On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> RGB ES wrote: >>> >>>> 2013/6/11 Rob Weir >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It is sad that it has the usual misinformation: >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>> I was quite surprised to read it. At least, if a journalist had to pick a >>> recent blog post from the OpenOffice blog, the one about release schedules >>> is definitely less interesting than other recent ones... >>> >>> >>> You should find the email of the publication's news editor and write a >>>>>> polite yet firm complaint >>>>>> >>>>> >>> Or just post a comment. Andre, did you try doing so? Maybe they will >>> rectify some clear factual errors in the article. I strongly recommend that >>> you post your comments there and not only here on the list. >>> >>> >>> So the best strategy is to ignore the the FUD and push accurate and >>>>> useful information onto our website. That approach reaches more >>>>> users, and is under our control. >>>>> >>>> +1. Talking about sites like El Reg means promoting them, and promotion >>>> means more weight on search engines for those lies >>>> >>> >> +1, yes, it's untrue and insulting but our actions DO speak louder than >> these words. >> >> >>> >>> Note that the highly visible site is http://www.openoffice.org and not >>> the blog; the site is linked to the blog only through a link that is at the >>> bottom of the page and, moreover, is hidden under a JavaScript layer. >>> >>> So something that we should do immediately is to create a simple block >>> with the titles of our latest three blog posts (from the official blog) and >>> put it on the homepage. And keep it updated manually, at least when it's >>> worth doing so. >>> >> >> A good idea! I too feel the blogs are a bit too submerged. Let's see what >> we can come up with for this. >> > > How about adding it to the top-nav, where we currently have: > > Product > Download > Support > Extend > Develop > Focus Areas > Native Language > > Put a new entry there for "News" or "Blog" and have that link to the blog. >
I went ahead and did this. Easily reversible if we don't like it. http://www.openoffice.org/ -Rob > Putting it in the nav will give it visibility on most website (non-wiki) > pages. > > -Rob > > >>> >>> That will give more visibility to the blog articles, for both users and >>> journalists. Both categories are important. And some journalists will >>> hopefully share my (personal, but probably not so personal) taste on which >>> are the posts to be featured! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andrea. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<[email protected]> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> MzK >> >> "You can't believe one thing and do another. >> What you believe and what you do are the same thing." >> -- Leonard Peltier --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
