On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:49 AM, Ben Coman wrote:
Well done getting all this up an running. Some minor feedback on the web siteâ¦
Thanks for the feedback. Yes you are right :) This is why it is a beta :)
1. I would guess that one of the more important purposes of the site is that people sign up. So don't hide the signup and login buttons away from the the front page. There is room on the right hand side of the title bar. Once logged in these could change to the membername and logout button.
2. Paypal says the payment transaction will appear on my bank statement as "PayPal*ASSOCIATION". I guess that because the payment goes to "Association Pharo". It would be nicer if the payment when to "Pharo Association" so that my bank statement said "PayPal*PHARO" - but I don't expect you could change that.
3. When choosing subscription type, the term "_simple_ member" to distinguish from "premium member" feels a bit condescending and unnecessary. Just "member" on its own is enough to distinguish from "premium member".
simple = *2. *A fool; a simpleton.[1] /b //(1)/ *:* stupid <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stupid> /(2)/ *:* mentally retarded [2] [1] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/simple [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simple
Thanks indeed this is not the point.
4. Perhaps when members add contribution for display on the slide show, these could be added to the "What's new" sidebar. This might help increase the show of activity.
Yes. In fact for version 2 (not 1.0) we want to offer a blog to each member and aggregating.
As an aside, I love the name "Pharo" for the project but it is unfortunate that "Pharo" is such a widely used name with 3,000,000 unrealated results on google search, and "pharo.com" domain being used for other purposes. A tip for others making up new project names is to choose one with a small number of results on Google. A service like http://wordoid.com/ can help.
We checked google before when we decided and we love that name.
Marcus Denker wrote:
Hello,
We are happy to announce the Pharo User Association:
The goal of the Pharo User Association is to support Pharo development and promotion. There are two individual memberships
- Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 40 Euros - Golden Individual Pharo Association Member: Yearly fee 99 Euros
You will get - reduction access to pharo conferences, - reduction for training and access to teaching material, - be part of the pharoAssociation-individual-members mailing-list, - an account at the pharo association web site.
This Association is complementary to the Pharo consortium managed by INRIA. The Consortium is for entities such as companies, research teams, or institutes. For more information, see: http://www.pharo-project.org/community/consortium
The funds collected by the Association will be used in coordination with the Consortium to support the development of Pharo.
The Pharo Board and Pharo Core Team.