Re: [Inkscape-docs] Hackfest 2016 page
by Sylvain Chiron
Hi all,
So I make the suggestion — :).
The English page for the Hackfest 2016 was unpublished, I re-published
it without worrying much mainly for these reasons:
* the page was still accessible in other languages;
* that was a dead link in the English navigation menu;
* I have a lack of maturity in managing community projects (as I
generally fear communication).
As Maren suggests below, this page should be moved out from the menu (I
never did such an act on the Inkscape website, I don't even know if I
have the rights to do it), and we may publish a general page about the
hackfest instead which would remain permanently accessible.
So first, someone should do the move.
Then, would you like the general page to come alive? I think that would
be a nice thing, as pages from the menu are semantically meant to be
quite static — so we could let a page and add updated information when
needed with links to news articles. Also, donations for the hackfest
seem to remain possible along the year.
Consequently, we would need someone to write that page.
Sylvain
Le 27/05/2016 à 00:31, Maren Hachmann a écrit :
> Hi Sylvain,
>
> Thank you for looking after the website.
>
> Before you do this kind of change (which is more than a fix), please
> discuss it on the docs mailing list first.
>
> As the paypal button is still valid, and Inkscape wants to get more
> donations, it may be preferable to rather create a more general Hackfest
> donation page than to just add an obsolescence warning.
>
> There's a team, and communication is important. I don't think anyone
> would object if you made a suggestion on the list.
>
> The process of taking the current year's hackfest page down would also
> require taking the page out of the menu, and deleting the part that
> links to it on the SupportUs page (unless it is decided *together* to
> replace it with a more general page).
>
> Please also don't forget to tell translators about your changes.
>
> Regards,
> Maren
>
> Am 26.05.2016 um 23:58 schrieb webmaster@...85...:
>>
>> Dear Maren Hachmann,
>>
>> you are subscribed to website changes at http://www.inkscape.org.
>> The page 'Hackfest 2016' was changed:
>>
>> Link: http://www.inkscape.org/en/support-us/hackfest-2016/
>> Published by: Sylvain Chiron
>> Language: en
>>
>> Overview of changes:
>>
>> Avertissement d'obsolescence
>> Le greffon Lien a été ajouté à la zone normal_template_content
>> Le greffon Lien à la position 5 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié
>> Le greffon Texte à la position 0 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié
>> Le greffon Lien a été ajouté à la zone normal_template_content
>> Le greffon Lien à la position 5 de la zone normal_template_content a été modifié
>>
>> You can find the full diff at http://www.inkscape.org.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Inkscape.org Website
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6 years, 9 months
Re: [Inkscape-docs] New document liberation link
by Maren Hachmann
Am 24.05.2016 um 00:55 schrieb Martin Owens:
> Hmm I hadn't thought about that.
>
> I'm attaching the graphic, we should change it for translations and
> then beg for forgiveness/remove their logo if they complain.
Thanks for forwarding the image.
Couldn't we just ask? The suggested proceeding feels a bit 'the wrong
way around'. Who would need to be asked? We could even pass the
translations back to them, if they want.
Regards,
Maren
> At least there's no moral issue with a translation.
>
> Martin,
>
> On Mon, 2016-05-23 at 23:15 +0200, Maren Hachmann wrote:
>> Thank you - unfortunately, I forgot to ask this :
>>
>> Is it allowed to translate the image? Any licences that apply to it
>> that
>> we need to keep in mind? Is there an editable version of it
>> available?
>>
>> (Their website says it's *not* CC-By-SA - but doesn't state which
>> usage
>> is allowed).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maren
6 years, 9 months
user gallery (InkSpace)
by Brynn
Hi Friends,
I've just discovered this page:
https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/.
I wanted to ask some questions instead of making a bug report, in
case the problems are already fixed, or about to be fixed.
In the future, will there be a way to change the title, such as
change "brynn's gallery" to "brynn's artwork" (or whatever)? Since it says
"None" underneath the title, does that mean there is going to be a way to
add a description? Or maybe there already is, and I haven't found it yet?
How does it decide which image to use for the thumbnail? I think
that's the first image I uploaded. But it would be nice to be able to
choose. Also that thumbnail doesn't have the correct proportions. It's
distorted.
And finally. It's not easy to find this page, and it seems like it
should be more easily accessible. I don't understand why it goes from my
profile (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/) where I
have to click on "All Uploads" (https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/).
And then from there, click on "brynn's gallery"
(https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/).
It seems like the Galleries menu (bottom-right of
https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/) should be on the profile page.
The Media Category and License menus could go on brynn's gallery page
(https://inkscape.org/en/~brynn/gallery/brynns-gallery/).
I can see how it's helpful to have an "all uploads" page. But
having to click through it, to find the gallery page (or pages), seems
unnecessary. I think the galleries should be linked directly from the
profile.
Let me know if any of these should be written in a new bug report.
I'll be glad to create one. But otherwise, just having those questions
answered would be much appreciated.
Thank you very much,
brynn
6 years, 10 months
Recommending an OS
by Martin Owens
I'm mentioning this in inkscape since it's an interesting idea executed
by a company rather than a free software project:
http://store.steampowered.com/about/
Take a look at the bottom, where it says: "Ubuntu is our favorite
version of Linux. Interested in giving it a whirl? You can install and
run Ubuntu from a Live CD or USB stick, or install it to run alongside
Windows.
Grab an Ubuntu installer from Canonical and see what it’s all about."
That's really interesting from our perspective, because our website
never recommends using a free software desktop, or linking to ubuntu's
website.
Are we too cautious about recommending something like Ubuntu along side
using Inkscape? Should we say that linux is the platform with the most
support and Ubuntu is probably the one you should try first. Or are we
happy with the no-opinion presentation we have currently? Is it false
balance to present ourselves as if all desktops are equal to us?
Anyway, I'm just mulling this over.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
6 years, 10 months
Credits Page
by Martin Owens
Docs and Developers,
There's a new credits page on the website, it documents the full list
of people who help do documentation, translations and website work:
https://inkscape.org/en/credits/
It could be expanded to include regular lp:inkscape codebase too, since
the lists are dynamic and most are generated from bzr logs.
Best Regards, Martin Owens
6 years, 10 months
Thanks!
by Brynn
Just wanted to say Thanks! for fixing the SVG display in the InkSpaces!
All best :-D
6 years, 10 months
