Re: Thanks To

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Daniel Brown <danbrown@php.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Philip Olson <philip@roshambo.org> wrote: > > Hi guys! > > > > How about moving the "Thanks To" off of the front page, but having a > "Thanks To" box under "Tips and Tricks" on the right. Listing 20 links > doesn't really fit well on the front page but it was okay way back when it > was just a few links. An alternative: remove the <ul>, use a small font, > and list them all in mt_rand() order at the bottom. So like: > > > > <p class="tiny">Thanks to (in random order): foo, bar, and baz</p> > > > > That is, if this solves SEO concerns. Whatever the case, we should not > be afraid to mess with it. > > I'd like to have a section that randomizes our thanks-to on the > front page and shows just one provider, with their logo, name and > link, and a quick synopsis of what they provide to the project. Then, > I'd like to completely get rid of the thanks.php page. It's really > insulting to those who really do want to support the project when > someone emails us saying something like, "pls advise how i can gets > thanked on ur php.net site." > > Because of popularity, PR, whatever, we're essentially providing a > venue of free advertising. Instead, that should be limited to folks > who readily and consistently provide outstanding service --- as the > majority do. Perhaps we not only make these (or similar changes), but > also only allow listing in the thanks-to section after 30 days of > issue-less service? Just throwing some unprompted suggestions into > the mix. > > -- > </Daniel P. Brown> > Network Infrastructure Manager > http://www.php.net/ > > -- > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Interesting. I was planning on putting together an image sprite for all their logos and displaying them horizontally. However, I'm interested in these ideas and will hold off on further development of this section until we've talked about it more.