Gentoo Store Suggestions

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comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:46 pm

I am helping out musikc, the maintainer of the Gentoo Store.
We want to ask the community for some suggestions.
Are their any products not currently in the store that you would like to be able to purchase?
Are their any graphic artist's that would be interested in a t-shirt creation contest,
or other graphics to enhance our current collection of graphics.

Gentoo Store

Stuck by NeddySeagoon 23 Mar 09

avx · Post by **avx** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:33 pm

I'd really like to have a laptop-sleeve, somewhat soft on the inside, but still protective, preferred with a zipper. I'd like one for my 11.1" book, in white/black/darkgrey with either gentoo-logo, some funky statement or larry the cow.

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:03 pm

Yes, something like this with larry the cow would be cool;
http://www.baoobaoo.com/images_v2/upfil ... 092940.jpg

avx · Post by **avx** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:25 pm

Yep, although I'd prefer a clothed outside, something like my current.

dreadlorde · Post by **dreadlorde** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:03 pm

How about some of those stickers that are on laptops that say 'Gentoo Capable' instead of the windows ones?

Like this.

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:40 am

Well looks like there is a reason only certain products are offered for purchase. I received this reply from cafepress.

Dear David,

Thank you for contacting CafePress.com. At this time, we do not offer the products referenced at these links as products you can customize with us. However, I believe these are wonderful ideas and have passed them along to our merchandising team. You are more than welcome to make the product suggestions on our community forums as well. I have listed the link below for your convenience.
http://forums.cafepress.com/eve/ubb.x

Also, you can begin adding products we do offer to your shop by following these easy steps.

1. Log into your CaféPress.com account.
2. Click on the “Your Shops” tab.
3. Click on the “Section /Products” link for the shop you want to add products to.
4. Press the “Add Products” button. This will direct you to the product list where you can select all the products available for you to choose from.
5. After selecting your product(s), and returning to the Products page, you can begin customizing your products by check marking/ selecting the item and choosing an option from the “Make Changes To” drop down menu.

I hope this information has been helpful! If there is anything else I can do for you please let me know.
We hope we have answered all of your questions. If not, please chat with us now.(Mon-Fri)

Best Regards,

Crystal R.
CafePress.com Support Associate
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---------------Original Message---------------

Question: I am helping the Gentoo Foundation with their store;
http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo/
I am trying to obtain information on the process involved to add some products. We would like to add case badges like this;
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0279398802
also laptop sleeve's like;
http://www.baoobaoo.com/images_v2/upfil ... 092940.jpg
With some type of Gentoo Logo

So looks like this is more involved than just adding a few items to the store. It involves the foundation examining their relationship with cafepress and if it is the direction they want to proceed.

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:45 am

Here is where ubuntu and system76 get their case badges manufactured ;
http://www.namethatcomputer.com/index.html
The question is how would the Gentoo Foundation go about selling them?

Frustie · Post by **Frustie** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:11 pm

If you dont mind me saying, and i really dont want to be bashing anything, but everytime i see some store featuring basic cafepress stuff i really just browse away.
I really do love shirts though and i buy a lot and in the past ive even considered buying a Gentoo shirt, but after seeing that it was cafepress i just donated the foundation some money instead.

I think with some original designs (and the Gentoo Community is bound to have some really good designers) sales and promotions would skyrocket.

But this is just my opinion ofcourse

/Riccardo

slackline · Post by **slackline** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:12 pm

I'd definately purchase some laptop/computer stickers and no doubt a t-shirt if there is a design I like.

I'm not keen on the current ones as they are relatively simple. A funky picture and more preferably a snazzy tag would be great, but alas I am a) artistically inept; b) not great with punchlines/tags (probably why I've found a niche for myself as a statistician!).

slack

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:31 pm

Hi David, I would like to see the return of the Gentoo black cap : http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo.62723372

A white color or khaki, where is the old black cap of 2005

pa4wdh · Post by **pa4wdh** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:02 pm

Hi,

I'd really love to buy some Gentoo stuff (i hoped there was some available at Fosdem), but my problem with cafepress is that i simply can't pay. Cafepress seems to accept a range of Credit Cards, but i don't have one at all. My preferred method is a bank transfer but it seems a bit outdated since almost nobody seems to accept it.

