Thread: Re: web code update
Hi, Robert Treat wrote: > Hey Alexy, That's "Alexey", note the extra "e". > can we get an update of where things are on the new web code, including > if all of your current work is checked in? perhaps we could scramble up > some todo items that folks could do via cvs to help you out? All the stuff which is on http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/ is checked in. I am considering doing some cosmetic changes to the design (like a bigger logo and bigger font), but that'll be only on the next week. As I already said several times, I need someone with a "fresh eye" to go over the current site and write down the differences with the beta one. What's left is essentially the texts for the website. I suggest doing two big pages for "Support" and "Download". The "Support" page will list all support options, including commercial ones and only then point to mailing lists. The "Download" page will describe the stuff that is on the FTP mirrors and mention major add-ons to PostgreSQL that are not. Only then will it point to FTP mirror selection. I also need the *official* slogan and the *official* welcome text. Of course, one may consider writing a more verbose "About" page as well: http://alexey.beta.postgresql.org/about/ The changes to the texts may be directly commited to the pgweb module, if there are questions on templates, I'll gladly answer them. I'm Cc:'ing this to advocacy, since there may be interested people there...
On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:08:45AM +0400, Alexey Borzov wrote: > What's left is essentially the texts for the website. I suggest doing two > big pages for "Support" and "Download". The "Support" page will list all > support options, including commercial ones and only then point to mailing > lists. Oh, please don't. As an open source project we need the mailing list link as visible as possible, just like any other open source project. Other than that, IMHO your design looks pretty good ... -- Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>) "Uno combate cuando es necesario... ¡no cuando está de humor! El humor es para el ganado, o para hacer el amor, o para tocar el baliset. No para combatir." (Gurney Halleck)
On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 18:29, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 02:08:45AM +0400, Alexey Borzov wrote:
>
> > What's left is essentially the texts for the website. I suggest doing two
> > big pages for "Support" and "Download". The "Support" page will list all
> > support options, including commercial ones and only then point to mailing
> > lists.
>
> Oh, please don't. As an open source project we need the mailing list
> link as visible as possible, just like any other open source project.
>
I think we should promote our mailing lists over the commercial
companies, but I also think we need to integrate the commercial company
list into the main site instead of keeping it "hidden" on techdocs. I'll
see if I can work something up.
Robert Treat
--
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>>Oh, please don't. As an open source project we need the mailing list
>>link as visible as possible, just like any other open source project.
>>
>
>
> I think we should promote our mailing lists over the commercial
> companies, but I also think we need to integrate the commercial company
> list into the main site instead of keeping it "hidden" on techdocs. I'll
> see if I can work something up.
IMHO on the page it should say something like:
Community Support:
Mailing Lists
pgsql-general
pgsql-hackers
etc...
Docs
Commercial Support:
Command Prompt, Inc.
Agliodbs
PgSQL, Inc.
etc....
I do believe mailing lists should be first as that is the first line of
defense. If a person calls Command Prompt, they pay money (which is
good) but it is better if they checked the lists first.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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> Robert Treat
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > >>> >>> Oh, please don't. As an open source project we need the mailing list >>> link as visible as possible, just like any other open source project. >>> >> >> >> I think we should promote our mailing lists over the commercial >> companies, but I also think we need to integrate the commercial company >> list into the main site instead of keeping it "hidden" on techdocs. I'll >> see if I can work something up. > > IMHO on the page it should say something like: > > Community Support: > Mailing Lists > pgsql-general > pgsql-hackers > etc... > Docs > > Commercial Support: > Command Prompt, Inc. > Agliodbs > PgSQL, Inc. > > etc.... > > I do believe mailing lists should be first as that is the first line of > defense. If a person calls Command Prompt, they pay money (which is good) but > it is better if they checked the lists first. Agreed ... this is supposed to be a "Project Web Site" not a "Commercial One" ... listing the Commercial is important, but priority should be to our lists ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
Folks, > > Commercial Support: > > Command Prompt, Inc. > > Agliodbs > > PgSQL, Inc. Can I plead to database the commercial listings somehow? They will get updated/modified frequently. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
On September 30, 2004 10:08 am, you wrote: > Folks, > > > > Commercial Support: > > > Command Prompt, Inc. > > > Agliodbs > > > PgSQL, Inc. > > Can I plead to database the commercial listings somehow? They will get > updated/modified frequently. If this is happening, can we also maybe make the order somehow somewhat random? That way there is no preference given to a specific entity. -- Darcy Buskermolen Wavefire Technologies Corp. ph: 250.717.0200 fx: 250.763.1759 http://www.wavefire.com
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Darcy Buskermolen wrote: > On September 30, 2004 10:08 am, you wrote: >> Folks, >> >>>> Commercial Support: >>>> Command Prompt, Inc. >>>> Agliodbs >>>> PgSQL, Inc. >> >> Can I plead to database the commercial listings somehow? They will get >> updated/modified frequently. > > If this is happening, can we also maybe make the order somehow somewhat > random? That way there is no preference given to a specific entity. AT the least, it shoudl be alphabetical ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664