On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>wrote: > >> RGB ES wrote: >> >>> 2013/6/11 Rob Weir >>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> It is sad that it has the usual misinformation: >>>>>> >>>>> >> I was quite surprised to read it. At least, if a journalist had to pick a >> recent blog post from the OpenOffice blog, the one about release schedules >> is definitely less interesting than other recent ones... >> >> >> You should find the email of the publication's news editor and write a >>>>> polite yet firm complaint >>>>> >>>> >> Or just post a comment. Andre, did you try doing so? Maybe they will >> rectify some clear factual errors in the article. I strongly recommend that >> you post your comments there and not only here on the list. >> >> >> So the best strategy is to ignore the the FUD and push accurate and >>>> useful information onto our website. That approach reaches more >>>> users, and is under our control. >>>> >>> +1. Talking about sites like El Reg means promoting them, and promotion >>> means more weight on search engines for those lies >>> >> > +1, yes, it's untrue and insulting but our actions DO speak louder than > these words. > > >> >> Note that the highly visible site is http://www.openoffice.org and not >> the blog; the site is linked to the blog only through a link that is at the >> bottom of the page and, moreover, is hidden under a JavaScript layer. >> >> So something that we should do immediately is to create a simple block >> with the titles of our latest three blog posts (from the official blog) and >> put it on the homepage. And keep it updated manually, at least when it's >> worth doing so. >> > > A good idea! I too feel the blogs are a bit too submerged. Let's see what > we can come up with for this. >
How about adding it to the top-nav, where we currently have: Product Download Support Extend Develop Focus Areas Native Language Put a new entry there for "News" or "Blog" and have that link to the blog. Putting it in the nav will give it visibility on most website (non-wiki) pages. -Rob >> >> That will give more visibility to the blog articles, for both users and >> journalists. Both categories are important. And some journalists will >> hopefully share my (personal, but probably not so personal) taste on which >> are the posts to be featured! >> >> Regards, >> Andrea. >> >> >> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "You can't believe one thing and do another. > What you believe and what you do are the same thing." > -- Leonard Peltier --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
