Home Page Updates [ was Re: Criteria for adding service providers on http://ofbiz.apache.org/ home page ]

[Tim Ruppert]

In commit r924312, we have followed David's precedent and removed all HotWax Media links on the home page of OFBiz - mean to help ensure that the project is focused on the community and not the providers.  Here is a link to a new JIRA task that I am looking to commit along these lines - later today.  Here is the information:

1. Per Christian and Jacques' comment yesterday - Remove the individual Service Providers link - instead link to the service providers page.
2. Remove the Sponsorship area - since the hardware is all ASF now and everyone is contributing every day.
3. Remove any other blog posts that are not actual news or PR wire information.

Here is the JIRA task:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-3560

Cheers,
Ruppert

PS I will also be looking for a number of new ways to spiff up the home page with new screenshots of projects, links to case studies (that we'll hopefully be able to pull together on the site), etc.  Looking forward to making this happen together.

On Mar 17, 2010, at 9:01 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:

> +1
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> Jacques
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> From: "BJ Freeman" <[hidden email]>
>> Just leave the link to the providers page in the wiki
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>> Scott Gray sent the following on 3/17/2010 7:38 AM:
>>> On 17/03/2010, at 5:00 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
>>>> From: "Christian Geisert" <[hidden email]>
>>>>> Raj Saini schrieb:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> We have been providing OFBiz customizations and solutions for last three
>>>>>> years and have been contributing to OFBiz actively.
>>>>>> On OFBiz official site home page, there is a section for listing service
>>>>>> provider. What is the criteria to add the service provider name to this
>>>>>> place? Is it only for committers (or their companies) or other
>>>>>> contributors can also request to add their name?
>>>>> I think this section is there for historic reasons and IMHO should be
>>>>> removed.
>>>>> Christian
>>>> +1
>>>>
>>>> Jacques
>>> +1, lets get rid of them.  Does anybody disagree?
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>
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