Hi Vincent, On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:11 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Caty, > > On 17 Feb 2016 at 14:51:07, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) ([email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])) wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This proposal wants to improve the current documentation page we have at: > > > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationStandalone > > in order to be more easy to be followed by beginner users. > > Actually your proposal goes beyond changing that page. It also touches a > lot of what’s on > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation. > > > The proposal is here: > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/XWikiOrgInstallationLocal > > Thanks for working on this! :) > > Some comments/questions: > > * You haven’t explained the wording “Local Installation” but I happen to > have discussed it with you and AFAIR the goal is to also offer Cloud-based > solutions too (myxwiki.org, companies offering cloud instances, etc). So > I guess the idea is to have “Local Installation” and “Cloud-based > Installation”? There are also other terminologies used such as > “On-premises”, “SAAS”. What is best? > This proposal doesn't tackle any of the things you mentioned. This only wants to change the information presented on the http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/InstallationStandalone page. If you go to the Download page, in the "Installation Help" column, the EXE, JAR and ZIP list the InstallationStandalone page. > > * You’re missing several packagings in the Local Installation: the WAR > packaging, the Debian packaging, the yaourt one, etc. Actually the 3 you’ve > listed are not about Local installation, they’re about providing a > HSQLDB/Jetty setup (This is missing from the description you’ve used, only > the third one mentions it when they’re all about HSQLDB/Jetty - Also it > should be mentioned that they should be used for trials/tests and not for > production). > The Download page layout is covered by http://markmail.org/thread/6wgmvwxl6h6pvogr > > * Some suggestion for the various packaging names: > ** “Generic Graphical Installer”. For all OSes. Note that this is NOT > reserved for non-windows OSes, as mentioned. > ** “Windows Graphical Installer”. Reserved for Windows. > ** “Generic ZIP Installer”. For all OSes. > I've used the current text on http://enterprise.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download , but sure we can improve it. > > * I see there’s a link on “XWiki version”. Where does that lead to? > That lead to the Download page. > > * Where would you put the other links that are on > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation, namely: > ** the tutorials > ** the troubleshooting > I guess they should still stay where they are, on AdminGuide/Installation page. I don't want to crowd this page and try to keep it as simple and straightforward as possible. Thanks, Caty > > Thanks! > -Vincent > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > Thanks, > > Caty > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
