On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > Since we can't control existing distributions: > > To dos would be. > > (1) Create a page that explains things either in the podling site, either > wiki, or ooo-site. >
I wonder whether this page would be appropriate: http://www.openoffice.org/download/contribute.html That is the one that we currently point users to as they download OOo 3.3. It seems to cover all the bases, getting help, mailing lists, etc. It even might direct some dimes to the treasury. Maybe just change the header to "Thanks for downloading OpenOffic.org " ?? That would then cover both bases. > (2) Redirect all registration[0-9].services.openoffice.org requests to that > page. This would be a JIRA ticket for INFRA after doing (1) > > Volunteers? > If there are no objections I'll do the above. > Regards, > DAve > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Andrew Rist wrote: > >> Perhaps the register landing page should point to a page with this >> information. >> (and maybe a plug for AOO and the Apache Way, etc.) >> >> A. >> >> On 3/19/2012 5:30 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >>> Hi Tobias, >>> >>> Thanks for the report on the registration page. This outage is >>> intentional. We are no longer doing user registration with >>> OpenOffice.org. Our next release will remove this option so you do >>> not get that error message. >>> >>> The closes thing to "registration" we have is a mailing list that >>> users can sign up for to receive updates from the project,such as >>> announcements of new releases. If you want to subscribe to this >>> list, send an email to: ooo-announce-subscr...@incubator.apache.org. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Tobias Cortese >>> <tobiascort...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> The registration link for OpenOffice brings up an error page. Here's the >>>> link and error message: >>>> https://registration2.services.openoffice.org/RegistrationWeb/register/urn:st:e7251802-3c52-4e08-a74f-a22eca7458ff?product=OpenOffice.org&locale=en&cid=926117 >>>> This webpage is not availableThe server at >>>> registration2.services.openoffice.org can't be found, because the DNS >>>> lookup failed. DNS is the network service that translates a website's name >>>> to its Internet address. This error is most often caused by having no >>>> connection to the Internet or a misconfigured network. It can also be >>>> caused by an unresponsive DNS server or a firewall preventing Google >>>> Chrome from accessing the network.Here are some suggestions:Reload this >>>> webpage later.Check your Internet connection. Restart any router, modem, >>>> or other network devices you may be using.Check your DNS settings. Contact >>>> your network administrator if you're not sure what this means.Try >>>> disabling network prediction by following these steps: Go to the wrench >>>> menu> Preferences> Under the Hood and deselect "Predict network actions >>>> to improve page load performance." If this does not resolve the issue, we >>>> recommend selecting this option again for improved performance.Add Google >>>> Chrome as a permitted program in your firewall's or antivirus software's >>>> settings. If it is already a permitted program, try deleting it from the >>>> list of permitted programs and adding it again.If you use a proxy server, >>>> check your proxy settings or contact your network administrator to make >>>> sure the proxy server is working. If you don't believe you should be using >>>> a proxy server, adjust your proxy settings: Go to Applications> System >>>> Preferences> Network> Advanced> Proxies and deselect any proxies that >>>> have been selected.Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): Unable to >>>> resolve the server's DNS address.Please let me know where I can go to >>>> register my product.Thanks,Tobias >> >> >
