Image for workbooks on new site

[tsadler1988]

See for example https://innersourcecommons.net/learn/learning-path/introduction/.

New website requires an image for a link to the workbook. We currently use the introduction video thumbnail, which isn't ideal. We would like to have some kind of generic workbook icon instea.

Also introduces unwanted coupling.

[lenucksi]

Here's an idea that came up in the last learning path meeting:

• The workbook was supposed to supplement the articles and videos
• Could we split the workbook (e.g. scripted using some markup/structure in the workbook source file) into the slices required for the individual articles and include them below the rendered articles?
• This would remove the need for an image and make workbook more visible and useful.
• It would however generate a bit more work. We could split this out to a new ticket or repurpose this one.

[lenucksi]

If we want to go for the pure thumbnail approach then this contains the template to create YT frames like the ones @RJPlog created for the videos: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourceLearningPath/blob/master/assets/thumbnails/thumbnail_template.odg

[rrrutledge]

Opened InnerSourceCommons/innersourcecommons.org#212

[rrrutledge]

That attempt didn't work - updating the workbook tile in that way also updated the main landing tile. Will need to do the work to have a separate tile for the workbook checked in.

[fioddor]

Is there anything still to be done here?

[rrrutledge]

Sure - there has not been any work done that actually advances fixing this issue.

[rrrutledge]

We'd like for the checked-in section image as well as the checked-in workbook image to be in the learning path repo (removed from the ".org" repo). These can be copied over in the copy script and the section data updated to reference the location of these copied images.

[marshmallowrobot]

Hey ya'll! Would ya'll prefer:

• One generic background image, dynamically overlay text and generate thumbnails?
• Manually create four static thumbnails using the same background image?

I'm leaning towards the former, but, I have a habit of over engineering things. I want to make sure we are aligned on the path forward before I jump in and muck about.

Thanks!

[lenucksi]

Hey ya'll! Would ya'll prefer:

* One generic background image, dynamically overlay text and generate thumbnails?

* Manually create four static thumbnails using the same background image?

I'm leaning towards the former, but, I have a habit of over engineering things. I want to make sure we are aligned on the path forward before I jump in and muck about.

Thanks!

If the effort of doing the former is feasible (and understandable enough for posterity) and you want to do it, I think the first version is nicer. My 0,00$/€.

There's still the good template (LibreOffice Draw) @RJPlog made to generate us the nice thumbnails for the videos. Maybe that helps as a starter. Or to just do the 5 minute version of the latter suggestion.
Template is here: https://github.com/InnerSourceCommons/InnerSourceLearningPath/blob/main/assets/thumbnails/thumbnail_template.odg

[rrrutledge]

Agree with @lenucksi