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

Eric Goldhagen eric at openflows.org
Wed Sep 20 14:35:55 UTC 2006 

first let me say that I really like the visual/layout changes you 
made to the document.

but, forgive me, but I really don't understand what you are saying.

At 12:25 AM -0700 9/20/06, Boris Mann wrote:
>We needed to update it locally, so ended up importing the text into
>Pages.

pages? what type of pages? wiki? drupal? import? to what from what?

>I'd like to do some more work on this in some common format
>that we can all do layout with. I don't know what that is, other than
>PDF,

Scribus is a simple to use F/OSS layout/desktop publishing 
application, which seems to me the only way to work in a common 
format and why I uploaded both the pdf and scribus files.

what do you mean "common format"

common format for viewing the content? for doing layout changes?

>I guess, but we struggled with importing from that as well.

importing what to what?

--Eric

>Again, thanks to Eric for his work on this.
>
>I'll be posting this to the DrupalCon site and sticking this into CVS
>and doing more work on layout. We have a dearth of marketing
>materials, both written and graphical, so more is better at this.
>
>On 9/19/06, Eric Goldhagen <eric at openflows.com> wrote:
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>I have made all the changes you mentioned, except the change in the
>>development platform section, and I only left that out because I have
>>a deadline in the morning and your edit would have changed the length
>>of the box, and I don't have time to do too much on this tonight.
>>
>>Attached are the new scribus and pdf files.
>>
>>--Eric
>>
>>
>>>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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