Re: Integrating testimonials in GNOME's web pages

[Lefty <lefty shugendo org>]

I might be able to get something together over the weekend: I'm tied up
with Linuxworld this week...


Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I just came across the db4o page (they won an award recently) and saw
> their "About" page: http://www.db4o.com/about/
> 
> All down the left they have links to testimonials with impressive
> looking quotes - 4 stories, but each is compelling, and has an
> impressive company name behind it.
> 
> We probably have the raw material for something like this right now,
> with GNOME Mobile members (see for example
> http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gmae-quotesheet.html), distributions
> (see http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gnome10years.html), and of
> course with http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeTestimonials,
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeReviews and
> http://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeDeployments
> 
> Strange, for me these are the compelling stories of GNOME marketing, but
> every time I look it seems like they're harder to navigate to and
> further away from the front page. It's like we're trying to hide all of
> the good things people are saying about us.
> 
> Does anyone have time to perhaps distil all this material down to 2 or 3
> really compelling stories & quotes, plus a supporting page, with tight
> prose & maybe some photos? If someone comes up with the roght HTML &
> layout, I'll make sure it gets into svn.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.
>