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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Tim Ruppert <ti...@hotwaxmedia.com> on 2009/04/17 18:39:34 UTC
Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would allow those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the community before an official press release happens - to have new content to put in the Recent News area.
The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already released - while we're putting things in place to make it "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're bragging about it now.
thoughts?
Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
+1 for this idea
I have just asked a blog for OFBiz following http://blogs.apache.org/infra/entry/roller_installed_for_use_by
I have also some content for this new OFBiz blog but not really ready for now...
Jacques
From: "Ashish Vijaywargiya" <vi...@gmail.com>
WDYT for dividing "In the News" section into two sections (For details
please see my previous email on this) ?
-- Internal News
-- External News
--
Ashish
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya <
ashish.vijaywargiya@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:
> >> planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
> >> showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
>
> I like the idea of planet.* style.
> Because planet.* is very common pattern to share the thoughts by internal user of project.
> Thoughts can be related to project or supporting technologies in the market.
>
> For ex:
> http://planet.centos.org/
> &http://planet.ubuntu.com/
>
>
> I agree on David's comment for using OFBiz docs area (OFBADMIN & Wiki) & would personally like to go with it.
> But in my opinion we may need to expose these changes to the user visiting to the ofbiz home page to attract and increase his/her
> involvement in the project.
> So Here I would like to propose a thought / idea :
>
> On the home page(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) we have section titled "In the News".
> Lets divide section into two parts :
>
> 1) Internal News : The links present on this section will go to the page present inside ofbiz docs area (i.e confluence).
> 2) External News : Will navigate to external resource.
>
> Now each section(Internal or External) will contain the 5 min. & 10 max. topic that are recently added.
> If the limit exceeds(more then 10) then we should add a link (Read More .... ) and this link will redirect to a page on Confluence
> where we will get all the links of Internal or External Articles. If we like to have two page for Internal & External document
> then this approach is also fine, I think.
>
> Please let us know your thoughts on this.
> Thanks !
>
> --
> Ashish
>
>
>
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Ashish Vijaywargiya <vi...@gmail.com>.
WDYT for dividing "In the News" section into two sections (For details
please see my previous email on this) ?
-- Internal News
-- External News
--
Ashish
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Ashish Vijaywargiya <
ashish.vijaywargiya@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:
> >> planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
> >> showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
>
> I like the idea of planet.* style.
> Because planet.* is very common pattern to share the thoughts by internal user of project.
> Thoughts can be related to project or supporting technologies in the market.
>
> For ex:
> http://planet.centos.org/
> &http://planet.ubuntu.com/
>
>
> I agree on David's comment for using OFBiz docs area (OFBADMIN & Wiki) & would personally like to go with it.
> But in my opinion we may need to expose these changes to the user visiting to the ofbiz home page to attract and increase his/her involvement in the project.
> So Here I would like to propose a thought / idea :
>
> On the home page(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) we have section titled "In the News".
> Lets divide section into two parts :
>
> 1) Internal News : The links present on this section will go to the page present inside ofbiz docs area (i.e confluence).
> 2) External News : Will navigate to external resource.
>
> Now each section(Internal or External) will contain the 5 min. & 10 max. topic that are recently added.
> If the limit exceeds(more then 10) then we should add a link (Read More .... ) and this link will redirect to a page on Confluence where we will get all the links of Internal or External Articles. If we like to have two page for Internal & External document then this approach is also fine, I think.
>
> Please let us know your thoughts on this.
> Thanks !
>
> --
> Ashish
>
>
>
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Ashish Vijaywargiya <as...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
>> planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
>> showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
I like the idea of planet.* style.
Because planet.* is very common pattern to share the thoughts by internal user of project.
Thoughts can be related to project or supporting technologies in the market.
For ex:
http://planet.centos.org/
&
http://planet.ubuntu.com/
I agree on David's comment for using OFBiz docs area (OFBADMIN & Wiki) & would personally like to go with it.
But in my opinion we may need to expose these changes to the user visiting to the ofbiz home page to attract and increase his/her involvement in the project.
So Here I would like to propose a thought / idea :
On the home page(http://ofbiz.apache.org/) we have section titled "In the News".
Lets divide section into two parts :
1) Internal News : The links present on this section will go to the page present inside ofbiz docs area (i.e confluence).
2) External News : Will navigate to external resource.
Now each section(Internal or External) will contain the 5 min. & 10 max. topic that are recently added.
If the limit exceeds(more then 10) then we should add a link (Read More .... ) and this link will redirect to a page on Confluence where we will get all the links of Internal or External Articles. If we like to have two page for Internal & External document then this approach is also fine, I think.
