[documentation] project/usage page needs more advertising

Steven Peck sepeck at gmail.com
Mon Oct 27 17:55:36 UTC 2008


That's the idea of it.  It literally just got implemented.  It's been
in planning and development off and on for about a year now.  I am
finding some of the verbiage on the page a little obscure even for me
but need to sit down and figure out if it's just me or what
alternatives could be added.

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Scott McKinnis <scott at themountainaz.com> wrote:
> That's pretty cool! I could see many different ways of using this page.
> Right up front (being the newb I am) I'd use it to see what modules are
> staying active and not headed out in the future. Maybe? Also I can actually
> *find* a module for download. In searching for a module I seem to find all
> modules associated with that module long before I can get to the module I
> actually I want.
>
> Scott McKinnis
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> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi gang,
>>
>> Before I submit an issue at the Webmasters queue, I thought I'd get your
>> feedback.
>>
>> I just found out today about the existence of
>> http://drupal.org/project/usage
>>
>> Wow, what a resource!
>>
>> I think it should really be advertised a LOT more. I'd propose some
>> mention of it on the main module page:
>> http://drupal.org/project/Modules
>>
>> Other ideas? Do people agree?
>>
>> [It does have a problem in that, from what I can tell, Drupal 5 sites that
>> have the "Drupal" module turned off will not phone home. Many people think
>> that the only thing the Drupal module does is allow registration with user
>> accounts from other Drupal sites, which a lot of people want turned off. But
>> even with that limitation the information is extremely valuable, and
>> especially as D6 gets wider and wider acceptance where this feature is
>> better handled.]
>>
>> Shai
>>
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