Re: Fwd: swag stores

oh absolutely. sub- page is just as good. and it makes my life easiest to!
and do not hold the article. we want to get people buying today, while the
goods can still be done before holidays.
On Nov 26, 2010 12:09 PM, "Justin Kirby" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Eugene Trounev
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Ok, so here is the action plan -
>>
>> I spoke to neverendingo (Ingo) and he agreed to make a shop gallery code.
>> The idea is to have a very simple page (from the mechanics, lot looks
point
>> :P ) that will show all the design we have + some kind of a nice "Swag of
>> the month", or "Best Buy" slideshow on top. Each of the design will
simply
>> link to that design on the site that provides the printing.
>> Why do a double work? Printing site already has a gallery!
>> Well, having the page under our own domain makes it *official* vs "a page
>> on some service site"
>> And, more importantly, it does not tie us to a singe service, allowing us
>> to switch if we need to at any time.
>>
>> What we need:
>> We need to decide on the sub-domain name for the page, something like
>> swag.kde.org
>>
>
> If we go the route you've described couldn't we just put this right on the
> KDE.org home page or on a relevant sub-page? I don't know if we really
need
> a separate URL, do we? For example, couldn't we just add an "Apparel" link
> under the "Community" menu on kde.org and have the URL of the pages you're
> describing be http://kde.org/Apparel or http://kde.org/Community/Apparel?
>
> Btw, while I'm totally in favor of doing this, I don't think we should
hold
> up the Dot article while we figure this part out in case it takes a while
to
> implement... (unless you think it'll be ready in the next day or two)
>
> -Justin
>
>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>> Eugene Trounev
>>
>> [it-s]
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Carl Symons <[email protected]
>wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Justin Kirby <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Justin Kirby <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Trounev <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Saleel Velankar <[email protected]
>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Thought this had died. Notice that gnome is currently running a
>>> contest
>>> >>>> for their new splash tshirt. I am still interested in this. If we
>>> cant get
>>> >>>> the store running or whatever lets atleast get 1 new tshirt on
>>> >>>> sale somewhere.
>>> >>
>>> >> Yep, my bad. Real life...its such a pain ;-)
>>> >>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Eugene Trounev
>>> >>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Lack of designs? We got an Oxygen team who can flood you with
those
>>> >>>>> today.'
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Yes I think we need some help here: here are the current designs:
>>> >>>> http://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/Swag
>>> >>>> I am biased but I really want to see this on a shirt without a ? :
>>> >>>> http://community.kde.org/File:Kdeshirt.png
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sure. I can amend that for you. Not sure what that ? is there for
>>> anyhow.
>>> >>
>>> >> It wouldn't hurt to have some more designs but we have some things
>>> posted
>>> >> already. As a reminder, here are the two sites:
>>> >> Europe - http://kde-gear.spreadshirt.net
>>> >> North America - http://gearwear.spreadshirt.com
>>> >> I was initially thinking we should do some sort of review of the
>>> products
>>> >> but after looking back at them again they're in pretty good shape
>>> really.
>>> >> So we just need to go ahead and announce that they exist on the Dot.
>>> We
>>> >> can always continue to add more designs as they flow in. (please do
>>> submit
>>> >> them to the list here or the wiki if you have something)
>>> >
>>> > I just finished writing up a draft Dot article to announce this. Look
>>> for
>>> > that once it gets through the approval process. And please feel free
to
>>> > submit new designs to be added. I think we're out of SVG/EPS slots
>>> until we
>>> > sell some things so use PNG for your file format if you propose
>>> something
>>> > new for now. I'm going to clean up the wiki a bit to clarify
>>> instructions
>>> > for adding new ideas and also to remove some of the unnecessary
clutter.
>>> >
>>>
>>> I just reviewed the dot article. It's a great idea to get the idea in
>>> front of people. There are a few comments and questions in the story
>>> that should be addressed before we take this live.
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> If someone else wants to take the lead we could setup others for big
>>> KDE
>>> >> areas like Brazil, India, etc (I just don't have time to do it
myself).
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I think spreadshirt has some rather taxing requirements on what
can/
>>> >>>> cannot be printed (color/gradient) etc wise.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Well, I dealt with them before, so I have an idea. Basically you can
>>> >>> print anything, but if you want a vector print (they claim it lasts
>>> longer)
>>> >>> then you have to bend to the rules. Personally I think shirts don't
>>> live for
>>> >>> more then a year anyhow, so there is no point restraining yourself.
>>> >>> Another words - anything that can't be used in vector form (and I
can
>>> >>> tell you what that is), can be used in raster, and then the only
thing
>>> that
>>> >>> matter is resolution.
>>> >>
>>> >> Yeah, starting out we had a lot of discussion about this and in the
end
>>> >> after buying some shirts to see the quality we concluded that the
>>> "vector"
>>> >> ones (3 color max, .EPS format) are not much different than the
"pixel"
>>> ones
>>> >> (as many colors as you want, PNG/JPG format).
>>> >> So I agree that we shouldn't worry about the constraints. If you have
>>> a
>>> >> really simple design then save it as an EPS file. If it has lots of
>>> colors
>>> >> save it as a really high res PNG file and it will be fine.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> So, do we want to do it? I think there already is something
>>> >>> on spreadshirt. Do you know what user/pass is for that account?
>>> >>
>>> >> Yes, I have this login. I believe Sebas and Stu do as well.
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I think it could be nice to create a specialized website under
KDE.org
>>> >>> domain to make sure we are clear on endorsements. If you think it's
a
>>> good
>>> >>> idea I'll start on it right away.
>>> >>
>>> >> As in putting this on the KDE.org site somewhere to link to
>>> spreadshirt?
>>> >> Or to have a custom domain name that redirects you to spreadshirt?
>>> (good
>>> >> idea either way imo if you can make it happen)
>>> >> Justin
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> --
>>> >>>> Saleel
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
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