[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Slogan Wiki page -- Be Creative!

2010-11-12 Thread Marc Paré
I have created a wiki page for LibreOffice slogan suggestions. Feel free to add your slogan. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan Marc -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-12 02:26, David Nelson a écrit : Hi David et al: Hi, :-) On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 07:57, Bernhard Dippold bernh...@familie-dippold.at wrote: I agree that it is not easy to follow the threads on the topics you mention, but from our experience with the OOo Art project and even more

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [DESIGN] Poster - [was: LibO Slogan]

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 08:59 +0100, Dr. Bernhard Dippold wrote: I'd just propose to use the Vegur font (link at the branding wiki page) for the additional text: Might improve the general impression even better. ah - yes to everything - and actually I realized that when I changed machines I had

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread Michael Wheatland
David, As a part of the website development team I thought I might share some info which relates directly to what you were saying. Further to the discussions during to the conference call, my POV concerning communications channels is that lists don't make a good information storage medium.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] About Jens Habermann's fine artwork

2010-11-12 Thread Michael Wheatland
I really don't want another paperclip, or for that matter a septo-puss asking me It looks like you are writing a letter, can I help? Personally I would much prefer to avoid mascots as they tend to be abused for demeaning tasks :) -- E-mail to marketing+h...@libreoffice.org for instructions on

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO Slogan

2010-11-12 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/12/2010 04:07 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: The background image is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevercoolinschool/2785475907/sizes/l/in/photostream/ You'll have to contact the photographer about licensing rights. (The proposed usage is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/08/2010 09:30 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: I don't know exactly what template section you refer to, but the official repository for OpenOffice.org templates at http://templates.services.openoffice.org only accepts ODF files; of The last time

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibO Slogan

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 12:53 +, jonathon wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nevercoolinschool/2785475907/sizes/l/in/photostream/ You'll have to contact the photographer about licensing rights. (The proposed usage is prohibited by the license that is displayed on flickr Huh, I read it

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/08/2010 11:08 PM, Marc Paré wrote: I think our Drupal gurus would take up the challenge. The requested functionality is available as an add on module. (It is installed on the Drupal setup I theoretically administer.) jonathon -BEGIN PGP

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Res: Res: Re: Change icon?

2010-11-12 Thread jonathon
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/09/2010 03:01 PM, David Nelson wrote: Thanks for your time on that... I guess that puts a stopper on the paper plane mascot idea then? The critical issue is not the words paper plane, but rather what the image looks like. If the image is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [DESIGN] Poster - [was: LibO Slogan]

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 06:25 -0500, Drew Jensen wrote: On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 08:59 +0100, Dr. Bernhard Dippold wrote: I'd just propose to use the Vegur font (link at the branding wiki page) for the additional text: Might improve the general impression even better. ah - yes to everything -

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread Michael Wheatland
The structure of the official LibreOffice Drupal development website for templates has been set up and is functioning. I would be grateful if we could have some volunteers upload a few open licence templates to the site to test out the functionality. You can find the official LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 01:07 +0930, Michael Wheatland wrote: You can find the official LibreOffice development site at: www.libreofficeaustralia.org Looks great, Mind if I steal some of the copy there for the first draft at the current site - or would you like to move it over them maybe?

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread Michael Wheatland
Mind if I steal some of the copy there for the first draft at the current site - or would you like to move it over them maybe? It's not stealing if its open source :) You mean the SilverStripe temp site? I don't have write access yet. I have been hugely focussed on the longer term solution. If

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Templating Teams

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
On Sat, 2010-11-13 at 01:32 +0930, Michael Wheatland wrote: If you have write access, please go right ahead and move it over. As I understand it, there is a sense of urgency starting to build. I do, and I will move some of the copy into the silverstripe site this weekend then, thanks. As for

[libreoffice-marketing] Added a couple videos to the LibreOfficeVols youtube channel

2010-11-12 Thread Drew Jensen
Hi, Just wanted to let people know: A couple more videos where added to the youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/libreofficeVols Also added a link to a video, that I did not include in the channel to the micro-blog group: http://libreofficevols.status.net/group/vids I'm trying to

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Welcome to marketing@libreoffice.org

2010-11-12 Thread Andy Rogers
Hi Bernard Thanks for the reply, yes i would be a good idea to create a wiki page, I did find it a little difficult where best to send messages to etc about support, im just going over my options now about in which direction I feel I would best fir support LibreOffice moving forward. Andy On

[libreoffice-marketing] Logo Enhancements

2010-11-12 Thread Johannes Bausch
Hey, I see no general problem with the current logo. However, just using a font, typing a name and saying this is my logo is not the way logos are done, usually at least. I know we're just at the beginning but still I felt like doing some enhancements. So here we are:

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Logo Enhancements

2010-11-12 Thread Johannes Bausch
By the way: can I rename files on the wiki? Logo.svg is not really self-descriptive and I just noticed it after having uploaded the file. Thanks. 2010/11/12 Johannes Bausch johannes.bau...@gmail.com: Hey, I see no general problem with the current logo. However, just using a font, typing a

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread Cor Nouws
Bernhard Dippold wrote (12-11-10 00:57) I agree that it is not easy to follow the threads on the topics you I too have to make choices, and do skip threads. mention, but from our experience with the OOo Art project and even more the Branding Initiative there are important topics to be

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 19:56, Michael Wheatland mich...@wheatland.com.au wrote: A 'Wave' is an open source federated communication protocol. In 'non-geeklish' we can install a wave server on our server and use either a web based client or desktop clients to access the server. This is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibO Slogan

2010-11-12 Thread Andy Brown
On Fri Nov 12 2010 16:35:07 GMT-0800 (PST) Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2010-11-12 17:01, Marc Paré a écrit : You can find the Wiki page under Marketing. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan Cheers Marc Is there a way to link it to the main page? Right now, it is impossible

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread Ivan M.
Hi all, On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Bernhard Dippold bernh...@familie-dippold.at wrote: [...] I'd propose to use the tag [DESIGN], as it covers not only artwork, branding and visual design, but usability design and UI design too. If this tag is not sufficient to differ these topics

[libreoffice-marketing] Ubuntu Artwork Team

2010-11-12 Thread John Baer
Hello everyone, Just checking in with my 1st post to this list. The Ubuntu Artwork Team was approached by David Nelson with a follow-up by Christoph Noack to assist with artwork and artistic design. It appears this project is moving at a very fast pace but we are willing to assist as time and

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibO Slogan

2010-11-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-12 19:45, Andy Brown a écrit : On Fri Nov 12 2010 16:35:07 GMT-0800 (PST) Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2010-11-12 17:01, Marc Paré a écrit : You can find the Wiki page under Marketing. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan Cheers Marc Is there a way to link it to

[libreoffice-marketing] Re: [DESIGN] Do we need a separate mailing list for artwork/usability/branding...?

2010-11-12 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-12 22:04, Michael Wheatland a écrit : Why re-invent the wheel? - David Because google has announced it will be removing the wheel before the end of next year. Google has also open sourced the blueprints for the wheel and made it very easy to construct your own wheel.

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibO Slogan

2010-11-12 Thread Graham Lauder
On Saturday 13 Nov 2010 13:45:07 Andy Brown wrote: On Fri Nov 12 2010 16:35:07 GMT-0800 (PST) Michel Gagnon wrote: Le 2010-11-12 17:01, Marc Paré a écrit : You can find the Wiki page under Marketing. http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Slogan Cheers Marc Is there