It would probably be a bit too disorganized, and too much work to make it easy to submit new things. As great as a wiki is, its a bit over kill and too hard to navigate.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Dan Trevino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > -- "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
