I like the Idea of a special Drupal area with jquery based plugin but we could extend this to the major CMS, as I work on Joomla! i would be quite happy to find such repository too. just my 2 cents ;)
digital spaghetti wrote: > > Here is some notes I took on my blackberry. Sometimes I just get > ideas like this and like to take them down. It's for getjquery.com > which could be a great way to promote the library. > > Getjquery.org site ideas: > > Create a site in a similar vein to getfirefox.org, promoting the > features and values of the Jquery library. > > The site is build aroud x ideas: > - what is jQuery? (Introduction and Faq) > - jQuery in action (both onsite and offsite), jQuery in the press. > - get jQuery (offer several downloads I.e. Lite, developer and > roll-your-own) > - jQuery tutorials (onsite, offsite, video and podcasts) > - your jQuery - user submission such as sites running jQuery, code > snipits, photos (conferences, sillyness, etc). > - jQuery swag - t-shirts, mugs, mouse mats, etc. > - support us - donations > > Site runs on Drupal, with modulles to build a community site, get > advocates od jQuery from the mailing list to contribute to design and > function, come up with unique content for site. Look at either > creating a tour in flash, or someone write it in jQuery (to show the > power!!) > > Aim of the site is to raise awareness and take up of the jQuery > library. Show that some big sites (technorati, drupal) are using > jQuery, get quotes and soundbites and plaster them on the site. > > Create a central pot of funds for running hosting, getting advertising > and donating to jQuery related projects. Possibly offer awards for > excellent projects decided by a panel. Could also go towards funding > speakers at events to promote jQuery. > > Feel free to expand on this, or just ignore it but I thought I'd throw > it into the pot. > > Tane > http://digitalspaghetti.me.uk > > On 12/7/06, Rey Bango <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Guys, some of you may know of my efforts to get jQuery more exposure. >> Part of that is pro-actively approaching Ajax notables in the ColdFusion >> community in an effort to get them to give some face time to jQuery. >> Well I'm happy to announce that it looks like I've converted one of the >> notables in the ColdFusion community; Joe Danziger. Joe's written >> several articles on Ajax primarily focusing on Prototype/Scriptaculous >> with ColdFusion. You can read about it here as well as his comments >> about jQuery: >> >> http://www.reybango.com/index.cfm/2006/12/6/Why-jQuery-Rocks-or-How-I-Got-Joe-Danziger-to-Convert >> >> The reason that I'm posting this is to encourage everyone to be >> pro-active in approaching the top names in your respective areas and >> development tools and telling them about jQuery. It seems that many >> folks either don't know about jQuery or have a misconception about what >> it does. In my Joe thought it was just some javascript library until he >> actually saw the plugins and functionality included in it. >> >> I was fairly disappointed not seeing jQuery mentioned in this recent >> comparison: >> >> http://www.dzone.com/rsslinks/an_open_source_ajax_comparison_matrix.html >> >> so I'm going to continue to push hard to get the word out. I hope >> everyone joins me in those efforts. >> >> If you see Joe on this mailing list, please make him feel at home. I've >> talked to him about writing another article for AjaxWorld about using >> jQuery with ColdFusion and he seems pretty excited about doing it. >> >> I will be out of town until Monday so if you reply to me and don't get a >> response back, I'll get back to you then. >> >> Rey... >> Powered by jQuery >> >> _______________________________________________ >> jQuery mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Efforts-to-Convert-Folks-to-jQuery-tf2774482.html#a7774985 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
