Thank, Geertjan! Testing it now, all of the top Google results for "netbeans download" and "download netbeans" now seem to go straight to the latest version--excellent! And the old versions are nicely tucked away on the download page (but still accessible) on new URLs.
-- Eirik -----Original Message----- From: Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:44 AM To: dev <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Last call: please review Features and Download pages On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 5:47 PM Eirik Bakke <[email protected]> wrote: > Following up from an earlier Twitter thread [1], Google searches for > "netbeans download" or "download netbeans" still point to download > pages for old NetBeans version [2]. The latest Apache version does not > show up until result number 8 (which nobody will see). This is a big problem. > > I'd propose the following solution: > Thanks Eirik. I'm in the process of implementing this. Gj > * Have each of the download pages for the old versions [2] permanent > redirect to https://netbeans.apache.org/download > * Move each of the old pages to a new subdirectory called "old", e.g. > move https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.2/ to > https://netbeans.org/downloads/old/8.0.2/ > * Put a small "Older Versions" link from > https://netbeans.apache.org/download to > https://netbeans.org/downloads/old > (with links to the old pages in their new locations in the "old" > subdirectory) > > -- Eirik > [1] https://twitter.com/heribertoRiosO/status/1228541656330309632?s=20 > [2] Current top 7 hits on Google for "netbeans download": > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.2/ > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.2/ > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.1.2/ > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.0/ > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.1 > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.0.1/ > https://netbeans.org/downloads/6.8/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:15 AM > To: dev <[email protected]> > Subject: Last call: please review Features and Download pages > > Hi all, > > All the stars are aligning at the moment and the 11.3 release is > tantalizingly nigh. > > Would be great if everyone would give a quick look at the below, which > have not yet been linked into the main download page, but will be when > we announce the release: > > Download page: > > https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb113/nb113.html > > Features page: > > https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb113/index.html > > Please check links and read texts to see if there are any glitches or > omissions. > > Thanks, > > Gj > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
