Thanks for the feedback so far. +1 for adding a sitemap.xml and robots.txt to the website.
I think we can make this a separate issue. I'll create a JIRA for that. Any other thoughts or feedback? Thanks, Fabian 2018-06-06 9:34 GMT+02:00 Aljoscha Krettek <aljos...@apache.org>: > Yes, making sure that google search results point to the most recent doc > would be very good. :+1 > > Also +1 to the general effort, of course. > > > On 5. Jun 2018, at 20:19, Ken Krugler <kkrugler_li...@transpac.com> > wrote: > > > > Along these lines, it would help to add a sitemap (and the robots.txt > required to reference it) for flink.apache.org and ci.apache.org (for > /projects/flink) > > > > You can see what Tomcat did along these lines - > http://tomcat.apache.org/robots.txt references http://tomcat.apache.org/ > sitemap.xml, which is a sitemap index file pointing to > http://tomcat.apache.org/sitemap-main.xml > > > > By doing this, you can emphasize more recent versions of docs. There are > other benefits, but reducing poor Google search results (to me) is the > biggest win. > > > > E.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=flink+reducingstate < > https://www.google.com/search?q=flink+reducingstate> (search on flink > reducing state) shows the 1.3 Javadocs (hit #1), master (1.6-SNAPSHOT) > Javadocs (hit #2), and then many pages of other results. > > > > Whereas the Javadocs for 1.5 <https://ci.apache.org/ > projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.5/api/java/org/ > apache/flink/api/common/state/ReducingState.html> and 1.4 < > https://ci.apache.org/projects/flink/flink-docs-release-1.4/api/java/org/ > apache/flink/api/common/state/ReducingState.html> are nowhere to be found. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > — Ken > > > >> On Jun 5, 2018, at 9:46 AM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Big +1 to this! > >> > >> I would like to contribute to this effort and help strengthen the way > Flink > >> presents itself. > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:56 AM, Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hi everybody, > >>> > >>> I've opened a PR [1] that reworks parts of the Flink website ( > >>> flink.apache.org). > >>> > >>> My goal is to improve the structure of the website and provide more > >>> valuable information about the project and the community. > >>> > >>> A visitor (who doesn't know Flink yet) should be able to easily find > >>> answers to the following questions: > >>> * What is Apache Flink? > >>> * Does it address my use case? > >>> * Is it credible? / Who is using it? > >>> > >>> To achieve that, I have: > >>> * Rework menu structure into three sections to address different > audiences: > >>> - Potential users (see above) > >>> - Users > >>> - Contributors > >>> * Reworked start page: updated the figure, added a feature grid, moved > >>> "Powered By" section up > >>> * Replaced Features page by more detailed "What is Flink?" pages > >>> * Reworked "Use Cases" page > >>> > >>> The PR should also improve the page for users who have questions about > >>> Flink or need help. > >>> For that, I have: > >>> * Added a "Getting Help" page (less content than the detailed community > >>> page) > >>> * Removed IRC channel info > >>> > >>> Please give feedback, suggest improvements, and proof read the new > texts. > >>> > >>> Thanks, Fabian > >>> > >>> [1] https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/109 > >>> > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > http://about.me/kkrugler > > +1 530-210-6378 > > > >
