Hi Louis -- :) On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > > > On 17 January 2012 17:54, kay.schenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Roman Meisenberg < > >> > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Hi! > >> >> > >> >> I just stumbled upon the Help Wanted page on the Apache Wiki. I would > >> love > >> >> to help out with the website. > >> >> I am a web developer and photographer from NYC. How would I go about > >> >> getting started on this if you still > >> >> require the help? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Hi Roman-- > >> > > >> > Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice.org project! > >> > > >> > Ah, yes, our Help Wanted page. OK, some clarification. There are > actually > >> > *two* websites involved in this project -- the project landing page > (also > >> > called the developer portal) at: > >> > > >> > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/index.html > >> > > >> > and the "user portal" ( the migrated legacy www.openoffice.org) at: > >> > > >> > http://www.openoffice.org/ > >> > > >> > As is turns out, we were just discussing how the "Help Wanted" pages > is a > >> > bit out of date, so what you see there could use some > "interpretation" I > >> > think. > >> > > >> > >> I think the original "help wanted" was with respect to the podling > >> website: > >> > >> http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/ > >> > >> It looks like something I would have designed. That is not a good thing > >> ;-) > >> > >> It could really use some "CSS Love" from someone with a good sense for > >> design. > >> > > > > Well maybe Roman would like to contribute this "love". ;} > > > > Really, I am not so concerned with "style" on the "Help Wanted" page as > > much as "currency" and "completeness". A LOT has happened since this page > > was created. Yes, it needs some more/different elaboration at this point. > > > Tell me what to do and I can help write the text. it will to a degree > be like old times. Bu then, finding out the to-dos took, quite > literally, years. And was never fully done. > Right now, I see two areas on the "project" site, http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/, that could really use some work -- * we have a "Community FAQ" page that is empty. >From my perspective, we really need to DO something with this. Maybe inform people about what it means that OpenOffice.org is now an Apache project versus its own "project/entity" as it was in the past. Go into some elaboration as to what it means to be an Apache "contributor" vs "developer/committer" and what the differences are between the former 'joining" OpenOffice.org and what/how people can participate now. * and, we now have TWO wikis -- the "planning wiki", https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/ -- and -- the original OOo wiki http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page What's the difference? Why would I register for one over the other... I dislike the fact that we don't seem to have a "single sign-on" for these AND BZ, but I'll bring this up in a different thread. Anyway, yes, please help in any way you can to illuminate these areas and make them more useful to casual users. I think having two portals (web sites) is really a good idea but how to get people on the right path. I guess I should update "Help Wanted" with some of this issues. > What we did before was also try to distinguish and list (before Moz > did this, btw) things that were easier from those that demanded more > skill and collaborative work. > > We don't have to do that here. > > -louis > > (invert Campbell: Bliss your followers.) > funny! :) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Follow your bliss." -- attributed to Joseph Campbell