Please let us know your thoughts on this.
Thanks !
--
Ashish
Adam Heath wrote:
> David E Jones wrote:
>
>> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>>
>> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
>> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>>
>> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
>> (OFBIZ) space.
>>
>> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If it is
>> linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space so that it
>> is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw stuff, then the
>> open wiki space would be better.
>>
>
> planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
> showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
>
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
From: "Adam Heath" <do...@brainfood.com>
> David E Jones wrote:
>>
>> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>>
>> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
>> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>>
>> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
>> (OFBIZ) space.
>>
>> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If it is
>> linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space so that it
>> is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw stuff, then the
>> open wiki space would be better.
>
> planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
> showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
Yes this sounds like an interesting idea
Jacques
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Adam Heath <do...@brainfood.com>.
David E Jones wrote:
>
> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>
> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>
> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
> (OFBIZ) space.
>
> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If it is
> linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space so that it
> is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw stuff, then the
> open wiki space would be better.
planet.ofbiz.apache.org, linked to our own personal various blogs,
showing ofbiz-tagged messages.
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Tim Ruppert <ti...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Great point - I'll put those points there, and then I'll show everyone
what I'm talking about as far as a "news" article that we'll link to
the home page. This is to encourage PR-like activities that will
hopefully start out as fresh content, but will get everyone motivated
to help publicize the project more effectively.
Thanks for the pointer David - that's a great place to start.
Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595
On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:10 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
> That looks like great content for the Main New Features page:
>
> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Main+New+Features
>
> -David
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
>
>> Guys, I think it's time that we push this forward. I have a few
>> initiatives that we've been working pretty hard at that I'd like to
>> put up there:
>>
>> 1. Accounting Enhancements
>> 2. Building a CSR application
>> 3. Payment Processors
>> -- Chase Orbital
>> -- PayPal Express Checkout
>> -- Other PayPal enhancements
>> -- etc
>> 4. Shipping Integrations
>> -- UPS work
>> -- USPS work
>> -- etc
>>
>> I hope this will get others to start putting "news" up there for
>> people to see and getting some more accolades for the contributors
>> when they do. Hans and the project management app, Brainfood
>> contributing WebSlinger, David's ExecutionContext work for multi-
>> tenancy - these are examples of things that don't get publicized in
>> (and more importantly outside for that matter) the project enough
>> and starting here could work.
>>
>> Anyways, I'm pushing forward, and hopefully you guys'll follow my
>> lead on this as I'd love to get more information out about all of
>> the cool things that everyone is doing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:12 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>>>
>>> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
>>> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>>>
>>> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
>>> (OFBIZ) space.
>>>
>>> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If
>>> it is linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space
>>> so that it is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw
>>> stuff, then the open wiki space would be better.
>>>
>>> -David
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in
>>>> docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases.
>>>> This would allow those of us who want to brag about things that
>>>> are going on in the community before an official press release
>>>> happens - to have new content to put in the Recent News area.
>>>>
>>>> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually
>>>> already released - while we're putting things in place to make it
>>>> "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where
>>>> we're bragging about it now.
>>>>
>>>> thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Tim
>>>> --
>>>> Tim Ruppert
>>>> HotWax Media
>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>>
>>>> o:801.649.6594
>>>> f:801.649.6595
>>>
>>
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by David E Jones <de...@me.com>.
That looks like great content for the Main New Features page:
http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBIZ/Main+New+Features
-David
On Aug 10, 2009, at 6:04 PM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
> Guys, I think it's time that we push this forward. I have a few
> initiatives that we've been working pretty hard at that I'd like to
> put up there:
>
> 1. Accounting Enhancements
> 2. Building a CSR application
> 3. Payment Processors
> -- Chase Orbital
> -- PayPal Express Checkout
> -- Other PayPal enhancements
> -- etc
> 4. Shipping Integrations
> -- UPS work
> -- USPS work
> -- etc
>
> I hope this will get others to start putting "news" up there for
> people to see and getting some more accolades for the contributors
> when they do. Hans and the project management app, Brainfood
> contributing WebSlinger, David's ExecutionContext work for multi-
> tenancy - these are examples of things that don't get publicized in
> (and more importantly outside for that matter) the project enough
> and starting here could work.
>
> Anyways, I'm pushing forward, and hopefully you guys'll follow my
> lead on this as I'd love to get more information out about all of
> the cool things that everyone is doing.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:12 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>>
>> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
>> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>>
>> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
>> (OFBIZ) space.
>>
>> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If
>> it is linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space
>> so that it is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw
>> stuff, then the open wiki space would be better.
>>
>> -David
>>
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in
>>> docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases.
