Re: [Evangelism] Plone Magazine - a way to review the plethora of Plone add-ons and themes
Just if you did not recognized it in the past. The German ZopeNews Print magazine issue has a strong focus on Plone. It would be great if we can also have a second focus on Print-media derivatives from the same content! This is still great on fairs and in organisations. Feel fre to ask for aiding production processes. Armin http://www.coactivate.org/projects/plone-marketing/available-german-zope-news-issues Am 18.05.2010 um 04:16 schrieb David Bain: > Mark, > That makes a lot of sense. I can start by reviewing stuff I use > regulary so probably collective.uploadify and collective.easyslider. > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Mark A Corum wrote: >> David, >> >> We have a news roundup of Plone news which appears on plone.org the >> first of each month called "This Month in Plone." Check it out on >> the >> front page of plone.org. It currently includes articles pulled from >> plone.org news releases, upcoming events, information on upcoming and >> new software releases, along with interviews and articles which are >> written specifically for this venue. We also feature new sites which >> have been rolled out by Plone companies. >> >> We are looking to ramp this up as more of a news/marketing tool for >> Plone. Adding reviews of products and themes would be an interesting >> direction to take this, and your reviews would have the advantage of >> the traffic and visibility which Plone.org provides. >> >> I'd be very happy to offer you this forum as a place for your >> articles. I also invite anyone else on the Evangelism list with >> ideas >> for news, Plone websites to feature, events which impact the Plone >> community, and particularly articles or reviews of interest to our >> readers to submit them for consideration to plonen...@gmail.com >> >> One of the items we'll be working on at next week's Marketing Sprint >> at the Penn State Symposium is a set of writers' guidelines for the >> publication. >> >> Send us your story ideas or stories so we can share them with the >> community and the public at large. >> >> Mark >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Mark A Corum >> User Interface Designer | Online Marketer | Certified ScrumMaster >> >> markcorum on AOL, Googletalk, MSN, Skype, Meebo, TokBox, Facebook, >> Twitter and Yahoo; >> >> "Light up the darkness." - Bob Marley >> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" (Who watches the watchmen?) - >> Juvenales, Satires >> "No matter where you go ... there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, David Bain >> wrote: >>> I propose a Plone Magazine (And I'm willing to write the first two >>> articles). This sounds a bit "out there" but this is how it works. >>> It would be the online Magazine of the Plone community (think >>> alistapart.com) but for Plone. >>> There would be two articles every two weeks by community writers. >>> >>> The goal would be primarily to review useful Plone Add-ons and >>> themes. >>> >>> Imagine content like this: >>> "In this issue We review the "Green Community" Theme and we take the >>> "CacheSetup" product for a spin." >>> >>> At the end of each review each product is rated based on a few >>> things such as: >>> * uninstalls cleanly >>> * can be fully configured via site setup configlets >>> >>> A theme is assessed with criteria such as: >>> * theme implemented on the login form >>> * clean layout for the control panel etc... >>> >>> The site could be sponsored by various Plone consultancies and >>> (similar to World Plone Day), contribution to the site could be >>> considered as a way to get your logo on the site. >>> >>> This could also become the prototype for "copy cat" magazines that >>> might want to use the same format but address different topics. >>> >> > ___ > Evangelism mailing list > Evangelism@lists.plone.org > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism -- Armin Carl Stroß-Radschinski, Dipl. Designer acsr infopair, Landgrafenstraße 32, 53842 Troisdorf, Germany Telefon +49 (0) 22 41 / 94 69 94, FAX +49 (0) 22 41 / 94 69 96 eMail a.stross-radschin...@infopair.com - http://www.infopair.com UST. ID Nr: DE154092803 ___ Evangelism mailing list Evangelism@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism
Re: [Evangelism] Plone Magazine - a way to review the plethora of Plone add-ons and themes
Mark, That makes a lot of sense. I can start by reviewing stuff I use regulary so probably collective.uploadify and collective.easyslider. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:07 PM, Mark A Corum wrote: > David, > > We have a news roundup of Plone news which appears on plone.org the > first of each month called "This Month in Plone." Check it out on the > front page of plone.org. It currently includes articles pulled from > plone.org news releases, upcoming events, information on upcoming and > new software releases, along with interviews and articles which are > written specifically for this venue. We also feature new sites which > have been rolled out by Plone companies. > > We are looking to ramp this up as more of a news/marketing tool for > Plone. Adding reviews of products and themes would be an interesting > direction to take this, and your reviews would have the advantage of > the traffic and visibility which Plone.org provides. > > I'd be very happy to offer you this forum as a place for your > articles. I also invite anyone else on the Evangelism list with ideas > for news, Plone websites to feature, events which impact the Plone > community, and particularly articles or reviews of interest to our > readers to submit them for consideration to plonen...