Re: Thanks To

On Jul 5, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > 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. >>> >>> >> 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. For what it's worth, I still think less is best, but as either the randomly ordered small plain text, or simply the [Thanks To] home-sidebar button leading to thanks.php. And thanks.php could be updated and refer to the credits, as we really aren't only thanking people who provide hardware. Regards, Philip