From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Apr 12 5:21:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag2p14.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD1715226 for ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 05:21:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA86893; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:18:54 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 22:18:48 +1000 From: Jim Mock To: nclayton@lehman.com Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Advocacy Project web site Message-ID: <19990412221848.C86785@corp.au.triax.com> Reply-To: jim@corp.au.triax.com References: <19990410112459.A8358@corp.au.triax.com> <19990412111502.P14492@lehman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990412111502.P14492@lehman.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [-chat removed from Cc's] On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 at 11:15:02 +0100, nclayton@lehman.com wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 1999 at 11:25:00AM +1000, Jim Mock wrote: > > We've spent the last week or so putting together the framework for > > the new advocacy pages (which will be put into the FreeBSD www > > tree in about two weeks or so), and we'd like some input and info > > from all of you. We've got a prototype of the site up temporarily > > at http://www.ghis.net/~jim/FreeBSD/ . > > Personal bug bear -- the main header graphic has a white background. > So does the web page. If Netscape is in a low colour situation, it > will *dither* the white on the header graphic, leaving ugly stipples. > Please use giftrans (or possibly called transgif) in the ports tree > to set the background of the GIF to transparent, as well as white. > Thanks for the tip. It's giftrans, I checked =) I'll install it and play around with it in the morning. > > What we're looking for is the following: > > > > o Updated user group information. If you've started or belong > > to a user group, please check the site to a) make sure your > > group is listed, b) make sure the info there is accurate, > > and c) if it isn't, please send us updates. > > The UK information looks accurate. > > Is this page intended to replace the FreeBSD Usergroups information > on the main web site, or to duplicate it? > It'll replace it. As Don said in his reply, we're taking over that section and a few others as well. -- Jim Mock System Administrator jim@corp.au.triax.com ,-._|\ FreeBSD work: Triax Internet Services http://www.triax.com/ / \ The personal: http://www.triax.com/~jim/ \_,--._/ Power To The FreeBSD 'zine http://www.freebsdzine.org/ v Serve! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message