@gmail.com > > One of the items we'll be working on at next week's Marketing Sprint > at the Penn State Symposium is a set of writers' guidelines for the > publication. > > Send us your story ideas or stories so we can share them with the > community and the public at large. > > Mark > > > > > > > Mark A Corum > User Interface Designer | Online Marketer | Certified ScrumMaster > > markcorum on AOL, Googletalk, MSN, Skype, Meebo, TokBox, Facebook, > Twitter and Yahoo; > > "Light up the darkness." - Bob Marley > "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" (Who watches the watchmen?) - > Juvenales, Satires > "No matter where you go ... there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai > > > > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, David Bain wrote: >> I propose a Plone Magazine (And I'm willing to write the first two >> articles). This sounds a bit "out there" but this is how it works. >> It would be the online Magazine of the Plone community (think >> alistapart.com) but for Plone. >> There would be two articles every two weeks by community writers. >> >> The goal would be primarily to review useful Plone Add-ons and themes. >> >> Imagine content like this: >> "In this issue We review the "Green Community" Theme and we take the >> "CacheSetup" product for a spin." >> >> At the end of each review each product is rated based on a few things such >> as: >> * uninstalls cleanly >> * can be fully configured via site setup configlets >> >> A theme is assessed with criteria such as: >> * theme implemented on the login form >> * clean layout for the control panel etc... >> >> The site could be sponsored by various Plone consultancies and >> (similar to World Plone Day), contribution to the site could be >> considered as a way to get your logo on the site. >> >> This could also become the prototype for "copy cat" magazines that >> might want to use the same format but address different topics. >> > ___ Evangelism mailing list Evangelism@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism
Re: [Evangelism] Plone Magazine - a way to review the plethora of Plone add-ons and themes
David, We have a news roundup of Plone news which appears on plone.org the first of each month called "This Month in Plone." Check it out on the front page of plone.org. It currently includes articles pulled from plone.org news releases, upcoming events, information on upcoming and new software releases, along with interviews and articles which are written specifically for this venue. We also feature new sites which have been rolled out by Plone companies. We are looking to ramp this up as more of a news/marketing tool for Plone. Adding reviews of products and themes would be an interesting direction to take this, and your reviews would have the advantage of the traffic and visibility which Plone.org provides. I'd be very happy to offer you this forum as a place for your articles. I also invite anyone else on the Evangelism list with ideas for news, Plone websites to feature, events which impact the Plone community, and particularly articles or reviews of interest to our readers to submit them for consideration to plonen...@gmail.com One of the items we'll be working on at next week's Marketing Sprint at the Penn State Symposium is a set of writers' guidelines for the publication. Send us your story ideas or stories so we can share them with the community and the public at large. Mark Mark A Corum User Interface Designer | Online Marketer | Certified ScrumMaster markcorum on AOL, Googletalk, MSN, Skype, Meebo, TokBox, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo; "Light up the darkness." - Bob Marley "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" (Who watches the watchmen?) - Juvenales, Satires "No matter where you go ... there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 5:50 PM, David Bain wrote: > I propose a Plone Magazine (And I'm willing to write the first two > articles). This sounds a bit "out there" but this is how it works. > It would be the online Magazine of the Plone community (think > alistapart.com) but for Plone. > There would be two articles every two weeks by community writers. > > The goal would be primarily to review useful Plone Add-ons and themes. > > Imagine content like this: > "In this issue We review the "Green Community" Theme and we take the > "CacheSetup" product for a spin." > > At the end of each review each product is rated based on a few things such as: > * uninstalls cleanly > * can be fully configured via site setup configlets > > A theme is assessed with criteria such as: > * theme implemented on the login form > * clean layout for the control panel etc... > > The site could be sponsored by various Plone consultancies and > (similar to World Plone Day), contribution to the site could be > considered as a way to get your logo on the site. > > This could also become the prototype for "copy cat" magazines that > might want to use the same format but address different topics. > ___ Evangelism mailing list Evangelism@lists.plone.org http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/evangelism
[Evangelism] Plone Magazine - a way to review the plethora of Plone add-ons and themes
I propose a Plone Magazine (And I'm willing to write the first two articles). This sounds a bit "out there" but this is how it works. It would be the online Magazine of the Plone community (think alistapart.com) but for Plone. There would be two articles every two weeks by community writers. The goal would be primarily to review useful Plone Add-ons and themes. Imagine content like this: "In this issue We review the "Green Community" Theme and we take the "CacheSetup" product for a spin." At the end of each review each product is rated based on a few things such as: * uninstalls cleanly * can be fully configured via site setup configlets A theme is assessed with criteria such as: * theme implemented on the login form * clean layout for the control panel etc... The site could be sponsored by various Plone consultancies and (similar to World Plone Day), contribution to the site could be considered as a way to get your logo on the site. This could also become the prototype for "copy cat" magazines that might want to use the same format but address different topics. On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Ken Wasetis [Contextual Corp.] wrote: > > I think you bring up some great points, Csaba, and I hope we're all able > to carry the momentum forward and produce some results in these areas as > well. Nate (and Alan, and Alex, and Calvin, and Chris Johnson) and I > were all at an open source CMS Expo recently in the Chicago area, and I > think it was a great experience for many reasons, but on this subject, > especially from the standpoint of learning from what the other > communities are doing - whether it is making Plone more easy to test out > via the click of a button on some new 'demo.plone.org' site we should > have setup, or via a cpanel or plesk integration that most mass hosting > companies use, or whether it's building up the niche-specific > collateral/teams to help get the word out about Plone4Education, > Plone4Government, etc., etc. > > One of the things I've heard from existing clients, that I think you > allude to below, is: How do I wade through all the 3,000+ extensions on > Plone.org and figure out which ones are still maintained, recommended, > widely used, and which sites are using them? > > I think that one thing the other communities do really well - that we > could certainly improve upon - is the use of tagging and rating of > extensions. Take, for example, http://extensions.joomla.org/ > > The Joomla community treats this area about as well as visiting the App > Store for the iPhone, with more information about: Ratings of the > product by users/developers, URLs using the extension, presenting the > site as though it's a software product type website (recently added and > featured products sections on its landing page) instead of more of a > closet of applications we're stuffing away somewhere. This area has > improved a lot over the past few years on Plone.org as well, so don't > get me wrong - we have nice tagging by feature area and Plone version, > but we could still improve. People want to know who is using this > add-on and where, as well as how recently it's been deployed. > > I think that the SugarCRM project takes this even a step further by > providing an entire portal around their extensions: > http://www.sugarforge.org/ and giving props to developers that are most > actively releasing add-ons, showing the 'top downloads', and they have a > monthly email newsletter that showcases some of the recent/featured > products. > > Plone has some 'killer add-ons' as well (Salesforce, SOLR, and LDAP > integration, the e-campaigning tools you mention, etc.), and just as > most people who have an iPhone do so for the apps, not for the phone > capabilities, we could do a better job of bringing people to Plone as a > vibrant platform for the 'things you can do with it', not just as a true > CMS. > > -Ken > > > Csaba Madarász wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Some of you might remember me - I am Csaba, used to work with Balazs, > > and made an interview with Steve (do your remember?) now out of Plone. > > > > But what you are talking about now, makes me to give some feedback, > > although I do not make any business with Plone ;) > > > > I am one of the user testing categories, who has been following the > > Nate mentioned line of getting touch with Plone: > > First was with local governments, later with NGOs and later again with > > e-democracy. > > I wanted to find out what kind of products are do exist, if I imagine > > Plone as something that can roll out fast, just as wordpress with > > additional functionalities for specific cases > > I have found pretty interesting things - in some areas, Plone moves a > > bit beyond the others (Wordpress, joomla, drupal) if we look at the > > above mentioned usecases. Ecampaigning was a great product, although > > did not gain the needed interest in the developer community to upgrade > > it. Many e-democracy related stuff, half or full developed does
