On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Ben Coman wrote: > > Well done getting all this up an running. Some minor feedback on the web > site…
Thanks for the feedback. Yes you are right :) This is why it is a beta :) > > 1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is that > people sign up. So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from the the > front page. There is room on the right hand side of the title bar. > Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button. > > 2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement as > "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to "Association > Pharo". > It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my bank > statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change that. > > 3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to distinguish > from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and unnecessary. Just > "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from "premium member". > > simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid > <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid> /(2)/ *:* mentally > retarded [2] > [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple > [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple Thanks indeed this is not the point. > 4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show, these > could be added to the "What's new" sidebar. This might help increase the > show of activity. Yes. In fact for version 2 (not 1.0) we want to offer a blog to each member and aggregating. > As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is unfortunate > that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000 unrealated results on > google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used for other purposes. A tip > for others making up new project names is to choose one with a small number > of results on Google. A service like http://wordoid.com/ can help. We checked google before when we decided and we love that name. > > Marcus Denker wrote: >> Hello, >> >> We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association: >> >> http://association.pharo.org >> >> The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and >> promotion. >> There are two individual memberships >> >> - Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros >> - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros >> >> You will get >> - reduction access to pharo conferences, >> - reduction for training and access to teaching material, >> - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list, >> - an account at the pharo association web site. >> >> This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. >> The Consortium is for entities such as companies, research teams, or >> institutes. >> For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium >> >> The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the >> Consortium to support the development of Pharo. >> >> The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team. >> >> >> >> > >
