[consulting] pros logo (was Drupal Pros / Marketplace dev site: comments and questions

[Scott Trudeau]

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I like the logo, but I see how it might be mistaken.  Also, it's a  
bit masculine.  In my brain Tie = the Man... ;)

Scott

On Mar 1, 2006, at 9:14 AM, Bèr Kessels wrote:

> IMO The logo is a bit odd. I thought it was one of the shrunken
> heads-on-a-stick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzantza). Though  
> 'headhunting'
> might be correct :D, I find this a bit weird, esp for those that  
> dont know
> druplicon well.
>
> Sorry to go nitpicking on a detail, but I find first impressions quite
> important myself.
>
> Bèr
>
> Op woensdag 1 maart 2006 14:53, schreef Omar Bickell:
>> Gregory et al,
>>
>> I started playing around with the site
>> (http://home.civicactions.net/drupal/drupalpros/) a little.  In  
>> general,
>> I like what I see so far. Here are a few comments that I have to  
>> offer.
>> Take what you find valuable and feel free to disregard anything  
>> that is
>> over-the-top at this point.
>>
>> - It would be good to include more dummy data to illustrate things a
>> little better. For example, given that we have "firms", I'm not  
>> sure I
>> get what a "group" will be. Would it be like "Drupal4Unions" for
>> example? We should probably prime the pump with an example.
>>
>> - I agree with others that we have to figure out how to integrate the
>> Drupal users profiles even if, I am a little less keen than some  
>> on the
>> premise that the only real way to judge a user is by the "user >>  
>> track
>>
>>>> code" method.
>>
>> - IMHO we should add a method for "sites/projects I've worked on".
>> While, I would be fine with the low-hanging-fruit approach of simply
>> adding a textarea field for this, I could also imagine this being a
>> little more sophisticated in that we could, for example, submit
>> "featured sites/projects" nodes. This  would allow for the  
>> association
>> of categories and users/firms to projects thereby creating online
>> portfolios and, effectively, another mechanism by which clients could
>> find people that they would like to work with. For example, the
>> potential client shows up, clicks on "browse sample projects/ 
>> portfolios"
>> and then perhaps on a "mass mailing campaign sites" link and then can
>> browse through some project screencaps with descriptions. When  
>> they find
>> examples of completed projects they like they can then to see who was
>> involved in making it. (By the way, there's a module, I can't  
>> remember
>> which, that allows this many-users-associated-to-one-node thingy.)
>> Anyway, just an idea.
>>
>> - I also agree with others that "marketplace" is better than
>> "DrupalPros". With this in mind, how should we integrate the  
>> "here's my
>> project/budget, who wants to do it" approach? I'm thinking "Find a
>> client"... although this pretty much implies that clients set up
>> accounts too. We will ultimately need this anyway if we intend to
>> feature client feedback/evaluations/ratings.
>>
>> Finally, would it be possible to have more access? For the moment I
>> can't even see the "people" (me) or "firm" (Koumbit) that I have
>> created. If this is too problematic at the moment, as people will  
>> start
>> to use it before it is ready and "real", I will understand.
>>
>> Thanks for your work/effort.
>>
>> Omar
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