Regarding nhforge and google - you should probably remove the index.htm in the root folder since google has that file instead of default.aspx indexed. Another good option would be to generate a xml sitemap (dynamic or static) and submit it to google, live and yahoo.
/Anders On Feb 10, 12:56 pm, Stephen Bohlen <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael: > > FWIW, I also think we very much appreciate YOUR input on this issue -- I > agree that the apparent confusion introduced by having more than one 'ideal' > or 'official-looking' clearing house for NH info is a challenge to the > overall health of the project but as has been mentioned here, there is > little (direct) action that can be taken to resolve this. > > Instead, by improving the content, structure, etc. of the NHForge content > over time even the big G will stop considering nhibernate.org to be the top > search result. This isn't as direct a fix as either shutting down > nhibernate.org or taking it over, but its the best possible course of action > given the present constraints. > > We are all affected by the baggage we carry from our pasts :) > > -Steve B. > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Michael Teper > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > +1 :) > > > No disagreement here, I don't think its "either/or" -- I am merely > > suggesting *another* thing that would help, and I think would address a more > > in-your-face issue for a newcomes (the apparent schism in the two websites). > > In any case, all good worthwhile stuff. > > > Thank you!! > > -Michael > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [ > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Bohlen [ > > [email protected]] > > *Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2009 5:55 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [nhibernate-development] Re: NHForge - Pictures of you guys :) > > > Tobin: > > > FWIW, I applaud your efforts. OSS is built on the backs of volunteers -- > > people who give of themselves to contribute what they can where they can. > > One of the very real challenges of OSS is that its often difficult to say to > > any volunteer "I would prefer you volunteer your free time doing X instead > > of Y". > > > I really think that ALL of these efforts -- coding, designing, testing, > > documenting, teaching, and -- yes -- organizing content in NHForge too are > > all needed around NHibernate in order to help keep its larger ecosystem > > alive and healthy. No one task is more important, more valuable, or more > > needed than the others IMHO; instead they all contribute to the life of the > > project. > > > I say this to any volunteer in just about any context: as long as you > > aren't doing active HARM to anything, feel free to pick up a hammer, a saw, > > a paint brush, an ink pen or whatever tools you like and offer up some value > > to the project. The essence of satisfaction as a volunteer is in pouring > > your passion for action into a concrete result that others can > > appreciate for what it is. And whether thats a new feature, a closed bug, a > > new article or blog post, or even an improved, more professional-looking > > NHForge that helps to increase the sense of professionalism visitors > > perceive around the participants in the project, I say: have at it -- all > > comers are equally welcome because all contributions are equally valued~! > > > -Steve B. > > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Tobes <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> > My main point is that I think this is a far bigger barrier to adoption > >> than lack of personability of the NH dev team. > >> > -Michael > > >> Putting photos + bios on the home page will help win trust with new > >> visitors. It gives the message that NHibernate is a team of seasoned > >> developers, not some rabble of spurious open source hackers (decision > >> makers often fear the worst!). By winning trust, it will also increase > >> adoption. That's my thinking at least. > > >> The failing links, duplicate forums and stale content might be solved > >> by creating gravity around the latest resources. Creating gravity > >> means doing things that pull visitors back time and time again (google > >> forum, nhforge.org etc). > > >> One thing we could do to give nhforge.org gravity would be to make the > >> home page as official as possible. This would leave no room for > >> confusion, so people know it's the place to come to. My hope is that > >> putting developer faces on nhforge.org home page will help to make it > >> more official, and therefore reduce the confusion, and ensure visitors > >> keep coming back. > > >> Tobin
