Ruby Wellington website

This was based on the Christchurch website - massive thanks to the Christchurch organisers.

This is designed to run on GitHub Pages, using Jekyll. It's a static site, so no server-side processing is possible.

Running locally

To run this site locally, you'll need to have Ruby installed. Then, run:

bundle install
jekyll serve

Adding a new meetup

To add a new meetup, create a new file in the _events/{year} directory. The filename should be the date of the event plus a description, in the format YYYY-MM-DD-whatever.md. Copy the most recent event file and update the details.

We rely heavily on event frontmatter metadata to build a catalog of meetups, speakers, companies and organisers. For modern events, the frontmatter is used heavily in the rendering of the meetup page to avoid common boilerplate.

Event flags

Field	Type	Description
legacy	boolean	Shows body as "Description"; hides "About Ruby Wellington" section. This is only intended for old imported meetups
upcoming	boolean	Marks event as upcoming; shows RSVP button and "Details & RSVP" in summary
announced	boolean	Combined with upcoming, enables the RSVP button on the event title

Event metadata

Field	Type	Description
title	string	Event title
time	string	Start time, e.g. "5:30pm"
location	string	Venue address (links to Google Maps)
access	string	Accessibility/access notes for the venue
introduction	markdown string	Shown above details list (rendered as markdown)
notes	string	Short notes shown in details list - typically this is where data corrections sit
description	string	Used in OG/Twitter share metadata

Links

Field	Type	Description
meetup_link	string	URL to Meetup.com event page
original_discussion	string	URL to Google Groups discussion thread

Schedule

Field	Type	Description
schedule	array	List of {when, what} items shown in details

Talks

Field	Type	Description
talks	array	List of talks
talks[].title	string	Talk title
talks[].description	markdown string	Talk description
talks[].speakers	array	List of {name, title, company}
talks[].recording_url	string	YouTube URL for the talk recording
talks[].slide_url	string	URL to slides
event_recording_url	string	Single YouTube URL for a whole-event recording
event_recording_urls	array	Multiple YouTube URLs for a whole-event recording

People

Field	Type	Description
organisers	array of strings	Names of organisers (linked to people pages)

Supporters

Field	Type	Description
supporters	array	List of supporting companies
supporters[].name	string	Company name (linked to company page)
supporters[].description	markdown string	Description shown on event page - typically about the organisation or their contribution
supporters[].url	string	External URL; renders a "Website" button