IT might be possible to have a document hosting site specifically for the marketing materials, in which a moderator has to look at posts, instead of them just being posted, someone can then link to a page of the document site from the fourms. It might also be good to have a simple listing. I know the cms XOOPS has a file managment module, though we can probably get a php/ruby/whatever else programmer to make a custom one that looks relativey good, though i do remember a marketing site that had something of the sort already.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:12 AM, Craig A. Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something to think about, when setting up a site for marketing resources, > is the physical size of those resources in kilobytes. As a draftsman that > had to do everything, I learned that resolution, whether of graphics or of > documents, matters. What is called "printer quality" resolution is 300 to > 600 dots per inch (DPI). This can result in very large files, and if > Marketing is going to have resources available, will result in the need of > considerable space to store them. > > At the moment, I'm looking at the attachments portion of the Forums. The > last 2 columns have been deleted, since here I'm just discussing the > physical size: > > > bmp 19.5 KB > > > bz2 976.6 KB > > > deb 976.6 KB > > > doc 195.3 KB > > > gif 976.6 KB > > > gpl 976.6 KB > > > gz 976.6 KB > > > jpe 19.5 KB > > > jpeg 19.5 KB > > > jpg 976.6 KB > > > odg 19.5 KB > > > odp 19.5 KB > > > ods 19.5 KB > > > odt 19.5 KB > > > pdf 19.5 KB > > > png 976.6 KB > > > psd 19.5 KB > > > py 19.5 KB > > > sh 19.5 KB > > > svg 976.6 KB > > > tar 976.6 KB > > > txt 19.5 KB > > > xcf 976.6 KB > > > zip 976.6 KB > Now, I have an odt file that the Arizona LoCo is using for a flier for the > Hardy Heron release. The size is 146.8 KB. Obviously, I can't put that up > on the forum for other people to edit, since odt format is restricted to > 19.5 KB. Yet that's exactly what we need to be able to do. As a matter of > fact, when I released it to the Team, I had to release it as a graphic, a > jpg file > (http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=64598&d=1207088622). > Even acceptable pdf format size is way to small for use for submission, and > that isn't even editable. > > We need to be able to use editable formats and submit them as such, for > others to be able to manipulate for their needs. Submitting as a graphic > doesn't cut it, where text is involved. Alignments and special effects that > can be done in OpenOffice.org are unavailable in GIMP, etc. This may > preclude using the forums as our means of sharing, and require some other > method. > > I don't happen to have a good answer to this problem, nor am I limiting my > ideas to only that which I can conceive. What I'm hoping is that others in > Marketing might have suggestions that would solve the problem. > > Thanks, > > Craig > Tyche > > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > -- "He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past." - 1984 Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats." - Howard Aiken -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
