[Webcom] FOSS4G logo/link on osgeo.org home page

Frank Warmerdam warmerdam at pobox.com
Tue Jul 2 13:34:14 PDT 2013


Jeff,

I am not sure why.  I got the FOSS4G logo on that page.

Best regards,
Frank


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>
> Thanks.  I still see an issue here for some reason:
> http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2013-07-02 1:57 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Jeff,
> >
> > OK, I've found a couple of issues.
> >
> > 1) I used a relative path to the png which fails for pages other than /.
> >  (fixed)
> >
> > 2) It seems we have two "themes" for the site "osgeo" and "osgeo2".  I am
> > not clear which was applied where but osgeo2 did not have the FOSS4G
> block
> > enabled.
> >
> > I tried enabling the block for the osgeo2 theme, but this theme had a
> green
> > background so it was very unattractive.  Instead I have disabled the
> > "osgeo2" theme at:
> >
> >   https://www.osgeo.org/admin/build/themes
> >
> > and now the "osgeo" theme appears to be applied everywhere.   I'm not
> sure
> > if the osgeo2 theme was deliberately different or if that was just
> > something left over from some experiment in the distant past.  Things
> > should be working now.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Jeff McKenna
> > <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Frank, there seems to be a problem with that FOSS4G logo block, on
> >> any page other than the homepage (example:
> >> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html)
> >>
> >> -jeff
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:39 AM, Jeff McKenna
> >>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>     Thanks for adding the logo block Frank.  I also added an href to
> it.
> >>>
> >>>     Happy Canada Day everyone.
> >>>
> >>>     -jeff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     On 2013-06-26 12:06 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> >>>     > Jeff,
> >>>     >
> >>>     > I'm working on it now.  I've stolen the logo from the mapserver
> >>>     page, but
> >>>     > will have to scale it down a bit.
> >>>     >
> >>>     > Best regards,
> >>>     > Frank
> >>>     >
> >>>     >
> >>>     >
> >>>     > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Jeff McKenna
> >>>     <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:
> jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
> >>>
> >>>     >> wrote:
> >>>     >
> >>>     >> Another important task for the Web Committee.  Please add it to
> >> your
> >>>     >> tasks list (widget on homepage containing the next FOSS4G event
> >>>     logo).
> >>>     >>
> >>>     >> Thanks,
> >>>     >>
> >>>     >> -jeff
> >>>     >>
> >>>     >>
> >>>     >>
> >>>     >> On 2013-02-08 4:13 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> >>>     >>> Hi webcom,
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>> I would like to suggest that you add a FOSS4G 2013 logo and
> link
> >> to
> >>>     >>> 2013.foss4g.org <http://2013.foss4g.org> on the osgeo.org
> >>>     <http://osgeo.org> home page.
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>> Actually, I thought that there was one and just realized that
> >>>     there is
> >>>     >>> none.
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>> For the longer term, I also would like to suggest that you
> >> consider
> >>>     >>> adding a place on osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org> (maybe bottom
> of
> >>>     the home page or in a
> >>>     >>> dedicated events page) to promote local (and legit) FOSS4G
> >>>     events around
> >>>     >>> the world who send us a logo and URL.
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>> The OSGeoLive team maintains a list of 2013 events that we
> could
> >>>     start
> >>>     >>> from:
> >>>     >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_History#2013
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>> Thanks in advance
> >>>     >>>
> >>>     >>
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