On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > > 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. >
Maybe done via Subversion symbolic links, so we can keep the English version updated, at least until the point an NL group takes it over. > 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >
