Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Ivan Krstić
On Mar 16, 2009, at 6:55 AM, Ivan Krstić wrote: The new page desperately wants a single graphical element. Do we have a clean, attractive photo of a child using Sugar (in a way that's visible) somewhere? I've added a graphic in the meantime, and we can swap it out for a photograph later. --

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Gary C Martin
On 16 Mar 2009, at 05:50, David Farning wrote: The wiki welcome just got a serious overhaul:) All of the introductory information was better presented on the static portion of the site. Hmmm, I'm going to have to bite my tongue, stick forks in my eyes, and go crawl under my rock – wake me

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Bernie Innocenti
Bernie Innocenti wrote: Bernie Innocenti wrote: And I moved the search box to the top of the sidebar. I restored the Sugar Labs logo to point back at the wiki, for consistency with the navigation tip in the page. I also added back our favicon.ico. And trimmed the news a bit... older news

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Sean DALY
Bernie - the logo has to point to the main page of the site - this was fixed yesterday - again, the crux of the problem is first-time visitors arriving at the side door and not even knowing there is a front door Could you please restore the link to the site hompage as soon as possible? thanks

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Sean DALY
I agree the integration between the static intro, the wiki, and a.sl.o is clunky. We will be standardizing the navbar at the top of all three sections when we can, as well as editing redundant content in the wiki. Today, we will be welcoming a large number of first-time visitors and they will

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Sean DALY
Please note press releases now have their own page: http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=press Today's press releases in English, Spanish, French and German will go up shortly. thanks Sean On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Bernie Innocenti ber...@codewiz.org wrote: Bernie Innocenti

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Bernie Innocenti
Sean DALY wrote: Today, we will be welcoming a large number of first-time visitors and they will very surely be disoriented if they start their visit by clicking around on the wiki, which is a possible scenario since Google indexes the wiki before the static intro (a flipflop from the behavior

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Sean DALY
:D It's a good warning about being too design and not enough content Most journalists I know (and myself when I was a journalist and also later working with PJ at Groklaw) are in a big hurrry to find the information they need: they want the homepage, a link there for press or investor relations,

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Sean DALY sdaly...@gmail.com wrote: Please note press releases now have their own page: http://www.sugarlabs.org/index.php?template=press +1 Today's press releases in English, Spanish, French and German will go up shortly. Keep it up. Do you use PR

Re: [IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-16 Thread Sean DALY
Thanks In fact we went with eReleases, they are a PR Newswire partner and their nonprofit Causewire service is affordable and cheaper than other existing nonprofit offers I had looked at last month (PR Newswire, Business Wire, Market Wire, Send2Press). I wound up paying more due to last-minute

[IAEP] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Welcome_to_the_Sugar_Labs_wiki

2009-03-15 Thread David Farning
The wiki welcome just got a serious overhaul:) All of the introductory information was better presented on the static portion of the site. david ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org