Re: Dead links from ofbiz.org website marketing page

Posted by David E. Jones on Jun 27, 2006; 9:11pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Dead-links-from-ofbiz-org-website-marketing-page-tp140230p140237.html


Yeah, it can be as simple as a message to this mailing list with the URL and maybe a little background (and a case study or testimonial for the marketing page if you'd like), or even a patch sent into Jira that puts links in the index.html and marketing.html files.

My opinion is: shameless or not, plug away!

-David


Chris Gamble wrote:

> We have just rolled out an ofbiz ecommerce site. A lot was invested in the graphical layout and design of the site, and utilizes several facilites of OfBiz. Is there a way to submit sites like this to the showcase?
>
> *Shameless plug withheld*
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Welton [mailto:[hidden email]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 2:56 PM
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: Dead links from ofbiz.org website marketing page
>>
>>
>>> Most of those sites you probably wouldn't want to show a
>> client or management anyway because not much has been
>> invested in their customization.
>>
>> They why are they on the front page?  Perhaps a more management
>> friendly strategy would be to have a 'showcase' on the front page, and
>> then somewhere else a 'list of OFBiz users' with a disclaimer.
>>
>> You also say that it's not worth tossing a site because it's down, and
>> that's reasonable.  However, the cumulative effect of a number of
>> sites not being available looks bad.
>>
>> --
>> David N. Welton
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>>
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