[Typo3-marketing] Request for help and advice

[Daniel Hinderink [TYPO3]]

Hi Kari,

Good to see you are still around.

> Good morning marketing group,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is right forum to ask these question or advices but
> I still try.
> 
> Background, as some of You know I've been using Typo3 since (?) veeeeery
> early releases. I'm chief translator for Finnish and my colleague is for
> Swedish. We have some 30 sites done with Typo3. Now we have got some
> other Finns awake trying to use Typo3 and they insist that some
> extensions should be translated immediately and of course in both these
> languages. Finnish language has been normally 100% translated but lately
> I have been busy and lacking at little in  translations, in Swedish
> situation is worse due limited time resources and lack of volunteers who
> skillful enough.
> 
> Questions;
> 
> - Should the degree of translation situation be shown somewhere in
> marketing material? Or should translation be at all marketed ? This is
> because I need quite of 4 languages, Finnish, Swedish, English and
> German and one of the is usually missing. Sometimes I need also
> Estonian, Danish and Russian and it makes me situation even more
> difficult. Note: extensions can be translated by domain/installation
> basis if there is somebody doing the translation locally, but in this
> case Typo3 will lose one of its' powerful arguments.

Usually the number of translations (of the core) is being used as a
marketing argument, but not more than that. This is stated on .com-Website
and in many presentations by other people.
 
> - Which are the up-to-date guidelines and rules to verbal sponsorship of
> Typo3 ? I mean use of colors and logos, how links etc should be used
> when supporting Typo3 use and development on national pages or on pages
> where consulting company presents its tools. This last relates also my
> personal interests as I'll do a subdomain in Finnish for Typo3 during
> summertime. But at the moment I need this info to "advice" some Finnish
> consulting companies because from their pages it's difficult to
> understand that they have not developed Typo3 (, You got the hint?).

We don't have a styleguide (yet), so I can't offer you a set of rules,
although the Logo should not be altered or added to. Generally it is
expected that websites state: TYPO3 is an open source project. More
information can be found at www.TYPO3.com.
 
> Sorry of this long email just before 1st of May, but actually I'm a
> little bit desperate due "spamming" of some Finnish newbies. And sorry
> if somebody sees this email off-topic on this list, I think this is
> right list in anyway.

It is, sorry if the answers are not very helpful.

Cheers

Daniel

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Vice-Chairman
TYPO3 Association
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