On Mar 20, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Risto Jääskeläinen > <rjaas...@saunalahti.fi> wrote: >> I just wonder if all OpenOffice users are not Englishmen ... how this is >> handled? > > > Good question. OOo 3.3 sends a request with a URL like this: > > https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/register/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=OpenOffice.org&locale=en&cid=926117 > > So it does have a "locale" parameter. My guess is the legacy > registration server used that info to provide a localized registration > form. > > Currently we don't have an equivalent page in other languages. We > could clean up that page and get it translated into the various > languages. But I don't know enough about Apache server rewrites to > know if it is possible to redirect based on a URL parameter. Maybe > one of our gurus can tell us it is possible to redirect: > > https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/register/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=OpenOffice.org&locale=en&cid=926117 > > to > > http://registration2.services.openoffice.org/confirm_en.html > > or even: > > http://en.openoffice.org/confirm.html > > > In other words, can we pick out a URL parameter and use that elsewhere > in the rewrite?
It ought to be possible to do a rewrite to go to say: www.openoffice.org/contributing.html (if en) www.openoffice.org/fr/contributing.html (if fr) ... We can then put contributing pages in English into each NL site. A first task for NL volunteers can be to translate these to their own language. Regards, Dave > > > -Rob > > >> Regards >> Risto >> >> Rob Weir [robw...@apache.org] kirjoitti: >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> >>> wrote: >>>> Since we can't control existing distributions: >>>> >>>> To dos would be. >>>> >>>> (1) Create a page that explains things either in the podling site, >>>> either wiki, or ooo-site. >>>> >>> >>> I wonder whether this page would be appropriate: >>> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html >>> >>> That is the one that we currently point users to as they download OOo >>> 3.3. It seems to cover all the bases, getting help, mailing lists, >>> etc. It even might direct some dimes to the treasury. >>> >>> Maybe just change the header to "Thanks for downloading OpenOffic.org >>> " ?? That would then cover both bases. >>> >>> >>>> (2) Redirect all registration[0-9].services.openoffice.org requests to >>>> that page. This would be a JIRA ticket for INFRA after doing (1) >>>> >>>> Volunteers? >>>> >>> >>> If there are no objections I'll do the above. >>> >>>> Regards, >>>> DAve >>>> >>>> On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Rist wrote: >>>> >>>>> Perhaps the register landing page should point to a page with this >>>>> information. >>>>> (and maybe a plug for AOO and the Apache Way, etc.) >>>>> >>>>> A. >>>>> >>>>> On 3/19/2012 5:30 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >>>>>> Hi Tobias, >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the report on the registration page. This outage is >>>>>> intentional. We are no longer doing user registration with >>>>>> OpenOffice.org. Our next release will remove this option so you do >>>>>> not get that error message. >>>>>> >>>>>> The closes thing to "registration" we have is a mailing list that >>>>>> users can sign up for to receive updates from the project,such as >>>>>> announcements of new releases. If you want to subscribe to this >>>>>> list, send an email to: ooo-announce-subscr...@incubator.apache.org. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -Rob >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Cortese >>>>>> <tobiascort...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> The registration link for OpenOffice brings up an error page. Here's >>>>>>> the link and error message: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/register/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=OpenOffice.org&locale=en&cid=926117 >>>>>>> This webpage is not availableThe server at >>>>>>> registration2.services.openoffice.org can't be found, because the DNS >>>>>>> lookup >>>>>>> failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name to >>>>>>> its >>>>>>> Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no >>>>>>> connection to >>>>>>> the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be caused by an >>>>>>> unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google Chrome from >>>>>>> accessing the network.Here are some suggestions:Reload this webpage >>>>>>> later.Check your Internet connection. Restart any router, modem, or >>>>>>> other >>>>>>> network devices you may be using.Check your DNS settings. Contact your >>>>>>> network administrator if you're not sure what this means.Try disabling >>>>>>> network prediction by following these steps: Go to the wrench menu> >>>>>>> Preferences> Under the Hood and deselect "Predict network actions to >>>>>>> improve page load performance." If this does not resolve the issue, we >>>>>>> recommend selecting this option again for improved performance.Add >>>>>>> Google >>>>>>> Chrome as a permitted program in your firewall's or antivirus software's >>>>>>> settings. If it is already a permitted program, try deleting it from the >>>>>>> list of permitted programs and adding it again.If you use a proxy >>>>>>> server, >>>>>>> check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make >>>>>>> sure >>>>>>> the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you should be using a >>>>>>> proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to Applications> System >>>>>>> Preferences> Network> Advanced> Proxies and deselect any proxies that >>>>>>> have been selected.Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): Unable to >>>>>>> resolve >>>>>>> the server's DNS address.Please let me know where I can go to register >>>>>>> my >>>>>>> product.Thanks,Tobias >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
