Hi to you all! Following up the minutes and status of the SpreadUbuntu project I have worked on some ideas we should work on before applying for going live as a graduated Ubuntu Marketing Project.
Meeting minutes and status can be seen here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Projects/SpreadUbuntu/Meetings#Meeting%20Q1 This ideas might imply a move to Drupal 6 which we have been discussing for a while now. Following up yesterdays e-mail I have made a mockup for the site (available at http://ubuntu.ec/ruben/su/sumockup.jpg ) proposing changes. In the mockup I have divided the site in several areas (defined by numbers). I will now go through what my ideas for the different section are: 1. Web 2.0ish banner It might require changes in the theme we are using or at least the implementation of a script. My idea is to have a set of images that change randomically and that are appealing to the users. I just put some examples in my mockup, but it does not have to be like that it can be just one image or something. 2. Launchpad Login Implement this neat feature that give access to all Launchpad users automatically throiugh the use of the OpenID module (more: https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/OpenID). You can see it working in The Fridge: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ or in the Ubuntu Ecuador site: http://www.ubuntu.ec/ In that way we can remove the captcha and not allow any unloged users to upload material. You MUST login. That way we make people aware of the importance of launchpad and its role in the Ubuntu Community. 3. Get, Make, Share Material This menu is great, but we need to improve it in the Ubuntu.com spirit. Try clicking the menues there ans you'll see what I mean. Basically we have to use the Drupal menues to make it even easier to understand how to move around the site. A little improvement of the pages should also be part of this change. 4. About SpreadUbuntu changes Here we need to make the introduction quicker here and give the users access to a couple of things: * Either a campaign, what to do and it's related material * Access to material in general Little text and a picture to send people either to the DIY part or the Campaign/Site part. 5. Campaign Focus area Show the main campaign running now, and if we have several make it easy to show them randomically. Here we should have a calender or list of campaign-related events as well, which could use some space in point 8. I've taken a look at the Fridge calender, but it seems too general... It might just be me. 6. the top right area Here we need: * A set of RSS feeds for material and campaigns * A text box for search * A place to choose your language Default language of this main page should be English, but the marketing material being shown should comprehend ALL languages, not just English. 7. Media section Should give a quick overview of what type of materials we have but be smaller than the one we have today and probably more fancy. 8. Top Downloads / Most Popular This area could show the top 10 downloads or the material with most points and should be an area where images come and go dinamycally (JS). 9. Recent material Get inspired and show the last 20 uploaded materials as dynamic content. Flashy without flash if possible. I hope to get people interested on pulling this off. Please add your ideas here or in this wiki page After some feedback I will be putting up a todo list in the wiki and making a roadmap towards the release of www.spreadubuntu.com and www.spreadubuntu.org Thanks in advance for your comments! Regards, Rubén Romero https://launchpad.net/~huayra
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