osgeo user id creation page not allowing multiple selection

[jive]

bolsena feedback when setting up new user, it is very hard to get started.

The first question "1. Why do you need an OSGeo account?" does not allow multiple selection - and does not include the "create project page" or "create service provider" topics of interest today.

IMPORTANT: It was assumed that the radio button indicated the OSGeo User ID would be *limited* to the single use selected (so the process was abandoned until code sprint help)

Action use *checkbox* :)

[jive]

2. Link showing your affiliation to your email address

This question makes no sense as email address has not been provided yet.

That is also a statement and not a question :)

[jive]

It is not really clear about sending the email, and nobody is going to know how to join an IRC chat :)

I think that is because the sample email to send does not appear until the form is filled in...

[jive]

The "Full Name" and "Surname" question is weird? It is good to have the "Sol Katz" and "Katz" example or we would have messed it up?

But it looks like a trick, why would we need Surname?

[robe]

I presume you are talking about this page - ​https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create

[strk]

I added the Sol Katz example long ago, as I also found it weird to require both "full" name and surname, but that's the way it was in the database so I documented that rather than propose changes.

About the form, the IRC <-> Matrix bridge is currently down so we'd now need 2 links instead of one, and the links should go directly to a webchat system (IRC would be anonimous, matrix would not, so I'd rather use the IRC one).

Personally I was never a fan of that form with all those requests as I find email back and forth being more capable of building a relationship.

[strk]

Jive if you want to make a proposal for the change, the code is here: ​https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/sac/web-cgi-bin I've added you as a collaborator

[jive]

I am not too sure how comfortable I am writing python; but this really needs to be done.

The experience of trying to help people at osgeo booth is terrible.

[jive]

Notes:

• The OSGeo Community logo is for projects not people; use the OSGeo Logo only
• Explain what OSGeo User id is for linking to ​https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/osgeo_userid/
• Provide the "Enter mantra" form at the top of the page
• What is "ॐ" and why is such a stupid button the thing I actually need to press?
• The biggest button on the screen asks me to join "Join #osgeo-sac IRC chat" - that is not what I came here to do (sigh)
• Make a separate heading to "request a mantra", with clear instructions to send an email.
• Make an "example email heading" that shows some content by default, and only then provide a drop down of example emails (this makes it clear why multiple selection is not needed)
• Default to "Join Open Source Geospatial Foundation, to allow login to website and wiki"

Technical question:

• Can we ask for their email address and send an email on their behalf like a normal *contact us form*? Yes it would result in spam but this is a small price to pay for usability improvement.

[jive]

strk I have added a pull request to the repository; if someone more experienced with python and javascript than me can review it would be appreciated.

[jive]

Some thing is wrong, staging ​https://id.staging.osgeo.org/ldap/create accepts the mantra, but production does not ​https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create

[cvvergara]

It is accepted now, the mantra was compromised and changed. The changes done by Jive have been incorporated to ansible and deployed on stagin and production.