Re: GNOME User Groups / Web site
On 05/16/2011 04:12 PM, Steven Mautone wrote: Andreas, Christer has already helped me configure us.gnome.org http://us.gnome.org to my Web server so that I can begin building the usergroup site for the USA. I believe your idea might be a better structure for the site... instead of building a WordPress/BuddyPress community for the USA, we can build a more global usergroup site and provide sub-groups/categories for each region. usergroups.gnome.org http://usergroups.gnome.org makes more sense. Yeah, that sounds like a good name. I think we want to keep it on the gnome.org infrastructure and ideally have it use the same wordpress installation as the rest of the gnome.org site. Anyhow, that's details, lets build the site first, we can move it later. :) BuddyPress has great user levels for group moderation which I think will fit the GNOME community very well: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/group-settings-and-roles/ I haven't really used buddypress before, but it sounds like a good plugin. Vinicius Depizzol, who have done a lot of work on gnome.org and who will be working on gnome.org as part of his Google Summer of Code internship also had some ideas about a usergroup site. I told him to get involved with this thread, so we can work out the details. I think it would be good to work out the details on what we want to see on the site on https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/UserGroups, then do some mockups and then implement the site. Does that sounds like a good plan? - Andreas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: GNOME User Groups / Web site
Hi Steven! Great to see more web hackers around. On 05/10/2011 01:17 AM, Steven Mautone wrote: Upon speaking with the User Group team it became evident that my skills and resources are best focused on Web development. Brian Cameron suggested that I get in contact with the Marketing team in order to see if there was any overlap. Building a site for User Groups sounds like a great idea, and it wouldn't really have to be restricted to the user groups in USA only. Say we have a space called www.gnome.org/usergroups or maybe usergroups.gnome.org. This would list all active user groups across the world and would allow you to find a local user group near where you live. www.gnome.org/usergroups/mia could then be the site for the GNOME Miami community. That page could feature upcoming events, a contact person etc. I created a page with ideas here https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/UserGroups Add more ideas to it, then we can start doing mockups and proper planning after that. Brian also noted that the Friends of GNOME site (gnome.org/friends http://gnome.org/friends) is not functioning. I'd love to help get this site working if my WordPress skills can be of assistance. The site is not actually broken, only the redirect, http://www.gnome.org/friends/ (with the slash at the end should work). But yes, we should totally port this to the Wordpress instance so your Wordpress skill should come very handy here! I started some work on a new version of the Friends site back in January, but then got occupied by other things. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2011-January/msg7.html There is currently a html version of it here: http://gitorious.org/gnome-design/gnome-design/trees/master/www/friends-of-gnome-2.0 and it just needs some extra work to get it integrated into the regular gnome.org site. The wordpress site is hosted here http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnomeweb-wp and should have everything for doing a local install for hacking purposes. - Andreas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
Re: GNOME User Groups / Web site
Andreas, Christer has already helped me configure us.gnome.org to my Web server so that I can begin building the usergroup site for the USA. I believe your idea might be a better structure for the site... instead of building a WordPress/BuddyPress community for the USA, we can build a more global usergroup site and provide sub-groups/categories for each region. usergroups.gnome.org makes more sense. Should I contact Christer to update the subdomain? I could build usergroups.gnome.org and then provide group administrators with access to their specific group on the site. BuddyPress has great user levels for group moderation which I think will fit the GNOME community very well: http://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/group-settings-and-roles/ Also, there is a great plugin for creating a group hierarchy: http://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-group-hierarchy/ so we could easily set up a structure of USA, USA/MIA, etc. Steven Mautone ste...@inverted.com http://www.inverted.com (917) 512-9694 http://www.inverted.com/ On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Andreas Nilsson nisses.m...