>>> This would allow those of us who want to brag about things that
>>> are going on in the community before an official press release
>>> happens - to have new content to put in the Recent News area.
>>>
>>> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually
>>> already released - while we're putting things in place to make it
>>> "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where
>>> we're bragging about it now.
>>>
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Tim
>>> --
>>> Tim Ruppert
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> o:801.649.6594
>>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Tim Ruppert <ti...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Guys, I think it's time that we push this forward. I have a few
initiatives that we've been working pretty hard at that I'd like to
put up there:
1. Accounting Enhancements
2. Building a CSR application
3. Payment Processors
-- Chase Orbital
-- PayPal Express Checkout
-- Other PayPal enhancements
-- etc
4. Shipping Integrations
-- UPS work
-- USPS work
-- etc
I hope this will get others to start putting "news" up there for
people to see and getting some more accolades for the contributors
when they do. Hans and the project management app, Brainfood
contributing WebSlinger, David's ExecutionContext work for multi-
tenancy - these are examples of things that don't get publicized in
(and more importantly outside for that matter) the project enough and
starting here could work.
Anyways, I'm pushing forward, and hopefully you guys'll follow my lead
on this as I'd love to get more information out about all of the cool
things that everyone is doing.
Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595
On Apr 17, 2009, at 1:12 PM, David E Jones wrote:
>
> About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
>
> If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
> revised in the OFBADMIN space.
>
> If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
> (OFBIZ) space.
>
> For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If it
> is linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space so
> that it is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw
> stuff, then the open wiki space would be better.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org
>> where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would allow
>> those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the
>> community before an official press release happens - to have new
>> content to put in the Recent News area.
>>
>> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually
>> already released - while we're putting things in place to make it
>> "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where
>> we're bragging about it now.
>>
>> thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tim
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by David E Jones <da...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
About where to put it: what is an example of this news?
If it is news from OFBiz itself the releases will be prepared and
revised in the OFBADMIN space.
If it is news from users of OFBiz then it should go into the wiki
(OFBIZ) space.
For a central index... it depends on what we're doing with it. If it
is linked from the home page it should go in the OFBADMIN space so
that it is moderated. If it is just a place for people to throw stuff,
then the open wiki space would be better.
-David
On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Tim Ruppert wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org
> where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would allow
> those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the
> community before an official press release happens - to have new
> content to put in the Recent News area.
>
> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already
> released - while we're putting things in place to make it "perfect"
> for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're
> bragging about it now.
>
> thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
+1
Jacques
From: "Tim Ruppert" <ti...@hotwaxmedia.com>
> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would
> allow those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the community before an official press release happens - to
> have new content to put in the Recent News area.
>
> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already released - while we're putting things in place to make it
> "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're bragging about it now.
>
> thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Jacques Le Roux <ja...@les7arts.com>.
RSS : +1 (though I read mine only one time a week, I'm lazy, I prefer MLs :o)
Jacques
From: "Ean Schuessler" <ea...@brainfood.com>
> Sounds like a good idea to me. Ideally it should provide an RSS feed as well.
>
> ----- "Tim Ruppert" wrote:
>> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would
>> allow those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the community before an official press release happens - to
>> have new content to put in the Recent News area.
>> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already released - while we're putting things in place to make it
>> "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're bragging about it now.
>
> --
> Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com
> ean@brainfood.com - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315
>
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Tim Ruppert <ti...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
Twould be cool for sure. I'm just going to figure out if it needs to be it's own space or if it'll fit in the regular one.
Cheers,
Tim
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595
----- "Ean Schuessler" <ea...@brainfood.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a good idea to me. Ideally it should provide an RSS feed
> as well.
>
> ----- "Tim Ruppert" wrote:
> > I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org
> where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would allow those
> of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the community
> before an official press release happens - to have new content to put
> in the Recent News area.
> > The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already
> released - while we're putting things in place to make it "perfect"
> for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're bragging
> about it now.
>
> --
> Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com
> ean@brainfood.com - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315
Re: Putting internal News on docs.ofbiz.org?
Posted by Ean Schuessler <ea...@brainfood.com>.
Sounds like a good idea to me. Ideally it should provide an RSS feed as well.
----- "Tim Ruppert" wrote:
> I'd like to propose that we start to have a place in docs.ofbiz.org where we put internal "news" or press releases. This would allow those of us who want to brag about things that are going on in the community before an official press release happens - to have new content to put in the Recent News area.
> The example I'm thinking of right now is that we've actually already released - while we're putting things in place to make it "perfect" for Monday - I'd love to have a place to link to where we're bragging about it now.
--
Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com
ean@brainfood.com - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315