On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 01:26 +0100, Bernhard Dippold wrote: > Hi Uwe, * > > Uwe Fischer schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > Sophie Gautier wrote: > >> Hi Ger, > >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 21:00 +0100, Sophie Gautier wrote: > >>>> Hi Ger, > >>>> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>>>> On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 08:21 -0500, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>>>>> Please see > >>>>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Feature_-_Templates > >>>>>> interesting concept but no content. > > ... > > > >> I've read it more carefully and until the end, this time. I must say > >> that it's a pity to see how our work (documentation project and NLC > >> projects) is not respected :( > > > > The Wiki page authors named some OOo projects to be "nearly dead or not > > worldwide known" - and then they suggested yet another Web location for > > templates. > > I would suggest a central Web location - not necessarily another one. > > > In my opinion, there is only one prominent place to add a link to *all* > > the existing places that offer templates and samples and macros and more > > - that is the OOo user interface itself. > > I don't have a problem linking to other places where one can get more > templates and clipart. But all "approved" templates should be stored in > that central repository. > > My idea would be to link to this place from the OOo user interface and > list *there* all the other places. They may vary from time to time and I > don't want to have a user interface with dead links... > > > For example, the "Templates and Documents" dialog must show a link to a > > central Web page, which may be a Wiki page, so that everyone can easily > > add their own place to download templates there. > > Clicking the link in the OOo dialog will start one of the following > > actions: > > 1. open the default Web browser with the above mentioned main Wiki page. > > 2. open another OOo dialog which gets its data from the Web. It shows > > all templates, for example, that have been approved by the community in > > some way, and then a click on a template will download, and install, and > > open it. > > In my eyes we should differentiate between "approved" templates and > additional ones. > > My opinion of such an UI dialog would be point 2. with an additional > link to our central web page. If the user doesn't find her template (or > clipart, as this might be similar) in the presented repertory, she might > be open that web page in her browser and get additional ones as well as > full extension packages with sets of templates. > > This page might contain the link to the wiki page stating clearly that > OOo doesn't fell responsible for the quality of templates linked there > and the content of these web pages at all (as everybody will be able to > add there any link!). >
I think that we at the doc project provide all of this but keep the off-site stuff with unknown provenance in the 3rd party section. I think it might be a better task to write up a PROPER site map so users do not have to search at all. -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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