Planet Fedora is a distributed communication tool that many Fedora contributors rely on to keep a pulse on Fedora's community. Contributors connect their blogs to Planet Fedora to express to the Fedora community their thoughts and personality as they relate to our project, and to share what they are working on in Fedora through blog posts.
Appropriate Material
The Planet is a place for expression of many ideas related to the Fedora Project. Not every idea needs to be promotional; some ideas may be controversial or critical, or evoke other mental or emotional responses. However, all posts to the Planet should reflect our commitment as a community to be excellent to each other. The following list contains examples of content that are not acceptable on the Planet, because they reduce the incentive for people to contribute in our community.
Inappropriate material
Material which is deemed inappropriate may be removed from the Planet without prior notice, although the Fedora Project's contributors do attempt to resolve every such situation constructively and amicably.
- Depictions of nudity, near-nudity, or other adult material
- Our contributors represent a wide variety of backgrounds and viewpoints. We do not want to unnecessarily restrict the audience of people who might become contributors in the future. These types of images can have a substantial negative effect on people's perception of the Fedora community, and their desire to contribute to it. Also, some types of material with mature subject matter may not be appropriate for all ages in our community. Therefore they are not appropriate for the Planet, whether they are featured in and of themselves, or as backdrops for other information.
- Use of material that violates the owner's copyright
- The Fedora Project always seeks to spread free software and content. We do this in part by promoting creation, use, and remixing of content that reflects our values, such as Creative Commons licensed material. We ask that all contributors respect the copyrights of content creators, and help us promote free content.
If you encounter material on the Planet that seems clearly inappropriate according to these guidelines, please notify us on freenode.net at #fedora-websites[?], or email the Fedora webmaster.
How to join the Planet
Before you join the Planet, you need to understand a few simple guidelines on what's appropriate to post there. Please read these guidelines on appropriate material before you aggregate your blog.
- As a Fedora contributor you must have a Fedora Account System (FAS) account, have signed the contributor agreement (CLA), and be a member of at least one other group in FAS.
- Start by logging in to your fedora account system account.
- Click on your avatar (top right corner) and choose "Settings"
- Add your feed in "RSS URL" field
- Optionally, it is possible to add your blog in "Blog URL" if you don't want it to be shown in planet.
- Click on "Save"
Planet server syncs every 20th minute, so be patient.
Additional help
Feel free to email admin at fedoraproject.org for help.
Reporting Bugs
If you have found a bug, please send an email to the Websites team including a description, screenshot (if you have one), browser name and version, and OS.
Test Matrix
We have put together a test matrix for the Planet's look and feel across browsers and platforms. Feel free to take a look at it, or help us to expand our coverage.