On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected] > >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. > > > > I went ahead and did this. Easily reversible if we don't like it. > > http://www.openoffice.org/ > > -Rob > Well...I would have preferred calling it something else besides "News" because now I think it's confused/associated with the left "News" items. When Andrea brought this up, I guess I was thinking he wanted actual Blog headlines listed/highlighted, but maybe the top nav bar is good if we come up with something a bit more "catchy". But...I got nothin. :/ > > > 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< > [email protected]> > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing." -- Leonard Peltier
