Re: Thanks To

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. Seems like an interesting idea. -Hannes