[Systers-dev] GSoC Application Formatting Issues

[Douglas Soares de Andrade]

Jennifer Redman escreveu:
> Thanks to Anna G, who sent me a screen-shot of what potential students see
> when they are submitting the application I think I fixed some problems with
> the application template that should make the formatting a bit better when
> submitting the application.  However, if everyone submitting applications
> would do the following it would be very helpful:
>
> 1) Review your application after you submit and go back and fix any obvious
> formatting issues -- like massive word-wrap problems and lots of extra
> white-space.
>
> 2) Go ahead and delete the instructions at the top.  I actually got rid of
> lots of the preamble -- I didn't realize this part was actually showing up
> as a part of the form.
>
> 3) Take some time over the next few days to go in and clean things up a bit
> for readability.  Unfortunately, I can't edit your proposal -- but if you
> would take some time to make them more readable that would really help the
> review process.
>
> 4) Pick a unique name that includes the name of the project for which you
> applying
>
> This is your application and it is essentially a proposal - go ahead and
> make it look nice and add any additional information you think we might find
> useful - you have until 4/9 17:00 UTC to make any changes.
>
> My apologies to both the students and the mentors -- after closer
> examination I believe the application template was causing a lot of the
> formatting issues -- which is my fault for not understanding the student
> view better.  Hopefully, things are fixed for those of you who are still
> working on applications!

I had a hard time formatting my GSoC application to Sahana e the 
<blockquote></blockquote> html tag saved.

Hope it helps there =)