add screencast, minor other updates

7fa151f6 · Christoph Groth · 2017a267 · 7fa151f6 · 7fa151f6 · 7fa151f6
Commit 7fa151f6 authored 10 years ago by Christoph Groth
--- a/content/common/kwant.css
+++ b/content/common/kwant.css
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ tt, pre {
    hyphens: none;
 }

-/* The link color is the average color of the Kwant logo. */
 a {
-    color: #045e94;
+    color: #07c;
    text-decoration: none;
 }

@@ -77,9 +76,17 @@ h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
 }

 li {
-    margin: 0.3em 0
+    margin-top: 0.3em;
 }

+li:first-child {
+    margin-top:0;
+}
+
+
+ol.simple, ul.simple {
+  margin-bottom: 0 }
+
 img {
    display: block;
    margin-left: auto;

--- a/content/community.txt
+++ b/content/community.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Getting help, contributing and reporting problems
 Mailing list
 ------------

-The mailing list is (meant to become) the main communication platform for
-anything related to Kwant: asking questions, reporting bugs, and discussing
-further development.  You can use it in various ways:
+The mailing list is the main public communication platform for anything related
+to Kwant: questions, bug reports, discussions, and announcements.  You can use
+it in various ways:

 - .. raw:: html

@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ further development.  You can use it in various ways:
  so you should ask to be CCed.)


-Announcements of new releases
-----------------------------
+Announcements of new releases (low-volume)
+------------------------------------------

 This read-only list is reserved for important announcements like new releases of
-Kwant.  Only a few messages will be sent per year.  We recommend every user of
-Kwant to subscribe to it in order to stay informed about new developments.
+Kwant.  Only a few messages will be sent per year.  These announcements will be also posted on the main mailing list, so there is no need to subscribe to both lists.  We recommend every user of Kwant to subscribe at least to this list in order to stay informed about new developments.

 .. raw:: html


--- a/content/doc/index.txt
+++ b/content/doc/index.txt
-Kwant documentation
-===================
+Documentation
+=============

-Kwant is accompanied by extensive documentation that contains a hands-on
-tutorial and a complete reference.  In addition, a scientific article exists
-that introduces Kwant in a more structured way and discusses its design and
-performance.
+Screencast
+----------

-Kwant documentation (including tutorial):
+.. raw:: html

-* `browse online </doc/1.0>`_
-* `download PDF <http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-doc-1.0.0.pdf>`_
+   A brief video introduction of Kwant:
+   <a href="kwant-screencast-2014.html">watch</a>,
+   <a href="http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.mp4" download>download</a>.
+
+Tutorial and Manual
+-------------------
+
+* `Browse online </doc/1.0>`_,
+* `download PDF <http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-doc-1.0.0.pdf>`_,
 * `download zipped HTML
  <http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-doc-1.0.0.zip>`_ (for reading
-  without web access)
+  without web access).

-Kwant paper:
+Article
+-------

-* `download PDF <http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-paper.pdf>`__
+This paper (`download PDF <http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-paper.pdf>`__) introduces Kwant in a more systematic way and discusses its design and performance (`New J. Phys. 16, 063065 (2014) <http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/16/6/063065/article>`_).
--- a/content/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.html
+++ b/content/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.html
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; height=device-height;">
+<title>Kwant screencast</title>
+<style media="screen" type="text/css">
+body {
+background-color: black;
+height: 100%;
+width: 100%;
+margin: 0;
+padding: 0;
+}
+video {
+position: absolute;
+top: 0;
+right: 0;
+bottom: 0;
+left: 0;
+margin: auto;
+max-width: 100%;
+max-height: 100%;
+}
+video:focus {
+outline-width: 0;
+}
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<video controls autoplay>
+  <source src="http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.mp4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4D401E, mp4a.40.2"'>
+  <source src="http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.webm" type='video/webm; codecs="vp8.0, vorbis"'>
+    Please <a href="http://downloads.kwant-project.org/doc/kwant-screencast-2014.mp4">download the video manually</a>.
+</video>
+</body>
+</html>
--- a/content/index.txt
+++ b/content/index.txt
 Quantum transport simulations made easy
 =======================================

+.. raw:: html
+
+   <p><b>Update 2 July 2014: <a href="doc/2014-billiard-screencast.html">watch the Kwant screencast</a>.</b></p>
+
 Kwant is a Python package for numerical calculations on tight-binding models
 with a strong focus on quantum transport.  It is designed to be flexible and
 easy to use.  Thanks to the use of innovative algorithms, Kwant is often faster