On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > . > . > . > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Levels in which we might do things: > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Level 1 -- Do nothing but watch for abuses. If someone wants to > >>> sell > >>> >>> > a CD, then they are free to do it, per the license. They can > >>> >>> > advertise on eBay, their website, etc., but they have no > permission > >>> to > >>> >>> > use the trademarks. Nothing special on our website. > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Level 2 -- We allow a listing on our website (or wiki) of those > who > >>> >>> > offer CDs. But we make no attempt to verify anything. It is all > >>> >>> > "caveat emptor". We put in disclaimers on the page so users know > >>> that > >>> >>> > we have not vetted anything. > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Level 3 -- We review requests for listing and approve them only > if > >>> >>> > they meet our qualifications, which might include proper use of > >>> >>> > trademarks, a link back to our website, etc. This is similar to > what > >>> >>> > we did with consultants. > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> > Level 4 -- Like Level 3, but for those distributors who meet our > >>> >>> > qualifications we offer a special logo they can use, something > like > >>> a > >>> >>> > "Community Distributor". > >>> >>> > > . > . > . > > >>> > >> > > It seems there is at least some consensus of moving ahead with a CD > vendor > > page similar to the consultants page: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/bizdev/consultants.html > > > > so, Rob, if you feel inclined to work on #1 and #2 from your suggestions > > above, please feel free to draft up something for us to review. Then move > > on to #3? > > > > We might be able to jump directly to #3. We don't need to do #1 or #2 > first. > > I've started to draft the "Distributor Best Practices" page here: > > http://www.openoffice.org/distribution/best-practices.html > ok, this looks pretty good... > > I think in the end we need three pages: > > 1) The main page, which is the listings page. > > 2) The Distributor Best Practices page > > 3) An instructions page for would-be distributors, of how to get > listed. It might grow over time to include links to ISO's, CD labels, > etc., in the future. > > These pages would be cross-linked. > > > > So, we don't have to un-reroute what we've already done with the old > > distribution area, I'm inclined to put this new CD page(s) in bizdev > also. > > > > I'm hoping we can just implement this with xml and xslt. I'll do some > > testing in a day or so. > > > > That could be done now or later on. It is OK to start with a static > HTML page (not MDText) and prototype the design and even go live with > it, and then add the XSLT automation to generate it later. Depending > on the number of listings automation might not be needed. > > Do you want to mock up a distributor listings page? > Yes, I can do this over the next day or so I think. I just do up a static HTML as you suggest. Maybe like the old listing but without the region info -- to start. I started looking at some XML, and XSL just now, and well, not sure how this could be handled with the CMS vis a vis standard page headers etc. We could probaly define a "new" page type. For now, static HTML it is. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away from." -- Jodie Foster
