On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 10/14/12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 10/14/12, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> >>>>> 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. >
Here is the updated version: http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultant-submission.html I split out the XML instructions from the main part, and added an example of a non-XML submission. -Rob > -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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Jörg Schmidt <[email protected]> >>>>>>> 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
