I think this is a good way forwards. Nonetheless, there should be a definitive place for people to submit and review content. Then, content should be chosen democratically through whatever means. These "chosen few" should be well sorted on the site.
Finally, I'd like to have a look at that code... Could you point me to a Bazaar tutorial? On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 17:42 -0500, Daniel Buch wrote: > On 11/22/06, Toby Smithe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on the DIY > > site, the links on the right have a brown heading, and a grey-brown box > > beneath. The edge of this box runs through the heading, which isn't > > particularly aesthetically pleasing. (Yes, I know I'm nit-picking). > > The style for the page is a semi-arbitrary mishmosh of stuff found on > the main ubuntu site, the wiki, and MenZa's original work. I > encourage anybody who'd like to alter styles to take a look at the css > file and make recommendations :-) I'm personally more concerned with > content and clarity at the moment, but comments about aesthetics are > always appreciated. > > To summarize and respond to another point Toby makes, the DIY site > *is* fairly closed, yes. There is no MySQL database in the > background, no CMS engine. It was my hope - and I think that I saw > Jenda mention this - that the forum and artwork site could be used for > most of the discussion, submissions, etc, and that the DIY site could > be more of a showcase for the "chosen few." Openness is fantastic, > yes, but we need to maintain control over the clarity of the site's > message - and I admit that the posters page is already a bit crowded > :-) > > Said more briefly: There are already so many dynamic, upload-friendly > places for Ubuntu lovers to share content and ideas... can we wait > for the SpreadUbuntu site before we start worrying about dynamism and > such? If we can't, that's okay... I'd just like it if we can get the > DIY site ready to go Active in a relatively short amount of time so > that we can redirect focus on resurrecting SpreadUbuntu. > > > How does that page work currently? Who has access to its code, and > > content? > > If you're willing to get Bazaar working, you can get my branch here: > https://launchpad.net/people/meatballhat/+branch/spreadubuntu/spreadubuntu > > Like I said - no database under the hood, so all the code's here. > > ---- > > On a related note, I threw Jenda's post onto the DIYWebsite page: > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/DIYWebsite -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
