Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-10-01 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 29/09/2012 Rob Weir wrote: I have an English version, and an Italian one that is identical to the Italian version except it says Ciao in the title. For testing purposes only, of course. But if anyone wants to check in a real translations of those strings, it will be more interesting.

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-29 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: A technical solution could be to put the strings into their own XML file, so different localized versions could be used. These would be strings like column headers, the text of the disclaimer, etc. This would be perfect, and flexible enough. Another solution would be to have

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-29 Thread Dave Fisher
On Sep 29, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: A technical solution could be to put the strings into their own XML file, so different localized versions could be used. These would be strings like column headers, the text of the disclaimer, etc. This would be perfect,

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Sep 29, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: A technical solution could be to put the strings into their own XML file, so different localized versions could be used. These would be strings like

[WWW] Website Skinning and Branding [Was: Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants ]

2012-09-29 Thread Dave Fisher
Top Note: This has become an example of how to edit several parts of the website including adding xslt. - XSLT. - SSI - How html pages are transformed into AOO branded html pages. - Top Navigation customized for an NL. - Page Template Skeleton - Branding - including Header and Footer

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-29 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Sep 29, 2012, at 2:25 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Rob Weir wrote: A technical solution could be to put the strings into their own XML file, so

Re: [WWW] Website Skinning and Branding [Was: Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants ]

2012-09-29 Thread Kay Schenk
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Top Note: This has become an example of how to edit several parts of the website including adding xslt. - XSLT. - SSI - How html pages are transformed into AOO branded html pages. - Top Navigation customized for an

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-28 Thread Shane Curcuru
One specific comment: On 9/27/2012 5:02 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: ...snip... My solution was to ask the NLCs for assistance here and to place a rule regarding advertising. The rule I drafted was never formally enacted but a compromise was put into effect and came down to no ads. I had

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-28 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 12-09-28, at 08:39 , Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: One specific comment: On 9/27/2012 5:02 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: ...snip... My solution was to ask the NLCs for assistance here and to place a rule regarding advertising. The rule I drafted was never formally enacted

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-28 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 26/09/2012 Rob Weir wrote: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Draft+--+Apache+OpenOffice+Consultants+Directory I'm working on the XSLT script now. Looking good so far. Nice. From what I see, reusing it to rebuild the consultants page in the Italian website (the one

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: On 26/09/2012 Rob Weir wrote: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Draft+--+Apache+OpenOffice+Consultants+Directory I'm working on the XSLT script now. Looking good so far. Nice. From what I see,

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-27 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Another one of those larger ecosystem things I'll be pushing on. If you recall the legacy OpenOffice.org project had a webpage that listed various consultants who provided services for OpenOffice. We took it down because it

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-27 Thread Kay Schenk
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: see inline below... On 09/26/2012 02:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-27 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: see inline below... On 09/26/2012 02:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Sep

Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
Another one of those larger ecosystem things I'll be pushing on. If you recall the legacy OpenOffice.org project had a webpage that listed various consultants who provided services for OpenOffice. We took it down because it was very out of date and we didn't have time (at that time) to figure

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Donald Whytock
Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry, with a scheduled job to prune), so this doesn't become a barnacle colony. Don On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Another one of those larger ecosystem things I'll be pushing

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@gmail.com wrote: Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry, with a scheduled job to prune), so this doesn't become a barnacle colony. One policy might be that once a year (or quarter or

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@gmail.com wrote: Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry, with a scheduled job to prune), so this doesn't become a barnacle

RE: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Lawrence Rosen
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Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Kay Schenk
see inline below... On 09/26/2012 02:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@gmail.com wrote: Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry, with

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
26, 2012 2:04 PM To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry, with a scheduled job to prune), so this doesn't become a barnacle colony. Don

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: see inline below... On 09/26/2012 02:25 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@gmail.com wrote: Still

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Rob Weir
- From: Donald Whytock [mailto:dwhyt...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:04 PM To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants Still suggesting some sort of expiration mechanism (perhaps a timestamp in the entry

RE: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Subject: Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants [ ... ] Dennis will like this. Just thought of a poka-yoke approach to identifying obsolete listings. Simply require that the logo be hosted by the listed company. That way, if the company moves on, there is a good

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Shane Curcuru
On 9/26/2012 4:58 PM, Rob Weir wrote: Another one of those larger ecosystem things I'll be pushing on. If you recall the legacy OpenOffice.org project had a webpage that listed various consultants who provided services for OpenOffice. We took it down because it was very out of date and we

Re: Call for comments: Webpage for Listing OpenOffice Consultants

2012-09-26 Thread Wolf Halton
Automated curation will help a lot. The old page was very difficult to deal with and not very aluring to some consultants (me for instance) to market services from. Automated submission of contultant pages would be cool, too. If a service-provider could set up their own page and request inclusion