Hi, I've merged the proposed changes for the website. As usual, we can incrementally refine and improve it.
Best, Fabian 2018-06-15 16:16 GMT+02:00 Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > > I'm planning to put the reworked website online next week. > You can have a look at PR #109 [1] to check the changes and give feedback. > > Btw. I've created FLINK-9541 to track the effort of adding a sitemap.xml. > > Cheers, > Fabian > > [1] https://github.com/apache/flink-web/pull/109 > [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-9541 > > > 2018-06-06 12:57 GMT+02:00 Fabian Hueske <fhue...@gmail.com>: > >> 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/project >>> s/flink/flink-docs-release-1.5/api/java/org/apache/flink/api >>> /common/state/ReducingState.html> and 1.4 <https://ci.apache.org/project >>> s/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 >>> > >>> >>> >> >
