How to get content on the "In The News" section of the website?

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Developers and Keepers of the OFBiz website:
I'd like to add an entry in the "In The News" section of the website.
Specifically I would like to announce the availability of my OFBiz blog
at http://www.myofbiz.com. This one liner would be similar to the
tutorials being announced by HotWax.

Regards,
Ruth
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Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
[hidden email]

[Scott Gray-2]

Hi Ruth,

Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing  
this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at  
least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier  
to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.

On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate  
between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more  
commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual  
news stories which are a bit lower in volume.

Regards
Scott

HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

On 24/12/2009, at 12:50 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Developers and Keepers of the OFBiz website:
> I'd like to add an entry in the "In The News" section of the  
> website. Specifically I would like to announce the availability of  
> my OFBiz blog at http://www.myofbiz.com. This one liner would be  
> similar to the tutorials being announced by HotWax.
>
> Regards,
> Ruth
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword  
> "myofbiz"
> [hidden email]

[Tim Ruppert]

I was just answering you with the same info Ruth - make that jira post and I'll update it and get it in place with the rest.  To Scott's point, I think we do need to think about separating blog posts - but frankly the PR based news isn't putting out much volume here, so let's keep the "news" current with blog posts until such time that we're overwhelmed with "real" news and we'll break it out.

Sound like a plan?

Cheers,
Ruppert
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595

On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Scott Gray wrote:

> Hi Ruth,
>
> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>
> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> On 24/12/2009, at 12:50 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Hi Developers and Keepers of the OFBiz website:
>> I'd like to add an entry in the "In The News" section of the website. Specifically I would like to announce the availability of my OFBiz blog at http://www.myofbiz.com. This one liner would be similar to the tutorials being announced by HotWax.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ruth
>> ----------------------------------------------------
>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>> [hidden email]
>

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Tim:
Actually, I wasn't going to post each blog entry. I just wanted to
announce the availability of the blog. The blog has an RSS feed on it,
so if someone wants to keep updated, they can just use that.

I'll create a Jira issue.

Thanks
Ruth

Tim Ruppert wrote:

> I was just answering you with the same info Ruth - make that jira post and I'll update it and get it in place with the rest.  To Scott's point, I think we do need to think about separating blog posts - but frankly the PR based news isn't putting out much volume here, so let's keep the "news" current with blog posts until such time that we're overwhelmed with "real" news and we'll break it out.
>
> Sound like a plan?
>
> Cheers,
> Ruppert
> --
> Tim Ruppert
> HotWax Media
> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>
> o:801.649.6594
> f:801.649.6595
>
> On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
>
>  
>> Hi Ruth,
>>
>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>
>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
>>
>> Regards
>> Scott
>>
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> On 24/12/2009, at 12:50 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>
>>    
>>> Hi Developers and Keepers of the OFBiz website:
>>> I'd like to add an entry in the "In The News" section of the website. Specifically I would like to announce the availability of my OFBiz blog at http://www.myofbiz.com. This one liner would be similar to the tutorials being announced by HotWax.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ruth
>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>>> [hidden email]
>>>      
>
>  

[Tim Ruppert]

Sounds good - thanks Ruth.

Cheers,
Ruppert
--
Tim Ruppert
HotWax Media
http://www.hotwaxmedia.com

o:801.649.6594
f:801.649.6595

On Dec 23, 2009, at 5:40 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:

