[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] SpreadKde
From:       "Joseph M. Gaffney" <cucullin () wtfisthat ! net>
Date:       2007-02-08 19:34:22
Message-ID: 200702081434.22329.cucullin () wtfisthat ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

On Thursday 08 February 2007 02:23:43 pm Troy Unrau wrote:
> /me notes that spreadkde currently sounds a lot like a white elephant
> project anyway.
> 
> You'll always be struggling to keep the site up to date, and it's profile
> will always suffer as a result.  Even small, single purpose advocacy sites
> are having trouble keeping up to date (see phonon.kde.org for an example).
> Spreadkde will have trouble establishing itself, as it's mostly a redundant
> information source.

Doubtful.

SpreadKDE was always meant as the web gateway to the task center.  It was 
limited in access, and those with weren't available due to unavoidable issues 
outside the scope of KDE.

That has now been resolved, and others have access, and are working on it.

> o approaching the dot and moving some of the intended spreadkde stuff there
> -- I'm thinking specifically of the events calendar, which would be more
> visible as a module on the dot, and probably more used too.  Many events
> are already announced on the dot, as are calls for papers and so forth, so
> it would just provide a way to see these events without having to grep
> through the old news that is possibly months old.

Thats not the only purpose of the events calendar - as a place to help 
coordinate a KDE presence at various events, getting marketing materials, 
etc.

It has no place on the Dot.

> o focus the more official advocacy to www.kde.org instead, where it'll get
> more traffic, and appear more official: there already exists

The link under Getting Involved for Promotion will be linked to spreadkde.org 
once the new site is finished.  The page there now links to it for tasks and 
such already.

It is official, and appears as such, being that it is an official project.

> http://kde.org/trykde/, http://kde.org/whatiskde/, etc. which is very much
> in duplication of efforts for spreadkde.

And being moved - alot of the sites are being reorganized at the moment.  
Theres alot of duplicate info, off-site info, etc.  SpreadKDE is part of the 
effort to centralize associated information.

> o if spreadkde continues to exist, repurpose the spreadkde drupal stuff
> that you're working on so that it becomes an organizational tool for
> internal use, conference planning, etc. don't try to make it a PR channel
> at all, since it'll end up exactly like the last website...

Thats whats being done, and was always the intent - it isn't a PR channel, its 
an organizational system of KDE marketing & promotion.

> If you look at the existing website for spreadkde (or even the new one) and
> ignore content that pertains to spreadkde's internal organization, there is
> nothing new to be seen for someone who wants to know about KDE. Right now
> spreadkde is spending it's entire time trying to get organized when
> you should actually be working on these goals through existing channels.

Not really.  As mentioned before, the lack of updates was because those with 
access were unavailable to make changes.  This is the channel.

> As a side note, that drupal theme looks like a very well done fit for the
> official KDE website theme. :)

Yup - Nuno, as always, created some spiffy graphics - but like I said, it *is* 
official ;)

> Cheers
> 
> Troy Unrau

-- 
-Joseph M. Gaffney

"A Rainbow of Skyward Danger!"
 
_______________________________________________
This message is from the kde-promo mailing list.

Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on \
or temporarily stop your subscription.


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]