Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Note the LocationTech badge is not showing correctly ... and there is still an open discussion about which badge to use for projects in incubation. On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > Bingo. 1) is fixed. http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ ... > Hopefully they can add t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Bingo. 1) is fixed. http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ ... Hopefully they can add the default filter tomorrow. On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > Just got off the phone with the vendor. They are going to do 2 things ASAP. > > 1) Add the badge. Its actually there, but

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Just got off the phone with the vendor. They are going to do 2 things ASAP. 1) Add the badge. Its actually there, but is not showing for some reason. 2) Add a filter in the megamenu for the type of project, and have the OSGeo filter checked initially so ONLY OSGeo projects are showing for now. Fr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion. Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there. There are 2 issues. 1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see my previous mai

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread MarĂ­a Arias de Reyna
Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)? That leaves small projects behind... On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way > to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates thei

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub stars or some objective metri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert wrote: > On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: >> >> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with >> the vendor today. >> >> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent >> responded to various req

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Helmut, We appreciate the gratitude. We've worked really hard on this site and want it to be something we can all be super proud of. We also, appreciate your concerns, indeed its now the very first item on the Agenda with our vendor today. I will report back in a few hours with our intended cours

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Moritz Lennert
On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote: Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with the vendor today. There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in myself so they are there an

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Helmut Kudrnovsky
Dear Marc, that I'm not misunderstood, I highly appreciate the very hard work for the website redesign and rebranding!! And as already mentioned in an earlier mail by me, I understand that the redesign is in beta. Citing Angelos in this thread: "I also think that we need to be *very careful* o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with the vendor today. There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Marc Vloemans
Thanks Maxi, Freeze time will indeed give us time to assemble all feedback, discuss and prioritise for further improvements. I was not even aware of the holiday season ;-) Enjoy! Kind regards, Marc Vloemans > Op 16 aug. 2017 om 09:10 heeft Massimiliano Cannata > het volgende geschreven: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Massimiliano Cannata
Marc I agree, great and huge work was done. Maybe a freezing period before of any public release/presentation would be good? We're not in a hurry... With more time review and discussion can run smoothly? Also, We're in the middle of the holiday season and also vacation time is limited :-) to answ

[OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

2017-08-16 Thread Marc Vloemans
Dear all, I feel that the "tail is wagging the dog" as they say. And we are on the brink of pushing valuable volunteers too far. Again. Your feed back on the website is needed, welcomed and enlisted, but please be it combined with some actionable way to go forward and a helping hand. The site