Re: [libreoffice-design] Discussion about Extensions-Site-Layout

Hi Christoph, *,

Am Sonntag, 23. Oktober 2011, 15:58:07 schrieb Christoph Noack:
> Hi Nik, all!
>
> Am Sonntag, den 23.10.2011, 13:31 +1100 schrieb Nik:
> > And on a personal note, all of this constant emphasis on donation is
> > really starting to change my impression of LibO. A LOT! We went from
> > a
> > philosophy-driven endeavour which emphasised its focus on freedom
> > (both
> > speech AND expense) which rarely requested money.... to a seemingly
> > money-hungry enterprise that wants more donations - more donations -
> > MORE DONATIONS!
>
> Ah, very good point ... thanks for the reminder. Of course, the
> donations are currently "just" required to pay for the infrastructure
> etc. So yes, it might make more sense to explain people what the overall
> project is about and how they can contribute to support us. From OOo
> experience we know, that some people chose it because they want to
> contribute, but don't know how / don't want to spend time.

but that is not a discussion task only for designer. I created the Donation-Portlet 
because there was a discussion and request on other lists (If I remember correctly 
the website list).
Thus the discussion had to take place on the Website- or the Foundation-Discuss-List, 
because otherwise we'll discuss this topic again and again on different lists.


> So, refining the tasks list ... open for discussion, of course.
>
> Interest of the people approaching the page:
>      1. Getting extensions / templates ... so users should get an
>         initial idea (so showing e.g. the most recent or best rated
>         items -> from here, people should be able to get further
>         collections)
>      2. Getting help how to install Extensions (currently it is still
>         manual work, so we have to help here)

Yes. But there is a link to a howto, that Gustavo and others wrote about this topic, 
on every extension project page. I worked on the code of Plone Software Center to 
make it posible that there is a hyperlink (and not only a text-link) to the howto.
If it helps, I can put the link also on the homepage.

>      3. Making it possible to "forward" information / templates to other
>         people (use case: advanced user "helps" less experienced person
>         to find what he might need)

Do you think about sending mails with links to other people?

>      4. Upload their own content (this needs refinement as well ...)

I need your proposals. Then I could look into the code of Plone Software Center (PSC) 
and Plone, what could be done / changed.

Regards,
Andreas
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