NetworkManager automatically connects to the last network you told it to connect to.  From wired to wireless to mobile broadband to Bluetooth, NetworkManager has you covered.</p>
 
 	<h2>Flexible, Extendable, Open</h2>
-	<p>The most important pieces of NetworkManager are desktop-environment and distribution agnostic, functioning just as well in Gnome, KDE, Xfce, etc. across distributions like Fedora Core, Ubuntu, SuSE, Debian, and Gentoo.  And since the NetworkManager components communicate with each other using <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus";>dbus</a>, it's easy to to build network-aware applications in languages like C, C++, and Python.</p>
+	<p>The most important pieces of NetworkManager are user-interface and distribution agnostic, functioning just as well in Gnome, KDE, Xfce, embedded devices, etc., and across distributions like Fedora Core, Ubuntu, SuSE, Debian, Gentoo, and others.  And since the NetworkManager components communicate with each other using <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus";>dbus</a>, it's easy to to build network-aware applications with languages like <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/tree/examples";>C, C++, and Python</a>, or network-aware scripts in your favorite shell.</p>
 
 	<h2>Application Integration</h2>
-	<p>Using the awesome power and flexibility of <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus";>dbus</a> and <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/hal";>hal</a>, NetworkManager provides facilities for other applications like browsers, email clients, or system services to be aware of the network's state and adjust their operation accordingly.  If you're not online, your computer shouldn't try to update itself, and when you're on a mobile broadband network, it probably shouldn't either.  With NetworkManager, software knows where it is, and how it's connected.</p>
+	<p>Using the awesome power and flexibility of <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/Software/dbus";>dbus</a>, <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev.html";>udev</a>, and <a href="http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ModemManager/ModemManager/";>ModemManager</a>, NetworkManager provides facilities for other applications like browsers, email clients, or system services to be aware of the network's state and adjust their operation accordingly.  If you're not online or on your metered mobile broadband connection, your computer probably shouldn't try to update itself.  With NetworkManager, software knows where it is and how it's connected.</p>
 
 	<h2>More Information</h2>
 	<p>Read the NetworkManager <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list";>mailing list archives</a>, or subscribe to the NetworkManager mailing list, or checkout the <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager";>NetworkManager wiki</a>.</p>
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/styles/default.css b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/styles/default.css
index bb53772..8e5f35a 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/styles/default.css
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/styles/default.css
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ body {
 	background: #bebeae;
 	padding: 12px;
 	font-family: Bistream Vera Sans,sans,sans-serif;
-
 	color: white;
 	min-width: 8;
-	width: 856px;
+	width: 1000px;
 	text-align: justify;
 	margin: 0 auto;
 }
@@ -15,24 +14,21 @@ body {
 	background: url(../images/nm-logo.png) white no-repeat 0px 25px;
 	position: relative;
 	color: #6a6a6a;
-}
-
-.main.content {
-	padding-top: 190px;
-	background-position: 0px 90px;
+	padding-top: 65px;
+	background-position: 0px 40px;
 	line-height: 1.5em;
 }
 
 #banner {
 	position: relative;
-	width: 632px;
+	width: 775px;
 	height: 72px;
 	border: 0px solid green;
 	margin-bottom: 3em;
 }
 
 .content #banner img {
-	width: 632px;
+	width: 775px;
 	height: 72px;
 	position: absolute;
 	left: 0;
@@ -109,8 +105,8 @@ code {
 	color: #0a6495;
 	background-color: #efefef;
 	border: 1px solid #0a6495;
-	width: 200px;
-	max-width: 200px;
+	width: 250px;
+	max-width: 250px;
 	margin: 0 0 5em 1em;
 	padding: 0 1ex 1ex 1ex;
 }
diff --git a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/index.html b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/index.html
index 09ef318..ef1fa71 100644
--- a/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/index.html
+++ b/projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/users/index.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <div class="user content">
 	<div id="banner">
 		<div id="navbar">
-			<img src="../images/banners/users.png">
+			<img src="../images/banners/main.png">
 			<div id="links">
 				<a href="../" id="main">main</a> | <a id="users">users</a> | <a href="../admins/" id="admins">admins</a> | <a href="../developers/" id="developers">developers</a>
 			</div>
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 	<p>To switch network connections, simply choose another one from the applet's menu.</p>
 
 	<h2>Supported Wireless Hardware</h2>
-	<p>Drivers that are included in the upstream Linux kernel work best with NetworkManager, because they have been reviewed and vetted by many kernel developers.  If the driver isn't upstream, work with the provider of the driver to clean it up and submit it for inclusion into the kernel.  If the driver is not completely open-source (ex. ndiswrapper, madwifi, and Broadcom's wl.o), then driver bugs cannot be fixed quickly and easily, and NetworkManager cannot be guaranteed to work with it.  Make sure the driver your OS uses are top-quality.<p>
+	<p>Drivers that are included in the upstream Linux kernel work best with NetworkManager, because they have been reviewed and vetted by many kernel developers.  If the driver isn't upstream, work with the provider of the driver to clean it up and submit it for inclusion into the kernel.  If the driver is not completely open-source (like ndiswrapper, madwifi, and Broadcom's wl.o), then driver bugs cannot be fixed quickly and easily, and NetworkManager cannot be guaranteed to work with it.  Make sure the drivers you use are top-quality.<p>
 
 	<h2>Supported Mobile Broadband Hardware</h2>
-	<p>NetworkManager uses ModemManager for mobile broadband device support.  A partial listing of <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband";>supported mobile broadband hardware</a> is on the wiki.  If your hardware is not on the list it's likely to be supported, but many devices first appear in a "fake driver CD" mode and must be changed to modem mode using a tool like <a href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/";>usb_modeswitch</a>.</p>
+	<p>NetworkManager uses ModemManager for great mobile broadband device support.  A partial listing of <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband";>supported mobile broadband hardware</a> is on the wiki.  If your hardware is not on the list it's likely to be supported, but many devices first appear in a "fake driver CD" mode and must be changed to modem mode using a tool like <a href="http://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/";>usb_modeswitch</a>.</p>
+
+	<h2>How do I change my network connections?</h2>
+	<p>In NetworkManager land, there are <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerConfiguration";>two types of network configuration</a>: "system" and "user".  User connections are exclusively yours; they are not accessible to other users on the system, and often are the right choice for VPN or mobile broadband connections.  System connections are available before login and to all users of the machine; NetworkManager will do its best to read your distro's existing network configuration and make those connections available to you.  In both cases, you can use 'nm-connection-editor' to view and change your network setup.</p>
 
 	<h2>Bugs</h2>
 	<p>Should find a bug, please <a href="http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=NetworkManager";>report it to us in GNOME Bugzilla</a> so we know what to fix!  To help get your bug fixed faster you can follow some of the <a href="http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/Debugging";>debugging tips</a> on the wiki. Your bug reports help us continually improve the quality of the product.</p>
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