[ciphershed] Re: Website & publicity
- From: "Alain Forget" <aforget@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ciphershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:06:49 -0400
> I haven't seen the documentary; is it a thick documentary or an easy
> explanation how to use TC?
For better or worse, the complete document is very beefy:
https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/TrueCrypt%20User%20Guide.pdf
However, it does begin with a decent "Beginner's Tutorial" on page 7, so for
now, we could point them specifically to that section.
If we are going to link to this guide, it *definitely* should be hosted on our
own site. In fact, all pages that we expect non-technical users to follow
should have the same look and feel, and lead to resources hosted on our own
domain. For things we expect non-technical users to want to look into, we
shouldn't be directing them to third-party sites, because they'll otherwise get
confused.
>> CipherShed is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. [I deliberately ordered
>> them like this because I think (but may be wrong) that this is most common,
>> and ordered by overall OS market share]
> I changed that order purposefully. :@
Hm; if you're hesitant to accept my recommendation, perhaps we should discuss
it then. Why did you originally order them Linux, Windows, and Mac? I feel that
Linux first gives the impression that CipherShed is more technical (read: less
accessible/usable for non-technical users) than most other applications, and
that we just support Windows and Mac because we have to, kind of as an
afterthought (which I hope isn't our intention!). I feel that putting Windows
and Mac first gives the impression that we're putting end-users first (or at
least on equal footing), which I think gives them confidence to download and
use our software...while more technical Linux users probably don't need that
kind of convincing, because they're more interested in the technical and
practical aspects of the software...so I suspect they're less swayed by
seemingly minor things like order of links.
> In fact I've been doing webdevelopment as a job for a number of years now
> (see beautifulbits.de).
This gives me more confidence in your recommendation of WordPress, both because
you're very familiar with it and know what you're doing, and your continued use
of WP suggests you trust it.
Alain
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Subject: [ciphershed] Re: Website & publicity
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:35:59 -0400
"Alain Forget" <aforget@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> CipherShed is completely free data encryption software for keeping your data
> secure and private. Learn how to use CipherShed. [Make the aforementioned
> sentence a link to the Truecrypt User Guide documentation, our wiki, or
> whatever will most quickly and easily/painlessly show users what CipherShed
> is and how to use it. It would be ideal if we could rebrand and re-publish
> the TrueCrypt User Guide from v.7.1a]
>
> CipherShed is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. [I deliberately ordered
> them like this because I think (but may be wrong) that this is most common,
> and ordered by overall OS market share]
I changed that order purposefully. :@
>
> The CipherShed project is open-source, which means everyone is encouraged to
> examine how it works and contribute new ideas and improvments. We believe
> greater participation leads to greater security and usability for everyone.
> To get involved, check out our mailing list, forum, source code [link to
> github], or come chat on IRC.
>
> For more information about the CipherShed project, please visit our Wiki.
>
>
> Hm, good point, Stephen. Niklas, how hard do you think it would be for us to
> have a nicely-stylised page like your screenshot without WordPress?
It would be easier than WP, but only I could edit it. I always use my
own WP theme. In fact I've been doing webdevelopment as a job for a
number of years now (see beautifulbits.de).
> Niklas, could it be easily architected to make it easy for us to make this
> switch in an emergency?
Sure, in an emergency it'd be a one-liner in the nginx config to switch
to a static html. We could prepare one so it doesn't take too long.
--
Niklas
At the time of writing, no warrants have ever been served to me, Niklas
Lemcke, nor am I under any personal legal compulsion concerning the
CipherShed project. I do not know of any searches or seizures of my
assets.
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