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[Rubén Romero y Cordero <huayra@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi to you all!

Following up the minutes and status of the SpreadUbuntu project I have
worked on some ideas we should work on before applying for going live as a
graduated Ubuntu Marketing Project.

Meeting minutes and status can be seen here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Projects/SpreadUbuntu/Meetings#Meeting%20Q1

This ideas might imply a move to Drupal 6 which we have been discussing for
a while now.

Following up yesterdays e-mail I have made a mockup for the site (available
at http://ubuntu.ec/ruben/su/sumockup.jpg ) proposing changes. In the mockup
I have divided the site in several areas (defined by numbers).

I will now go through what my ideas for the different section are:

1. Web 2.0ish banner
It might require changes in the theme we are using or at least the
implementation of a script.
My idea is to have a set of images that change randomically and that are
appealing to the users. I just put some examples in my mockup, but it does
not have to be like that it can be just one image or something.

2. Launchpad Login
Implement this neat feature that give access to all Launchpad users
automatically throiugh the use of the OpenID module (more:
https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/OpenID). You can see it working in
The Fridge: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ or in the Ubuntu Ecuador site:
http://www.ubuntu.ec/

In that way we can remove the captcha and not allow any unloged users to
upload material. You MUST login. That way we make people aware of the
importance of launchpad and its role in the Ubuntu Community.

3. Get, Make, Share Material
This menu is great, but we need to improve it in the Ubuntu.com spirit. Try
clicking the menues there ans you'll see what I mean. Basically we have to
use the Drupal menues to make it even easier to understand how to move
around the site.

A little improvement of the pages should also be part of this change.

4. About SpreadUbuntu changes
Here we need to make the introduction quicker here and give the users access
to a couple of things:

* Either a campaign, what to do and it's related material
* Access to material in general

Little text and a picture to send people either to the DIY part or the
Campaign/Site part.

5. Campaign Focus area
Show the main campaign running now, and if we have several make it easy to
show them randomically. Here we should have a calender or list of
campaign-related events as well, which could use some space in point 8.

I've taken a look at the Fridge calender, but it seems too general... It
might just be me.

6. the top right area
Here we need:
* A set of RSS feeds for material and campaigns
* A text box for search
* A place to choose your language

Default language of this main page should be English, but the marketing
material being shown should comprehend ALL languages, not just English.

7. Media section
Should give a quick overview of what type of materials we have but be
smaller than the one we have today and probably more fancy.

8. Top Downloads / Most Popular
This area could show the top 10 downloads or the material with most points
and should be an area where images come and go dinamycally (JS).

9. Recent material
Get inspired and show the last 20 uploaded materials as dynamic content.
Flashy without flash if possible.

I hope to get people interested on pulling this off. Please add your ideas
here or in this wiki page

After some feedback I will be putting up a todo list in the wiki and making
a roadmap towards the release of www.spreadubuntu.com and
www.spreadubuntu.org

Thanks in advance for your comments!

Regards,

Rubén Romero
https://launchpad.net/~huayra