Just some random thoughts, in no particular order: I agree that those of us who know about Habari's innards should probably write up (even short) entries on things that we think it does better. We definitely need the 'wow' factor to attract normal users, but lacking that we could help attract some developer-types by pimping the things we do have: a great codebase.
Along those same lines, I think the thread about a Habari Planet would help this goal by collecting Habari goodness in one place. Not only could it help display all these posts, but it could also help give potential users a better idea of the true scope: it's not just 2 or 3 people running and working on Habari. Again, on a similar note, having SVN statistics on hp.o might also help prove that we're alive and kicking. Looking at the front page, I see no signs indicating life (the -users block seems broken, it says there's nothing to display). We need to make it obvious that there is, even at a cursory glance. Since there's a ton of work going on in SVN, but few releases, let's try and point that out to people. Finally, I think once we complete ACL so that we can start doing some cool stuff on hp.o (like a plugin directory), it will also help publicize some good things about Habari. Plugins are a big deal, and while we're pimping the lean and mean core factor we may unintentionally be shooting ourselves in the foot by giving people the impression that that's all Habari does. Pimping out the plugin directory (and themes too) would help with that. On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Stanley FONG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Habari is in 'Honorable Mentions', 3rd place if that matters, they said > "....Habari is an up-and-coming modern blog platform that focuses on > tackling at the core level many of the shortcomings that other blogging > software communities have tried to address with add-ons. Habari prides > itself in being standards compliant and more secure than other blogging > platforms...." > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Andy C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Agreed 100%. >> >> For example, I find it odd, perplexing and slightly irritating that >> Habari doesn't even make this list of 10 blogging platforms. >> >> http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/29/10-weblog-engines-reviewed/ >> >> I can only assume that people think it is still is development and >> isn't ready for use on a real blog. >> >> Andy >> >> On Aug 29, 2:28 pm, Owen Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Some separate thoughts that lead to a potentially interesting idea: >> > >> > It's been a puzzle for me why Habari isn't getting as much press as it >> > could. I think part of the problem is that it's not getting enough >> > "word of mouth" promotion in the right places for people to take notice. >> > >> > We seem to hit high points of traffic when we do releases (which >> > thankfully get larger as the version number increase), but then lag >> > between releases when we're not announcing anything or seemingly doing >> > anything. >> > >> > Other blog/CMS tools like to post case studies about sites that use >> > their software, or about off-site articles that recommend their tool >> > over others. >> > >> > From my reading of what people like about blog tools, it seems to me >> > that people's reluctance to use or try Habari stems largely from not >> > ever having seen it in use, or not having read a glowing review of it >> > from their favorite news source. >> > >> > What I was thinking is that between the 0.5 release and the 0.6 release >> > we could have a kind of contest: Produce a 30-second screencast of your >> > favorite Habari feature and publish it on your blog. >> > >> > You need not run Habari on your blog to qualify. We'd link to the >> > screencasts from habariproject.org if they link back. We might select >> > one or two to receive some kind of as-yet-undetermined prize. >> > >> > It's been a mystery to me why sites like Download Squad don't cover >> > Habari, but I guess it's perhaps because we haven't asked them to? And >> > now maybe if we get a little ramped up with a following of users trying >> > Habari, we can have something to announce. >> > >> > Plus, producing the screencasts can only bring more people into using >> > Habari, and providing the feedback that we need to keep the software >> great. >> > >> > It would be very nice if we could do a similar promotion (including >> > theme and plugin contests, but also including regular users) to keep >> > energy up about Habari between releases. >> > >> > Would anyone like to spearhead such an event? >> > >> > Owen >> >> > > > -- > See me at http://am.notsowise.net > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
