On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On Jun 11, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> 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. >>> >> >> Oh, good point. >> >>> 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. :/ >>> >> >> The problem we have (and maybe this is not a problem but just a >> different form of success) is that the blog is now updated quite >> frequently, but the stories on the home page never seem to change. So >> if you want news then the best place to go is the blog. >> >> I wonder what would happen if we moved to a single column design with >> no stories on the right, but just the current menu items, but centered >> on the screen? That might work better on small devices as well. > > Small boxes push the new div below the buttons div. >> >> Or, figure out how to get the news column to trigger off of the RSS >> feed of the blog, like the ASF homepage does. We discussed this once, >> but never completely figured it out. > > The way to figure this out is to study how www.apache.org does this and > emulate it. We then setup the main page to republish itself every hour. We > need Infra's help for that. > >> >> But short term, calling it "Blog" would be OK? > > Yes - and I would not have it be the leftmost topnav element. I would make it > third or fourth - on either side of "Support". >
Done. > Regards, > Dave > >> >> -Rob >> >>> >>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
