On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > On 10/14/12, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: >>> On 10/14/12, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Please write an example on the page, not just throw the XML file doing >>>>> something as simple as >>>>> <consultant> >>>>> <company>Your company</company> >>>>> <address>foo street at disneyland</address> >>>>> <website>http://www.yourcompany.com</website> >>>>> </consultant> >>>>> >>>> >>>> There is an entire file of real examples linked to from that page: >>>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/ooo/ooo-site/trunk/content/bizdev/consultants/consultants.xml >>> >>> My point exactly. I would rather see this shown as HTML/ASCII, the XML >>> dump is not bad but usually end up in hard to read spew of data that >>> non-technical users can't understand what happened. >>> >>>> >>>>> Would go a long way, the instructions look a bit too technical for >>>>> regular users. Even if we assume this are technical people, we should >>>>> think this is being applied by the marketing intern used to facebook. >>>>> >>>>> I would even suggest doing an XForm to generate this XML and spew it >>>>> on a texboard with a copy-paste this on your email. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Patches are welcome. >>> >>> Here is an XForm sample: >>> <xforms> >>> <model> >>> <instance> >>> <person> >>> <fname/> >>> <lname/> >>> </person> >>> </instance> >>> <submission id="form1" >>> action="submit.asp" >>> method="get"/> >>> </model> >>> <input ref="fname"><label>First Name</label></input> >>> <input ref="lname"><label>Last Name</label></input> >>> <submit submission="form1"><label>Submit</label></submit> >>> </xforms> >>> >> >> The form is the easy part. The hard part is getting it integrated in >> a way that works with our current server environment. As you've >> probably noticed we don't have mail-in forms anywhere on our website. >> Perhaps there are some security issues here? Infra would know. But >> there would be some work to either enable the server-side processing >> of this, or of generating the XML with instructions for the user to >> copy/paste it into an email to ooo-dev. >> >> Personally I don't think the expected volume of submissions justifies >> the time required to put further automation into play. (My personal >> opinion). As the instructions say, the submittor can just send >> equivalent information to the list and we can do the XML formatting >> for them. > > Ok the original proposal was that it will dump the data in a texbox > (Javascript can do this as opposed to the submit.asp). Just to > pre-format his entry, user can then paste it on an email. > > And if no automation is necessary then I think it should be the first > thing said, like this: > > Please submit the information to our ooo-dev mailing list: > > - Company name > - Country code [1] > - Address > - URL > -Specialities: [2] > > 1 - see our ISO compliant country listing > 2 - see our list of specialties > > The rest of the information like XML, XSD, etc, should be put as > complementary information. >
This is a good idea. I'll try to simplify the instructions. -Rob > >> >> -Rob >> >>>> >>>>> Specially consider the speciality would be all over the place as a >>>>> freeform XML. >>>>> >>>> >>>> In the current form it is restricted to enumerated values. This list >>> >>> Oh there is a form, I most have missed that. >>> >>>> can expand on request, but I'd like to not have it be freeform so it >>>> can be used as a categorization field. The <description> field is the >>>> freeform field, where they can put anything relevant. >>>> >>>>> On 10/14/12, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I now have sent an invitation to 41 companies relating to an entry in >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> directory: >>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And I got the first reply: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------------- >>>>>>>> Listings must be submitted to the ooo-dev mailing list as patches to >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> file consultants.xml >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> nicht Ihr Ernst, oder? >>>>>>> ---------------- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> No problem in this individual case, because I offered my personal >>>>>>> help, >>>>>>> but I think it may seem too complicated for some users even having to >>>>>>> create an XML file. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What can we do? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For example, i could write a macro for AOO with an input dialog, >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> simplifies the creation of the XML file. But I need a few days time. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hints? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This is covered in the instructions here: >>>>>> >>>>>> "If you are not familiar with XML, please submit the equivalent >>>>>> information in a post to the ooo-dev list and we can help you format >>>>>> it for submission. But your listing will appear faster if it is >>>>>> submitted in the proper form." >>>>>> >>>>>> Reference: >>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultant-submission.html >>>>>> >>>>>> A form with Javascript to form the XML might be useful sometime, but >>>>>> it is possible that the XML schema might change based on feedback we >>>>>> receive during this initial phase of submissions. So it might be >>>>>> better to wait. >>>>>> >>>>>> -Rob >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>>> Jörg >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Alexandro Colorado >>>>> PPMC Apache OpenOffice >>>>> http://es.openoffice.org >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Alexandro Colorado >>> PPMC Apache OpenOffice >>> http://es.openoffice.org >> > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > PPMC Apache OpenOffice > http://es.openoffice.org