@home.sewrote: Hi Steven! Great to see more web hackers around. On 05/10/2011 01:17 AM, Steven Mautone wrote: Upon speaking with the User Group team it became evident that my skills and resources are best focused on Web development. Brian Cameron suggested that I get in contact with the Marketing team in order to see if there was any overlap. Building a site for User Groups sounds like a great idea, and it wouldn't really have to be restricted to the user groups in USA only. Say we have a space called www.gnome.org/usergroups or maybe usergroups.gnome.org. This would list all active user groups across the world and would allow you to find a local user group near where you live. www.gnome.org/usergroups/mia could then be the site for the GNOME Miami community. That page could feature upcoming events, a contact person etc. I created a page with ideas here https://live.gnome.org/GnomeWeb/UserGroups Add more ideas to it, then we can start doing mockups and proper planning after that. Brian also noted that the Friends of GNOME site (gnome.org/friends) is not functioning. I'd love to help get this site working if my WordPress skills can be of assistance. The site is not actually broken, only the redirect, http://www.gnome.org/friends/ (with the slash at the end should work). But yes, we should totally port this to the Wordpress instance so your Wordpress skill should come very handy here! I started some work on a new version of the Friends site back in January, but then got occupied by other things. http://mail.gnome.org/archives/marketing-list/2011-January/msg7.html There is currently a html version of it here: http://gitorious.org/gnome-design/gnome-design/trees/master/www/friends-of-gnome-2.0and it just needs some extra work to get it integrated into the regular gnome.org site. The wordpress site is hosted here http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnomeweb-wpand should have everything for doing a local install for hacking purposes. - Andreas -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
GNOME User Groups / Web site
GNOME Marketing, My name is Steven Mautone, and I am a Web designer/developer located in Miami, Florida, USA. I recently began speaking to the User Groups team (gugmasters-list) about helping to build a United States based GNOME user group... specifically in the Miami area. Upon speaking with the User Group team it became evident that my skills and resources are best focused on Web development. Brian Cameron suggested that I get in contact with the Marketing team in order to see if there was any overlap. Here is what I've recently discussed with the User Group team: - I am a Web designer based in Miami, Florida, USA. - I have not been previously involved with GNOME, but am an avid Linux user and have been using the GNOME desktop for many years. I am extremely excited about the new changes present in GNOME3 and the future of the project. - I have presented at many conferences; most recently I gave a presentation about WordPress for Mobile at the WordCamp Miami Conference. I am a huge proponent of open source software and would love to be a GNOME evangelist! I am a core member of the Lucid Desktop open source project ( http://www.lucid-desktop.org). We based the design of version 1 of the Lucid system on the GNOME interface, but have restructured version 2 for a more Web friendly UI. - I have lectured at the University of Miami and have a strong talent for training teams and developing a group of contributors. My linkedin profile is: http://www.linkedin/com/in/stevenmautone - By creating a GNOME-MIA (GNOME Miami) user group I hope to expand the GNOME user-base to my local community. I actually notice that there is no GNOME-USA user group! Maybe it's best to start there, so that there is a proper structure in the United States community. My vision would be to build an online community (Web-based) that would allow users to post screenshots of their customized desktops, questions about using GNOME, and general how-tos and what's coming articles. I would want to foster gnome-usa.org (or a similar domain) into a flourishing community. I maintain the Web servers and design resources necessary to handle this type of Web project and would love to contribute to GNOME with what I do best. I believe that by creating gnome-usa.org, we can utilize sub-groups within the community in order to properly build smaller, localized communities. I can build a solid site on WordPress (as I see gnome is now using WordPress for the main project site), and BuddyPress can be used to allow users to manage their own space within the community. We can even allow event registration through the site to help organize local meetups. - 5 years from now I would hope to build gnome-usa.org into a vibrant community of users who love GNOME and love helping each other learn new features of the desktop. Brian also noted that the Friends of GNOME site (gnome.org/friends) is not functioning. I'd love to help get this site working if my WordPress skills can be of assistance. Thank you and best regards, Steven Mautone ste...@inverted.com http://www.inverted.com (917) 512-9694 http://www.inverted.com/ -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
