Hello LibreOffice Online Template Support people,
I am writing this to let you know I am unhappy with the process of submitting an online template. If I am understanding the whole point of the templates.libreoffice.org/template-center correctly, it should be a place where people can EASILY share and upload their own LibreOffice templates like budgets, resume designs, and ideas I haven’t even thought of yet, to share with rest of LibreOffice community. This is an excellent way for people who don’t have money to donate, don’t know how to program, but they have one great template that they want share with other LibreOffice users and can feel they are contributing or giving back to the project. Here’s my problem, the process of submitting a template is so difficult and so involved and has so many steps, that for a typical home user, uploading a template is almost impossible. The steps I took to add a template can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m99Wfk6JzA I’m not saying having all those steps and options aren’t useful, to some; They may be, but I am suggesting that you should consider adding a template express button for people who just want to put in the minimal amount of information on one page and submit a template for review. Do you think the average user knows the difference between a GPL – GNU, GPL-v3-GNU, BSD, and Other OSI Approved license? And just before that you have “Please examine carefully” Really? Our average users head is spinning at this point from all the other questions and pages, and the come upon this question that is a required field that I should “examine carefully” . Maybe you could place a message on the template express button – the template license will default to public (or something like that). All new projects will start with version 1.0. The release summary will be the same as project summary. If there are macros, more questions may have to be asked, but for a simple template with no macros, an express button to simplify the process would help out. Please consider simplifying the LibreOffice online template submitting a template process. Thank you, Michael -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/website/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
