Thank you for your suggestions!
I am making a list of what to improve and added them (the association pharo vs.
pharo association one I think is not to fix sadly...)
Marcus
On Nov 16, 2012, at 4:50 AM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Well done getting all this up an running. Some minor feedback on the web
> site...
>
> 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
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de
