Why not use the wiki? On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Paul Bartell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IT might be possible to have a document hosting site specifically for > the marketing materials, in which a moderator has to look at posts, > instead of them just being posted, someone can then link to a page of > the document site from the fourms. It might also be good to have a > simple listing. I know the cms XOOPS has a file managment module, > though we can probably get a php/ruby/whatever else programmer to make > a custom one that looks relativey good, though i do remember a > marketing site that had something of the sort already. > > > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 5:12 AM, Craig A. Eddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Something to think about, when setting up a site for marketing resources, > > is the physical size of those resources in kilobytes. As a draftsman that > > had to do everything, I learned that resolution, whether of graphics or of > > documents, matters. What is called "printer quality" resolution is 300 to > > 600 dots per inch (DPI). This can result in very large files, and if > > Marketing is going to have resources available, will result in the need of > > considerable space to store them. > > > > At the moment, I'm looking at the attachments portion of the Forums. The > > last 2 columns have been deleted, since here I'm just discussing the > > physical size: > > > > > > bmp 19.5 KB > > > > > > bz2 976.6 KB > > > > > > deb 976.6 KB > > > > > > doc 195.3 KB > > > > > > gif 976.6 KB > > > > > > gpl 976.6 KB > > > > > > gz 976.6 KB > > > > > > jpe 19.5 KB > > > > > > jpeg 19.5 KB > > > > > > jpg 976.6 KB > > > > > > odg 19.5 KB > > > > > > odp 19.5 KB > > > > > > ods 19.5 KB > > > > > > odt 19.5 KB > > > > > > pdf 19.5 KB > > > > > > png 976.6 KB > > > > > > psd 19.5 KB > > > > > > py 19.5 KB > > > > > > sh 19.5 KB > > > > > > svg 976.6 KB > > > > > > tar 976.6 KB > > > > > > txt 19.5 KB > > > > > > xcf 976.6 KB > > > > > > zip 976.6 KB > > Now, I have an odt file that the Arizona LoCo is using for a flier for the > > Hardy Heron release. The size is 146.8 KB. Obviously, I can't put that up > > on the forum for other people to edit, since odt format is restricted to > > 19.5 KB. Yet that's exactly what we need to be able to do. As a matter of > > fact, when I released it to the Team, I had to release it as a graphic, a > > jpg file > > (http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=64598&d=1207088622). > > Even acceptable pdf format size is way to small for use for submission, and > > that isn't even editable. > > > > We need to be able to use editable formats and submit them as such, for > > others to be able to manipulate for their needs. Submitting as a graphic > > doesn't cut it, where text is involved. Alignments and special effects > that > > can be done in OpenOffice.org are unavailable in GIMP, etc. This may > > preclude using the forums as our means of sharing, and require some other > > method. > > > > I don't happen to have a good answer to this problem, nor am I limiting my > > ideas to only that which I can conceive. What I'm hoping is that others in > > Marketing might have suggestions that would solve the problem. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Craig > > Tyche > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > > > > > > -- > "He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the > present controls the past." - 1984 > > Random quote of the week/month/whenever i get to updating it: "Don't > worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have > to ram it down their throats." > - Howard Aiken > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing >
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