'a 'press' page on kde.org'

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List:       kde-www
Subject:    a 'press' page on kde.org
From:       jos poortvliet <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date:       2007-08-20 18:29:11
Message-ID: 200708202029.15982.jos () mijnkamer ! nl
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Hi people,

I'm interested in generating some content for a Press page on kde.org.

I think the page should contain a link to kde-promo@kde.org, and the attached 
article might be usefull. It's a sort of 'how-to' for writing KDE-related 
articles for magazines or something... What else?

Let me know what you think about it, then I can try to come up with a more 
concrete text for the 'press' page... Comments on the 'writing.html' article 
is also highly appreciated.

(@Troy: you had something like this as well, right? and you promised to send 
it to me ;-) plz?)

grtz

Jos

-- 
Disclaimer:

Alles wat ik doe denk en zeg is gebaseerd op het wereldbeeld wat ik nu heb. 
Ik ben niet verantwoordelijk voor wijzigingen van de wereld, of het beeld wat 
ik daarvan heb, noch voor de daaruit voortvloeiende gedragingen van mezelf. 
Alles wat ik zeg is aardig bedoeld, tenzij expliciet vermeld.

Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

   A: Because it destroys the flow of the conversation
   Q: Why is top-posting bad?

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<h2>Articles about KDE</h2>
<p>
The purpose of this page is to help anyone who wants to write about KDE, be it for a \
blog or a magazine. We will show you how to find information and contact the \
community with questions. </p>
<h3>Finding information.</h3>
<p>
As most work in KDE is done over the internet, 95% of the information can be found \
there as well. But much of this information is hidden away in mailinglists, chat \
channels and blogs. It is hard to extract information out of those in an efficient \
way, so we will give you a few pointers on how to find information about a topic \
efficiently. </p>
<h4>The KDE site</h4>
<p>
The first source of information about KDE and the project can be found on the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">KDE website</a>. <a href="http://kde.org/whatiskde/">What \
is KDE</a> and <a href="http://kde.org/info/">general information about KDE</a> are \
of most interest. Of course, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">site of the Free \
Software Foundation</a> can give you more information on our roots. Don't skip the <a \
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy">philosophy section</a>! </p>
<h4>Websites</h4>
<p>
Most individual KDE subprojects have their own website under the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">kde.org</a> umbrella. For example, the educational project \
can be found on <a href="http://edu.kde.org">edu.kde.org</a>. Much information can be \
found on these sites, though it might be outdated. These sites are aggregated on the \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects page</a>. </p>
<h4>Techbase</h4>
<p>
Much more technical information can be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org">techbase site</a>. KDE gathers all relevant developer \
information here. Interesting pages can be: <UL>
<LI>Development frameworks in KDE 4:  <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4">Architecture/KDE4</a> \
<LI>Release schedulers and feature plans:  <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules">Schedules</a> <LI>Overview of the KDE \
projects:  <a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> </UL>
</p>
<h4>The KDE news site</h4>
<p>
A premier source off information about KDE is the KDE news site, <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org">the Dot</a>. It offers  <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org/searchForm">search functionality</a>, and we can give a \
recommendation: The <a \
href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/dot?as_q=road+to+kde&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100">'Road \
to KDE 4'</a> series by Troy Unrau are an excellent startingpoint on the many new \
technologies available in KDE 4. Further, just searching for the technology you are \
looking for, like 'Decibel' will help you find what you are looking for. </p>
<h4>People</h4>
<p>
For information about the KDE developers, we recommend <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>. It offers interviews with \
many KDE developers. Further, you can find their blogs mostly on the <a \
href="http://planetkde.org/">Planet</a>. Look under subscriptions for individual \
feeds. </p>
<h4>Commit Digest</h4>
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commit-digest.org/">Commit Digest</a> is a very valuable \
source of more detailed information, but it can be hard to extract due to the sheer \
amount of information. A good tip is to quickly read the 'This Week' section at the \
top to get a quick overview of "what's hot". Further, you can use your browsers \
search functionallity... </p>
<h4>Mailinglist Archives</h4>
<p>
The most detailed information generally available online is to be found in the \
mailinglist archives of the several KDE projects. Links to these mailinglists can be \
found on their respective websites (see the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> site). </p>
<p>
An example of the edu mailinglist archives can be found <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-edu/">here</a>. Using the search \
functionallity is often required to find anything useful in a decent amount of time! \
</p> <h3>Contacting the community</h3>
<p>
If you want to have the latest information, or verify what you're writing, the best \
place to ask is on the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailinglist">mailinglist</a> or the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC channels</a>. You can \
subscribe to the mailinglist, information about this can be found on the induvidual \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">projects'</a> websites. The same goes for \
IRC, the channelnames and server information. </p>
<p>
If you want to get in contact with individual developers, you can send them an email. \
Names can often be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Project</a> website or on <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>, and google-ing often brings \
up their email adress (tip: Google the name + "KDE"). </p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>
If you want to write about KDE, it is often advisable to find a specific source of \
interest, as the whole of KDE is a lot to write about. Picking one of the \
technologies behind KDE and writing an article about them is made easy by the huge \
amount of information available online. The above guide can help you quickly gather \
the basic information, and it tells you where you can find or ask about the current \
status. </p>

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