End User and Vendor Filtering

[onlydole]

Context

In recent communications, it was observed that the recent overhaul of the CNCF Landscape site has removed specific filters that help distinguish between end users and non-end users. This functionality is important for the KubeCon CFP pages, where co-chairs use this information to balance the distribution of end user and vendor speakers. The broken links have been causing 404 errors, and this issue needs attention.

Impact

• Links on the KubeCon CFP pages leading to end user and non-end user distinctions are broken.
• Submitters need help determining their appropriate group easily, potentially leading to misclassification.
• The quality of our content and SEO is affected by these broken links.

Proposal

• Reintroduce filters to distinguish between end and non-end users on the CNCF Landscape.

Relevant Links:

• The old link for end users (now broken): https://landscape.cncf.io/card-mode?enduser=yes
• Example of the current KubeCon CFP page needing update: KubeCon CFP End User Companies Section

[MiirzaBaig]

Has anyone fix yet? If not do please elaborate or specify the issue!

[tegioz]

Thanks @MiirzaBaig, we've already taken care of this 🙂 (I'd recommend you to take a look at https://clotributor.dev, where you can find lots of issues looking for help).

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We've just added a new end user filter @onlydole. It's available from the UI (see screenshot below), so you can easily combine it with other filters to produce the link you need.

The equivalent of

https://landscape.netlify.app/card-mode?enduser=yes

in landscape v2 would be

https://landscape.cncf.io/?group=members&view-mode=card&classify=category&enduser=true

But maybe you want to apply some extra filtering, select a different order or grouping for the cards, etc. So feel free to tweak it as needed 😉

Closed by #647, #646 and cncf/landscape2-sites#90.

[onlydole]

Thank you so much, @tegioz!