On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > On Nov 25, 2011, at 3:16 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >> <snip> > >> > >>> > >>> I agree that we can be quick. We will ask Apache Infra to permanently > >> redirect contributing.openoffice.org to our new page either to > >>> > >>> http://ooo-site.apache.org/participate/ > >>> > >>> or > >>> > >>> http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/participate/ > >>> > >>> As long as there is a simple page in place the infra change can proceed > >> independently from the content correction. > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> 3) From what I've been told, the plan is to switch the ooo-site live > >>>> within a couple of weeks, > >>> > >>> Well, next few weeks. I'm contemplating a more direct approach and > >> pruning approach that must proceed specially for several subdomains. > >>> > >>> downloads.oo.o is another discussion and it goes as far away from the > >> podling site as possible. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> So.... it seems to me that anything that can be done now, in the short > >>>> term, is more useful. We can always refine it over time, add to it., > >>>> expand it, make it more friendly, etc. But almost anything is better > >>>> than the 100% incorrect information that is on the website now. So > >>>> I'd recommend, per my original proposal, that we just put a 1-pager up > >>>> for now, directing volunteers to ooo-dev. Unless, of course, someone > >>>> actually is volunteering to do more in this same timeframe. Doing > >>>> more later is fine as well. But let's keep the focus on what can be > >>>> done in, say the next two weeks. > >>> > >>> Agreed. Keep it simple and then refine it. I think it will turn some > >> attention to the AOO podling's story. > >> > >> > >> Let's try to restart this thread, since it appears entropy got he best > >> of it in the first try. > >> > >> We currently have this on the Podling website: > >> > >> http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/get-involved.html > >> > >> Can we update that as needed and just direct the participate page to > that? > >> > >> One higher level issue we have is that we have never reached consensus > >> on how the Apache-domain project site and the openoffice.org site > >> relate. I'll start another thread on that/ > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>> -Rob > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > Rob--We can certainly do this pretty quickly if that's what we TRULY > want. > > I don't see any responses to this in the last 4 days. > > > > My only concern/objection is that if we did this, the "users" are bounced > > out of the user portal and into what we are now considering the > "developer" > > portal, but, oh well. > > This is a concern, but I think that this is the correct action - if a user > wants to participate then they are engaging at Apache. > > I think it will be important that the "get_involved" page has been updated > and that the PPMC (and our mentors) are happy with it. > > > > > How about if we don't hear any major objections by say, Dec. 1, I'll go > > ahead and make this change (redirect contributing/index.html to this). > > Nothing is in concrete, we can always go back or do something else. > > I am back home and will be thinking through a number of details and a > larger plan. > Oh good! We have LOTS of details to work out that's for sure. I hope I can accomplish the redirect through a meta redirect in a header for now -- thus preserving the content. However, with the current CMS, hmmm....not sure if I can get this to work. We'll see. > Regards, > Dave > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged > > by the way its animals are treated." > > -- Mohandas Gandhi > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mohandas Gandhi