As for the stuff in the store itself: I like most t-shirts (especially the emerge system and "i'd rather be compiling") but i don't like the huge Gentoo logo on the back. Also for the ones with the logo at the front i prefer the ones with a smaller logo.

Best regards,
pa4wdh

Post by **asturm** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:37 pm

ph030 wrote:I'd really like to have a laptop-sleeve, somewhat soft on the inside, but still protective, preferred with a zipper. I'd like one for my 11.1" book, in white/black/darkgrey with either gentoo-logo, some funky statement or larry the cow.

+++++ except for a 12" Lenovo

avx · Post by **avx** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:01 pm

Does someone know a shop, where you can order custom sleeves with custom graphics? I only found some shops which do custom sizes, but only on their standard-designs.

cach0rr0 · Post by **cach0rr0** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:51 am

pa4wdh wrote:Also for the ones with the logo at the front i prefer the ones with a smaller logo.

Yeah, this bothered me a bit as well.
I bought a hoodie and a tshirt

-both the hoodie and the tshirt *only* had a front logo.
-on the tshirt, the front logo was too big (I'm a 6'7" behemoth, I can't imagine how big it must look on someone normal sized!)
-on the tshirt at least, having a logo that is off-center, and NOT having a logo on the back, makes no sense.

I think for starters we need to revamp the existing t-shirt designs.
Then look and see if it's possible to add something like a wool cap with the logo, other little things cafepress (or a competitor?) is likely to offer

but mainly a revamp of the tshirts

cach0rr0 · Post by **cach0rr0** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:15 am

so, this is very crude work, done on a laptop touchpad mouse

something like this, with a console on the back doing something very gentoo-ish

for anyone curious, this is from the "gentoo-emergence" GDM theme. I don't know what the copyright or license on that would be

I have zero artistic ability whatsoever, so this is a crude hack...but hell, I'd wear it (clean it up a bit of course)

http://i32.tinypic.com/nbvuyx.jpg

have somebody who's good with graphics and photo editing do something like that, but make it look more like a purplish-blue smokey flame were coming offa the lil fella

pa4wdh · Post by **pa4wdh** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:04 am

Hi,

-on the tshirt at least, having a logo that is off-center, and NOT having a logo on the back, makes no sense.

I guess this shows how difficult it is to design a t-shirt: I generally don't like to have stuff on the back, just the front

I have zero artistic ability whatsoever, so this is a crude hack...but hell, I'd wear it (clean it up a bit of course)

http://i32.tinypic.com/nbvuyx.jpg

I may be just a hack, but i like it

Best regards,
pa4wdh

TravisB828 · Post by **TravisB828** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:18 am

A quality laptop bag with Larry the Cow embroidered on it.

http://www.ogio.com/products.php?category=30

I bought this a while ago and was happy with it.

http://blog.mozilla.com/store/2007/07/2 ... enger-bag/

huckabuck · Post by **huckabuck** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:00 am

d2_racing wrote:Hi David, I would like to see the return of the Gentoo black cap : http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo.62723372

A white color or khaki, where is the old black cap of 2005

I'd buy and wear that hat in black in a new york second !!!

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:20 am

We need to create one, can you see this;
https://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/ ... 0401125089
What do you think?

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:39 am

That one is cool actually

cach0rr0 · Post by **cach0rr0** » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:04 pm

clean and unobtrusive

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 2:27 pm

OK Done, Get your black hats before they sell out

http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo.401537727

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:25 pm

And make possible this one in black too : http://www.cafepress.com/officialgentoo.62723372

comprookie2000 · Post by **comprookie2000** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:29 pm

cafepress only does that in white and tan/khaki

d2_racing · Post by **d2_racing** » Sun Aug 09, 2009 3:43 pm

Damn it....