> Hi Tim:
> Actually, I wasn't going to post each blog entry. I just wanted to announce the availability of the blog. The blog has an RSS feed on it, so if someone wants to keep updated, they can just use that.
>
> I'll create a Jira issue.
>
> Thanks
> Ruth
>
> Tim Ruppert wrote:
>> I was just answering you with the same info Ruth - make that jira post and I'll update it and get it in place with the rest.  To Scott's point, I think we do need to think about separating blog posts - but frankly the PR based news isn't putting out much volume here, so let's keep the "news" current with blog posts until such time that we're overwhelmed with "real" news and we'll break it out.
>>
>> Sound like a plan?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ruppert
>> --
>> Tim Ruppert
>> HotWax Media
>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>
>> o:801.649.6594
>> f:801.649.6595
>>
>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Scott Gray wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Hi Ruth,
>>>
>>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>>
>>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Scott
>>>
>>> HotWax Media
>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com
>>>
>>> On 24/12/2009, at 12:50 PM, Ruth Hoffman wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Hi Developers and Keepers of the OFBiz website:
>>>> I'd like to add an entry in the "In The News" section of the website. Specifically I would like to announce the availability of my OFBiz blog at http://www.myofbiz.com. This one liner would be similar to the tutorials being announced by HotWax.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Ruth
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------
>>>> Find me on the web at http://www.myofbiz.com or Google keyword "myofbiz"
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>      
>>
>>  

[Ean Schuessler]

Scott Gray wrote:
> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing
> this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at
> least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier
> to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>
> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate
> between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more
> commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual
> news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
It would be nice if we were doing a "planet" kind of thing and could tag
the blog entries #OFBIZ or something.  Its easy to get going... some
examples:

planet.debian.org
planet.gnome.org
opensourceforamerica.org/planet

[Jacopo Cappellato-4]

there is also http://planet.apache.org for the Apache Committers.

Jacopo

On Dec 24, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Ean Schuessler wrote:

> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>
>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
> It would be nice if we were doing a "planet" kind of thing and could tag the blog entries #OFBIZ or something.  Its easy to get going... some examples:
>
> planet.debian.org
> planet.gnome.org
> opensourceforamerica.org/planet

[Ashish Vijaywargiya]

http://planet.ubuntu.com/
http://planet.centos.org/

--
Ashish

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Jacopo Cappellato
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> there is also http://planet.apache.org for the Apache Committers.
>
> Jacopo
>
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Ean Schuessler wrote:
>
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>>
>>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
>> It would be nice if we were doing a "planet" kind of thing and could tag the blog entries #OFBIZ or something.  Its easy to get going... some examples:
>>
>> planet.debian.org
>> planet.gnome.org
>> opensourceforamerica.org/planet
>
>

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Ean:
That would be nice.
Regards,
Ruth

Ean Schuessler wrote:

> Scott Gray wrote:
>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of
>> doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch
>> or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are
>> easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>
>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate
>> between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more
>> commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out
>> actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
> It would be nice if we were doing a "planet" kind of thing and could
> tag the blog entries #OFBIZ or something.  Its easy to get going...
> some examples:
>
> planet.debian.org
> planet.gnome.org
> opensourceforamerica.org/planet
>

[Ruth Hoffman-2]

Hi Jacopo:
Nice for committers. But I don't see that in my future :-)
Regards
Ruth

Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> there is also http://planet.apache.org for the Apache Committers.
>
> Jacopo
>
> On Dec 24, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Ean Schuessler wrote:
>
>  
>> Scott Gray wrote:
>>    
>>> Someone may pick it up based on this email, but the ideal way of doing this would be to create a jira issue and either attach a patch or at least include the html you would like added.  Jira issues are easier to track and are less likely to be lost in the noise.
>>>
>>> On a side note, I wonder if it wouldn't be better to differentiate between news and blog posts?  Blog posts seem to be occurring more commonly of late, which is great but I worry they may drown out actual news stories which are a bit lower in volume.
>>>      
>> It would be nice if we were doing a "planet" kind of thing and could tag the blog entries #OFBIZ or something.  Its easy to get going... some examples:
>>
>> planet.debian.org
>> planet.gnome.org
>> opensourceforamerica.org/planet
>>    
>
>
>  

[Ean Schuessler]

Ruth Hoffman wrote:
> Hi Ean:
> That would be nice.
> Regards,
> Ruth
It is rather easy to get going. We could set up blog URLs as a type of
contact mechanism and set a Role or a PartyClassification for the
parties we have approved for pulling blogs from. That's basically the
way I have OSFA set up. Is there a reason we should let people "sign up"
on the OFBiz site?

I'm also using Varnish on OSFA, which makes it largely "Slashdot-proof".