[pLog-general] Some help

[michael]

I would like to try and make time to help you with promoting next phase
of plog.  

This will be done a few weeks after final v1 testing, right?  Assuming
after plogworld is redesigned and new content is ready and most to all
things are debugged.  

Let's make sure we all get on same page so we can make Oscar's project
get well deserved attention.  Maybe also include case studies (example
sites using plog 1.0).  I can press release to a batch of sites... and a
second person could help with that.  I might also create some docs on
benefits and usage of plog for various niches.

Are you planning to work on branding of plog?  New logo and all that?  

The recent designs of drupal and spreadfirefox have been successful.
Maybe we can adopt that style.  In fact, the spreadfirefox template was
recently released.. might be worth migrating to plog template.
http://spreadfirefox.com/

After really reviewing plog's latest status (after being away as a
drupal user for several months) I really am excited about what has been
achieved here and totally respect Oscar for his dedication to this
project... and always always has taken the time to personally chat with
anyone who crossed paths with plog...being open to new ideas and
feedback.  I have never come across a better open source personality
than Oscar, truly.

So, what do we have... a month or 2 to get everything nice and ready for
a new 1.0 Final launch?  Can we set a date...without too much rush ?

Oh yeah... what migration scripts exist, if any, for users of other well
known blog engines?  Should we have some ready to go in case a very
strong interest in these users exists and they want to port over their
blogs?  
If we are going to spike interest in plog, we should consider this.
Though, I wouldn't consider it a top priority necessarily. 

Also, does anyone suggest good hosting provider for plog?  Such as one
that allows wildcards for subdomains and other features that plog can
take advantage of?  

Cheers,

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: plog-general-bounces at devel.plogworld.net
[mailto:plog-general-bounces at devel.plogworld.net] On Behalf Of Oscar
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Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:14 AM
To: Mark Wu; Jon Daley; Francesc Pla Prats; Michael_Erdmann at t-online.de;
Bradley Liang; Benjamin Krause; linuxman;
plog-general at devel.plogworld.net
Subject: [pLog-general] Some help

Hello again,

I think that 1.0 brings enough new features to say that we are at the
same level (or even higher) that other tools such as Wordpress or
Drupal so probably what we need now is some marketing and promotion.

I have compiled a checklist of things that could be done to promote plog
better:

- place an annoucement in sites like freshmeat.net, hotscripts.com,
etc. --> ANY OTHER SITE??

- create something like a press release in at least English and
Chinese and send it to sites like Newsforge, Slashdot, etc, perhaps
they will even publish it :-) --> COULD SOMEONE WRITE SOMETHING NICE?
Also, ANY OTHER SITE??

- create a "comms kit", perhaps a few slides in pdf format --> I can
create a master .ppt/.keynote/OO template, but VOLUNTEERS OR IDEAS
REGARDING THE CONTENTS ARE WELCOME!

- finish off the new design for www.plogworld.net. At the moment the
site is mostly a development blog but I would prefer that the blog is
no longer the centre of the site. Instead, I would like to add some
sections with more information. I have a draft at
http://devel.plogworld.net/blog/plog_development_snapshot but the
contents need to be finalized and the whole blog needs to be designed
(http://devel.plogworld.net/blog/plog_development_snapshot/page/blog)
--> HELP IS APPRECIATED HERE TOO :-)

- The persons running the local plog sites might have other
area-specific ideas too... --> WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW MORE

In general any other idea regarding promotion and marketing will be
appreciated...

Oscar
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