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[opensuse-wiki] English only Home Page
by Frank Sundermeyer 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Hi, a few days ago there have been some complaints about the new project home page being English only (www.opensuse.org). Since this issue is still open I'd like to restart the discussion (not without adding my 2 cents first, of course ;-) ). Summary of the previous discussion: * new homepage is English only - this is a step back * new homepage should honour the browser's locale or a world map splash screen should be added My 2 Cents: * The new Home page mainly consists of - three slogans (Get It / Discover It / Build It) - three fixed terms (Download / Wiki / Build Service) - and a sentence explaining what the project is about. It probably doesn't make sense to translate the slogans and the phrase "Build Service" also do not think that translations for "Wiki" exist. "Download" is probably understood by every person using the internet. So it really boils down to translating the sentence about the project. I am really not sure whether this is really important. However, this sentence hadn't been there before, so I do not agree that the new homepage is a step back in this regard. -- Regards Frank Frank Sundermeyer, Technical Writer, Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.opensuse.org/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane (Dogbert) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Wiki Site Layout Suggestion (http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org)
by Christopher Cook 03 Sep '07

03 Sep '07

Just a suggestion, http://www.opensuse.org/ got a new layout, which looks a lot nicer than the old one, and the Get It link there looks very nice and professional, but shouldn't the wiki site get a new layout as well? It would be more inviting. I don't know about you guys, but I always love to see a new layout or design on one of my favorite sites. Maybe I'm wrong and it seems nice and new enough? I'm open to any comments about this. It wouldn't serve much more than a cosmetic purpose, but it still may be time for an upgrade. -- Regards, Christopher Cook --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-wiki] Simplify Chinese Wiki status
by Christopher Cook 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Pushing that page isn't a bad idea. With 10.3 on its way, it may draw many of the Chinese people to it, as it will the rest of the world. On 8/30/07, Thruth <gubotruth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There are about 40 tutorial/instructions there. All important pages > were translated. > > On 8/30/07, Alex Lau <allau(a)novell.com> wrote: > > Dear all > > > > Could anyone help push the cn.opensuse.org to the front page? > > > -- Regards, Christopher Cook --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Development Version download page: warning and link to bugs
by Francis Giannaros 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hi guys, Two suggestions for the development download page: * Add some red-ish writing near the top saying something along the lines of "this is a beta, don't use it on production machines, there will be bugs.." * Add a link to the Most Annoying Bugs List near the top as well, so people know what they're letting themselves in for and hopefully to avoid more duplicates in bugzilla Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse-wiki] English only Home Page
by John Smith 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Gabriel . wrote: >> It probably doesn't make sense to translate the slogans and the >> phrase "Build Service" also do not think that translations >> for "Wiki" exist. "Download" is probably understood by every person >> using the internet. > > I agree with this. > However, the language selection list should point to the user language > instead of selecting english as default. > However, the language selection list should point to the user language I agree with this statement. I have been to many foreign sites that recognize something about my computer that tell the site that I speak English (or live in an English speaking area), and the language is either adjusted to English, or the drop down menu pops up with English highlighted and expects me to click on it. Shouldn't we incorporate this into the site? Opensuse 10.3 will draw attention, and the site should be as welcoming as possible, especially seeing that many will already be dealing with the post-Windows syndrome after switching. It really doesn't matter to me much though, either way, I speak english, so its fine for me, but there are some that may want it differently to be welcomed. Regards Christopher Cook --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Should we add translation about zh_cn to wiki page in www.opensuse.org pulldown menu?
by Bin Li 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi, Now cn.opensuse.org is already exist, but I can't visit it from the www.opensuse.org. And the item should be : zh_cn - 简体中文 -- Sincerely Yours, Charles Li

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[opensuse-wiki] www.opensuse.org invisible
by jdd 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

I just noticed that if the seamonkey option "use system color" is checked, the www.opensuse.org page become nearly empty (only the links stay visible) - same with firefox 2 this is a problem! is not the page made with images? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Change of Communicate page - translations needed
by Francis Giannaros 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

Hi guys, So we gave a major makeover to the opensuse.org/Communicate page as it will be getting a lot more exposure and will even be featured directly into the distribution (like in the SUSE greeter). If you're a translator please consider porting the page to the new structure so it's clearer for users! :) Kind thoughts, -- Francis Giannaros http://francis.giannaros.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] example of langage detection
by jdd 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

I had recently to use the hp support, and found this page very handy: http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl I'm french and for me this page displayed the page in french and the proposed link was to the french site openSUSE home page should work accordingly: provide the link it thinks good, but letting the choice to the user jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] new sites
by jdd 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

I notice new pages have been set online. I missed the annoucement. specially http://www.opensuse.org/ I have no problem with the layout, except the fact that it's much more english oriented than the other green lizard one. This is a step backward... I have also a problem with the "get it" page, but this one could be solved easily. This page is nearly static, as of the text content (of course not for the links), so it should be possible to have localized ones. If not I wonder how we can have localized download pages (now, the wiki download page is completely obsolete) and don't mistake: this one is a good change (if localized) thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://gourmandises.orangeblog.fr/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+help(a)opensuse.org

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