[EPIC] Unified web site experience

[dhmlau]

Description / Steps to reproduce / Feature proposal

Currently we have:

• v4.loopback.io
  • Usage: LB4 specific content
  • Design: new design
  • Repo: https://github.com/strongloop/v4.loopback.io
• loopback.io
  • Usage: LB3 landing page and documentation of all versions of LB
  • Design: old design
  • Repo: https://github.com/strongloop/loopback.io
• apidocs.loopback.io
  • Usage: API docs
  • Design: old design
  • Repo: https://github.com/strongloop-internal/apidocs.strongloop.com

Scope of this task

Discussed with @raymondfeng @bajtos @jjtang1 on 10/31, we agreed the scope of the task to be the following as phase 1:

• Change the banner for current docs, i.e. https://loopback.io/doc
• Change the banner for current apidocs, i.e. http://apidocs.loopback.io/
• Clean up the contributing pages for LB3 and LB4 because they are different. i.e.
  • create "Contributing to LB3" page, possibly with the current content
  • create "Contributing to LB4" page, possibly https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-next/blob/master/docs/CONTRIBUTING.md
  • current "Contributing" page to point to the above 2 pages

Background

Original v4.loopback.io repo was created so that we're keeping the old and new content/design separated. IIRC, the plan was:

• Build the basic content for v4.loopback.io (done)
• Start making the documentation available in v4.loopback.io
  • it requires work in getting the documentation site work with the new design, involving:
    • having a static site generator adding a static site generator to reuse header and footer #14 (PR [POC] Vuepress tv #45)
    • changing the L&F of the documentation page or simply make the docs working in the new site Make LB4 documentation L&F the same as web site #28
• Do the switch such that the v4.loopback.io will become loopback.io

[dhmlau]

Closing this epic as completed.