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December 03, 2005
Post-merger websites
Post-merger websites: Earlier this morning, a short outage on MXNA triggered Eric Dolecki to suspect the worst. Generally, I think the various Macromedia websites will change gradually, like the Allaire websites (front page, forums, downloads etc) did when they joined Macromedia five years ago. Sometimes late this weekend the Macromedia front page will likely have an Adobe logo replacing the Macromedia logo, and the top name will be "Adobe (formerly Macromedia)". Layout, menus, resources, addresses, even body text, all should be exactly the same, but the branding will likely change. Product literature will likely change faster than technote body, docs may change brandnames only by replacement, etc. At some point in the future the sites will actually merge into one, but even at that point older addresses will still be getting tons of links, so the work has to be done at a gradual rate of change. Some of the 15 regional websites may change at different times, whether it's handled by a central or regional web team. Branding is a Day One thing, and you should expect the sites to function same as before, over the many months during which they'll fully merge. (If you see any Day One glitches, then dropping a comment to this item, or over at Neil's place, would likely avoid the other issues that come into the general site feedback form, thanks.)
Posted by John Dowdell at December 3, 2005 11:41 AM
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Sorry I freaked out a little bit this morning. But when you live steady on Mothership Milk for so long, when its gone for even a tiny bit of time, its hard not to panic.
Glad its up and running. Whew.
Posted by: ericd at December 3, 2005 12:56 PM
No worries, Eric, that's a reasonable response to what you saw, and it reminded me of the need to get some guidance for website changes out there, so thanks.
Posted by: John Dowdell at December 3, 2005 02:27 PM
MXNA is a fine initiative and I love the fact that it stays.
One thing I don't understand is the process involved in aggregating a new blog. I've submitted my blog last week and I haven't heard anything ever since (even asked an email to mxna@macromedia.com).
I would like some feedback - positive or negative, but silence is the worst thing.
[off-topic, but I won't delete it from the archive because it sounds like Armand might actually come back. That "as soon as possible" in the submission page is the key can vary with the load of other tasks... it's not an automated process.]
Posted by: Armand at December 4, 2005 09:28 AM
I pity the poor souls who have to integrate the two websites.
Posted by: PaulC at December 4, 2005 12:27 PM
John, sorry for being offtopic - it was the only way I could hope of getting some feedback. I was expecting a semi-automated process; with the aquisition, I realize checking and updating the feeds is nota top priority. Oh well, back to waiting.
The thing that wories me a little is the difference in corporate cultures - the MM community is so unlike Adobe. The sites will be integrated sooner or later (I've done that ind of thing; it's not pretty but if you know your way it can be automated) - integrating philosophies may prove a little harder.
Posted by: Armand at December 5, 2005 08:18 AM
Armand: Regarding your MXNA submission, I have recently joined the team and will be administering new blog additions starting tomorrow. I will make sure that your submission is the first one that I handle!
Posted by: Daniel Taborga at December 6, 2005 12:25 PM
Although this post is quite old (found it with google) I'll make this comment anyway as I have the same problem as Armand.
I saw I had a visit from http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/admin/SiteManager.cfm... as one of the first visits after I submitted my feed (that was three weeks ago). but I havn't receive any reaction so far...
I don't mind the submission taking a while but I hate it when I send a mail to mxna@macromedia and don't receive ANY reply (good or bad)...
Posted by: Arno van Oordt at June 18, 2007 01:49 PM