[ODFPlugtest] Registration for Granada Plugfest?

[Basil Cousins]

Rob,

This is concerning - lets hope we can resolve today.

Whilst writing, an OFE Document Format Group has been set up in Brussels
chaired by Charlotte Thornby with myself as secretary t focus on the
political issues at EC and National Government levels.

This is seen as complementary to the Plugfest Initiative.

I will send you more details.


Basil
On 4 March 2010 16:16, <robert_weir at us.ibm.com> wrote:

> I've received another question today about how to register.  Honestly, I
> don't even know the answer, and that is not good.
>
> Let's look at this from the perspective of someone looking to register. If
> the search Google for "odf plugest" they will find this web site as the #1
> link:
>
> http://www.odfworkshop.nl/
>
> (Same for Bing)
>
> There is no information there about the Granada Plugfest.  There is a
> registration link, but it looks like that is for registrering for the
> Orvieto event.
>
> I do not see any link there to the ODF plugfest wiki site, which is where
> we are doing the real work:
>
> http://plugtest.opendocsociety.org
>
> But the wiki is not even on the first page of search results on Google.
> The fact that existing links point to the subdomain "plugtest" rather than
> "plugfest" does not help.
>
> On the wiki page I see the dates and draft program for the Granada
> Plugfest.  But no registration.
>
> Under FAQ/How to Register, there is a "Register as  new user" form, but it
> is not clear whether that is for registration as a wiki editor, or as a
> participant in the plugfest.
>
> And then we have this 3rd thing, the plugtest at opendocsociety.org mailing
> list.  How does one get on that.
>
> So I'm concerned that we seem to have three different user directories:
>
> 1) Those who are registered for a particular plugfest
> 2) Those who are on the mailing list
> 3) Those who have a wiki account login
>
> Can we make this clearer for visitors?  Some suggestions:
>
> 1) It looks like the wiki is now at plugfest.opendocsociety.org with a
> redirect to handle the old links to the plugtest domain.  This is good,
> but we should try to update any existing links so they point to the
> correct name.  The more we are consistent in how we link to that page, the
> higher it will get in search results.
>
> 2) Update http://www.odfworkshop.nl/ so it features a notice of the
> Granada plugfest and points prominently to plugfest.opendocsociety.org.
> Unless we're using that registration form, remove it.  But if we are using
> it, then we need to update it and link to it from the wiki.
>
> 3) On the wiki, give clear instructions on :  1) How to join the mailing
> list, 2) How to get a wiki account, and 3) How to register for the
> plugfest.  Ideally registering for the plugfest would automatically join
> you to the mailing list and set up a wiki account.  Don't know if that is
> possible.
>
> -Rob
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