[geeklog-devel] Perception is everything...

[Euan McKay]

I've thought for some time that the name was a bit of a problem.

http://www.geeklog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=21197

Whenever I explain Geeklog to someone, I always gloss over the name
(or omit it entirely).

>  Glue :-)
>  Joomla
>  Drupal
>  PHPNuke
>  Wordpress

Euan.



On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> wrote:
> Good, it's not just me.  I think we undervalue the importance of a name.  I know it sounds like a bunch non-technical BS but if you go on name alone who would you pick:
>
>  Geeklog
>  Joomla
>  Drupal
>  PHPNuke
>  Wordpress
>
>  That's my only point.  Feature for feature we not far behind...FWIW I did have my first experience installing wordpress and while the installation and features were nice, the code would having us all appreciating the 1.x codebase a lot more.  Dirk when you get a minute I'd be interested to hear your take.
>
>  --Tony
>
>
>  ----- Original Message ----
>  From: Blaine Lang <devel at portalparts.com>
>  To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 8:31:13 PM
>  Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Perception is everything...
>
>
> Tony,
>
>  I'm pleased to see this topic come up again. As you know I've raised it
>  a few times before as Nextide we are constantly faced with the Name
>  issue. It's one reason we finally released Nexpro albeit it includes a
>  number of complex plugins but it now means we don't have to use the
>  words Geeklog most of the time.
>
>  IMHO, "Content Management System" does not really describe what Geeklog
>  is either but to a non-technical person it's probably easier to get some
>  idea of that GL is as apposed to calling it a Application Framework that
>  includes a number of applications like a content management system.
>
>  Blaine
>
>
> Tony Bibbs wrote:
>  > Ok, so I've got a couple of points related to the "Is Geeklog Dead"
>  > question.
>  >
>
> > First of all, I'd be happy to do weekly or bi-monthly posts on gl.net
>  > about successful GL installations.  The idea is simple, have a
>  > standard form asking users about their decision to use Geeklog, what
>  > features are most important to them, areas of improvement and
>  > whatnot.  I've got at least a half dozen sites at the State of Iowa I
>  > could recommend and I know we can dig up a lot more including some of
>  > our most noteable like Groklaw, etc.
>  >
>  > Also, more controversial, I've struggled with the Geeklog brand.  I
>  > don't doubt that we've garnered some respect in the open source CMS
>  > areana but I have a hard time selling non-techies on "Geeklog".  In
>  > fact it is to the point I just call it a "Content Management System"
>  > to avoid the silly looks I get.  My question is am I the only one that
>  > feels this way?  If not, I'd like to suggest renaming the project and
>  > allowing community participation on picking the name.  I'm fine with
>  > leaving it as Geeklog but figured it'd be worth discussion.  I'll go
>  > crawl under a rock now...
>  >
>  > --Tony
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