Add a "Powered by PHPStorm" link to the footer #179
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I don't think this is necessary or appropriate. I use Sublime Text 2, and we don't put anything about that in footer. Nor do we do anything for others. That being said, I completely agree with recognizing them and making sure they receive recognition for their donation of their product. There were some other suggestions in the mailing list that would work well I believe. We should explore one of those options for recognition and appreciation. |
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I didn't mean for that to sound too harsh. I apologize. Perhaps changing the wording to not say "Powered by" would make this ok. I know we want to recognize them somewhere. 👍 |
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@dbhurley :) I am not against BTW. |
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Well, since english is not my primary language, there may be different understandings of "Power"... I'm sure we find something we all could agree on 😉 |
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Yep, exactly my thoughts. Thanks,
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Is there any precent of recognizing support for the project like this? I would certainly like to see their contribution recognized appropriately. Best, Matt Thomas Sent from mobile. Please excuse any typos and brevity.
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Nikolai, Thanks for bringing this up. This is an important thing to do. Best, Matt Thomas Sent from mobile. Please excuse any typos and brevity.
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From my personal point of view this is not so much about giving something back. In fact I am using my own (paid) license, even for my community contributions. It's just to say: Edit: I have included this text in my original proposal to make it clearer. |
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I totally agree with the initiative, but the "Powered by" is grating on me. If we can find a way to say "We just want to thank these people for what they've given to Joomla" succinctly, I'm all for it :) |
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I completely agree, and have also purchased my own license :-) I am wondering if this extends beyond JIssues and to the project as a I'll see if I can dig that thread up. Best, Matt Thomas Sent from mobile. Please excuse any typos and brevity.
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I agree but there's bugger all chance of me buying my own license 😆 |
You don't have to if you are only using it for project work. If you are using it for code from which you derive an income, you are required to buy your own license, and rightly so. |
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I know - that's why I haven't bought it ;) |
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And that's perfectly ok. I didn't mean to sound like you weren't using it properly, sorry. |
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I started using it for Joomla and I also end up buying my license. PhpStorm rocks! |
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| <li><a href="http://www.joomla.org/accessibility-statement.html">{{ "Accessibility Statement"|_ }}</a></li> | |||
| <li><a href="http://www.joomla.org/privacy-policy.html">{{ "Privacy Policy"|_ }}</a></li> | |||
| <li><a href="http://www.rochenhost.com/joomla-hosting" target="_blank">{{ "Joomla Hosting by"|_ }} Rochen Ltd.</a></li> | |||
| <li><a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/" target="_blank">{{ "Powered by %s"|_|format('PHPStorm') }}</a></li> | |||
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How about "Special thanks to %s" and we can leave the option open to add others.
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Hrm, maybe, but whatever. Ok, how about an end result of:
Accessibility Statement * Privacy Policy * Built on Rochen Hosting, PHPStorm
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Ah, hang it, why not just change it to Powered by Rochen Hosting, PHPStorm
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So we back to Powered by? ;) Personally I like Built on here:
Powered by Rochen Hosting
Built on PHPStorm
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Please take my comment for what it's worth (not a lot), but I really dislike any advertising in the footer of every single page. It puts a target on the back of the contributor (Why is XYZ recognized and so and so is not?) Furthermore, there is no open and transparent process for community to provide feedback on these decisions. It can sometimes be better to acknowledge the gift using a community blog post about the benefits the gift provides the community and the communities appreciation of the gift. That way, those sharing are recognized and valued, those reading who have something to share are encouraged to do so, and the same reward can be consistently applied as frequently, as needed. Again, not suggesting my thinking on this is "right" since there is no right way to do it, just food for thought. |
Just an observation but this PR is an open and transparent process for the community to provide feedback on this proposal :) The point being made though is has the donation from JetBrains made a difference to building this application. If so, then why not acknowledge it. It's paying it forward. |
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I wouldn't be opposed to some sort of credits page, or finding a way to slip PhpStorm onto the Dependencies doc. But there is some validity in the argument about the footer link IMO. |
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I was thinking the same @mbabker |
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Maybe park it until we get time to do the gamification, and we can give |
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At one point in our history they would have been listed here http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla/the-project/partners.html |
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I think a 'supported by / thanks to / whatever' page is better than having things like this in every page footer. |
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Well, a footer link is kind of expensive I guess... Rochen should at least provide free hosting for all the Joomla! "Core" sites.. and more. @mbabker's suggestion to include it in the dependencies page made me 😉 at first, but seems to be a good option to "solve" this. Not really sure if "Depends on" is better than "Powered by" - anyway.. under "Installed version" we would display then the version that every dev has installed - I use the http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PhpStorm/PhpStorm+Early+Access+Program btw 😉 |
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Just to avoid confusion... this has not been merged, I tried to modify my original proposal, but GitHub was too intelligent.. so ⇒ #223 |
As discussed here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/joomla-dev-cms/-p23OoOi6kA
From my own personal point of view this is not so much about giving something back. In fact I am using my own (paid) license, even for my community contributions.
It's just to say:
PHPStorm is a great piece of software and we are using it extensively during the development of the JTracker Application.
aka "Powered by" - please find some appropriate (short) wording ;)