[libreoffice-website] 3.4 website update ...

Hi there,

        I still couldn't find your mail anywhere - which sucks, so I cut/pasted
from IRC, you suggested it'd be ok to CC the list - so I did that
too :-)

> I have prepared the "3.4 New Features and Fixes" webpage and just
>  need someone to take a look at it.

        I did that - it is awesome :-) you've done a simply fantastic job !
thanks for taking that burden away, you rock.

> The reason I write off-list is that I am not sure how this is usually 
> done as the webpage is not published on the active website. So the
> only  way to see the webpage is to log into the Silverstripe and to
> check out  the page. This has been my first time involved in this and
> I now know a  lot more on how to better organize the next time. 

        Right - I think perhaps we need to get less paranoid about that, and
make the page public, to help others translate it etc. but simply not
link it directly from the front-page (how does that sound) ?

        It'd be great if someone could do that.

> Here are some of the issues left: 
>
> * when will 3.4 be released ? We can make the page public at the same 
> time. Is it set for Wednesday ? Sorry, I ran short of time and could
> not  get it ready earlier. I can be involved on the next version
> update and  will get it out earlier and coordinate with the
> translation teams better  now that I have gone through the process
> once. 

        Fantastic :-) the release is scheduled for tomorrow - Wed (or perhaps
Thursday) if we need another day.

> the webpage title is too long and does not fit on the menu bar 
> correctly. If we want to have 2 webpages comparing v.3.3.1 (this is
> the  webpage we have on the site) and v.3.4, we will have to shorten
> the  webpage titles. I would suggest "3.4 Features" and "3.3.1
> Features" and  these should be placed side by side to enable members
> to toggle from one  version to the next. (At least this is what I
> understood we wanted to  have as per our la

        Sounds fine to me :-) We should prolly link to the other one with some
"And lots more distinctive features from 3.3" at the bottom (or
something).

> could someone check out the webpage and comment on it? It is similar 
> to the last "New Features and Fixes" webpage but I tweaked the format
> a  little. If you like the format on the new webpage, I will fix the
> 3.3.1  page format to match the 3.4 webpage format.

        I love it at least :-) though I like the highlight features in a
smaller table at the top (I think that was more helpful when we suddenly
had lots of them for 3.3.x since they were all merged in quickly).

> * we still need to get this page to the translation teams. I am not
> sure  how to do this if the page is not published. I imagine, whoever
> does the  translation will do it from the unpublished page. I will
> make sure there  is more time to do this next time. 

        I guess publishing it helps; I guess Andras / Sophie could prolly start
to help co-ordinate that on the l10n list.

> Note: If you think this should go to the list, then feel free to
> post it  there. 

        I guess it is here :-)

        So - summary, this is wonderful - you start to get me excited about the
release - which is good :-) hopefully that spreads the excitement around
in time for our release ...

        Thanks again !

                Michael.

-- 
 michael.meeks@novell.com  <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot



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