[consulting] Still need help with a Drupal one page handout

[Gary Feldman]

Eric Goldhagen wrote:
> I just tried up upload new files with a couple of fixes people 
> suggested via email (some text was missing at the end of
> ...
>
> attached is the revised version for review and comment (if this list 
> takes attachments)
>
I took a look at this version, and there's still a couple of spacing 
problems in the second paragraph.  There's a space after the hyphen in 
"community-contributed", and apparently a space or some other word break 
between the i and n of interactions, with the result that the i appears 
at the end of one line, and the nteractions at the start of the next.

Personally, I'd prefer to see that full sentences after a colon are 
capitalized, especially since the ones starting with Drupal must be.  It 
looks more consistent to me, and easier to read if they're all 
capitalized.  I realize that both options are acceptable, so this is 
just a personal preference.

For the three paragraphs inside the top-center block, either all three 
headings should have colons or none.  Also, the first paragraph needs a 
period.

I'd prefer that the sentence style in this block be the same.  
Currently, the first two start with an imperative sentence, while the 
last begins with a declarative.  An alternative might be: 

    A Development Platform
    Quickly and easily extend in non-trivial ways.  The Drupal 
environment is
    the ultimate in developer friendliness, as it is cleanly structured 
and easy to
    learn.

I'm hoping these are appropriate comments at this time.  I'm afraid I'm 
not familiar with scribus, and between that and the issue with the wiki, 
it seemed that trying to go that route would turn into a black hole for me.

Thanks,

Gary

> --Eric
>
>> close to final version in pdf and scribus format are now online.
>>
>> If you want to use the scribus file to make changes, download the 
>> gzipped version, the .sla version won't work.
>>
>> (can someone with admin on the wiki please remove the .sla file, 
>> thanks.)
>>
>> note that I am not a designer, I have not done desktop publishing on 
>> a professional level for over 15 years. any crit of design and layout 
>> are encouraged.
>>
>> --Eric
>>
>>
>>> I had some minor computer troubles, but the rough draft is finally 
>>> online at:
>>> https://svn.bryght.com/dev/attachment/wiki/DrupalOnePager/drupal_one_pager_new.pdf 
>>>
>>>
>>> --Eric
>>>
>>>>> On 9/11/06, Eric Goldhagen <eric at openflows.org> wrote:
>>>>>> At 7:40 AM -0700 9/11/06, Boris Mann wrote:
>>>>>>> Hey all:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm writing to ask for more help with a one page handout [1], as 
>>>>>>> Dries
>>>>>>> and I are fully booked doing final preparations for DrupalCon.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is going to be quite general, and be a one page overview of
>>>>>>> Drupal similar to the handout for OSCON 2005 [2]. Ideally, we'll 
>>>>>>> brand
>>>>>>> it with Drupal but not add any specific date items, or make it 
>>>>>>> easy to
>>>>>>> edit so people can re-use it at other events or for their own
>>>>>>> purposes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any additions to the page would be much appreciated, or even 
>>>>>>> better,
>>>>>>> someone to stand up and own the process of refactoring and 
>>>>>>> completing
>>>>>>> the text for the page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] https://svn.bryght.com/dev/wiki/DrupalOnePager
>>>>>>> [2] https://svn.bryght.com/dev/wiki/DrupalOnePagerOSCON2005
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I might have some time to help. Can you give me some more info?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Who is the target audience? Is there a list of events to be included
>>>>>> as in the OSCON example?
>>>>>
>>>>> The target audience is conference attendees in general (i.e. not just
>>>>> EuroOSCON). At EuroOSCON, there will be more suits/consultants, at
>>>>> FOSDEM there are largely developers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dries is giving a talk, and we might briefly mention BarCamp, 
>>>>> GovCamp,
>>>>> and DrupalCon (although DrupalCon is full).
>>>>>
>>>>>> By when is the final version needed to allow for time to make 
>>>>>> copies?
>>>>>
>>>>> By early next week. We can easily go to a copy shop and get them made
>>>>> quickly. It's the wording / layout that needs work.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> So the target audience is made up of people with some level of tech 
>>>> background. This is to interest techies and others attending the 
>>>> conference interested in looking more at drupal (and not aimed at 
>>>> non-techie folks understanding why they should look for techies 
>>>> that know drupal).
>>>>
>>>> I will put up some text changes tomorrow night, and then wait for 
>>>> others to add their changes to the wiki. Then on friday night (i've 
>>>> got a 4 hour train ride with nothing to do) I will do the layout 
>>>> and post that to the wiki for comment on saturday a.m.
>>>>
>>>> I could then make a final version on the train ride back to NYC on 
>>>> sunday evening.
>>>>
>>>> --Eric
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