Great, though note I simply implemented exactly your proposal. :-) Gj
On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Eirik Bakke <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > >
