Thanks Stefano ! I created a JIRA, this is really an important issue :
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIR-223 On 9/12/07, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not related to Google Analytics, but I cannot see anywhere a place where > you suggest users to verify their downloads (and links to the PGP/MD5 > files) and maybe you can fix this while you're there. > > here is the text we use in Apache JAMES: > -------------- > Use the links below to download the Apache JAMES Mail Server from one of > our mirrors. You *must* verify the integrity of the downloaded files > using signatures downloaded from our main distribution directory. > ---------------------- > Then verify the integrity points to this paragraph: > ------------------------- > Verify the integrity of the files > It is essential that you verify the integrity of the downloaded files > using the PGP or MD5 signatures. The PGP signatures can be verified > using PGP or GPG. First download the KEYS as well as the asc signature > file for the particular distribution. Make sure you get these files from > the main distribution directory, rather than from a mirror. Then verify > the signatures using % pgpk -a KEYS > % pgpv james-version.tar.gz.asc > or > % pgp -ka KEYS > % pgp james-version.tar.gz.asc > or > % gpg --import KEYS > % gpg --verify james-version.tar.gz.asc > ------------------------------- > > Also make sure you provide the MD5 and PGP links to the official main > ASF distribution site (www.apache.org/dist/). > > As far as I know ASF *requires* signing for releases and strongly > suggest to "incentivate" users to verify downloads. > > HTH, > Stefano > > Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto: > > This is perfect ! > > > > let's see what will be the stats starting from today :) > > > > On 9/12/07, Pierre-Arnaud Marcelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hey Guys, > >> > >> I've prepared a new download page that can be tracked by Google Analytics. > >> > >> I've re-used the cgi script of the Apache Download Mirrors, the one that is > >> used at the moment to download releases. > >> But I have used our website template... > >> So now, we can track our visitors when they download something and the page > >> they get when trying to download something looks exactly the same as our > >> website. > >> > >> It's as easy to use as is the current download system. > >> Before, to link a download, you would use this url: > >> http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg > >> Now, you could use this one: > >> http://directory.apache.org/studio/download/download.cgi/directory/studio/stable/1.0.0/Apache_Directory_Studio_1.0.0_MacOSX.dmg > >> > >> (To view the last url properly, you may need to use the proxy > >> 140.211.11.10:80, as the page may not be rsynced yet on the website > >> mirrors). > >> > >> WDYT ? > >> > >> P-A > >> > >> > >> > >> On 9/11/07, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Thanks Stefano ! > >>> > >>> We will try to add those scripts to our confluenc WIKI. > >>> > >>> On 9/11/07, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> Emmanuel Lecharny ha scritto: > >>>>> Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>> we can't currently use GA to count the number of server downloads, > >>>>> because the link is on a dynamic server (a mirror). > >>>>> > >>>>> We should create a page where we redirect to these dynamic pages, so > >>>>> that we can have a GA count. > >>>>> > >>>>> Who want to do that ? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks ! > >>>> > >>>> In Apache JAMES I added a javascript tracking to the download links. > >>>> As we generate the pages using maven I added it to our skin. > >>>> > >>>> Here is the javascript that automatically track every link to gz, bz2, > >>>> zip, jar, asc, sar files. Please note that the trackDownloads methods > >>>> include the JAMES specific way to find the common part of the path in > >>>> mirror strings so that they are rewritten to > >> /downloads/relativefilepaths. > >>>> --------------------- > >>>> <script type="text/javascript"> > >>>> if (document.getElementsByTagName) { > >>>> var hrefs = document.getElementsByTagName('a'); > >>>> var extensions = > >> ["gz","bz2","zip","jar","asc","sar"]; > >>>> for (var l = 0; l < hrefs.length; l++) { > >>>> // 0+ is a workaround for download.cgi script by ASF that > >>>> // is not happy with simple words in square brackets > >>>> if (hrefs[0+l] != "") { > >>>> var path = hrefs[0+l].pathname; > >>>> var external = hrefs[0+l].hostname != location.host; > >>>> if (external) { > >>>> var splitted = path.split('.'); > >>>> var ext = splitted[0+splitted.length-1]; > >>>> for (var e = 0; e < extensions.length; e++) { > >>>> if (extensions[0+e] == ext) { > >>>> > >> startListening(hrefs[0+l],"click",trackDownloads); > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> function startListening (obj,evnt,func) { > >>>> if (obj.addEventListener) { > >>>> obj.addEventListener(evnt,func,false); > >>>> } else if ( obj.attachEvent) { > >>>> obj.attachEvent("on" + evnt,func); > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> function trackDownloads (evnt) { > >>>> var lnk; > >>>> if (evnt.srcElement) { > >>>> var elmnt = evnt.srcElement; > >>>> while (elmnt.tagName != "A") { > >>>> var newelmnt = elmnt.parentNode; > >>>> elmnt = newelmnt; > >>>> } > >>>> lnk = elmnt.hostname + "/" + elmnt.pathname + elmnt.search; > >>>> } else { > >>>> lnk = this.hostname + this.pathname + this.search; > >>>> } > >>>> > >>>> var pos = lnk.indexOf("/james/"); > >>>> if (pos != -1) { > >>>> lnk = lnk.substr (pos+7); > >>>> } > >>>> lnk = "/downloads/"+lnk; > >>>> > >>>> if (typeof(urchinTracker) == "function") { > >>>> urchinTracker(lnk); > >>>> } > >>>> } > >>>> </script> > >>>> ------------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> Hope this helps, > >>>> Stefano > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Cordialement, > >>> Emmanuel Lécharny > >>> www.iktek.com > >>> > >> > > > > > > > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
