I think it should be 2 accompanied with link to http://www.doudoulinux.org/web/english/documentation-7/advanced-tools/article/creating-a-doudoulinux-usb-key. The main principle is user should see download at page language at the beginning of long list. By the way I see the current download list is the same. Can we speed it up a bit? Merci.
Regards, Sergey Komkov DoudouLinux project Co-ordinator -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:07 PM To: Elisa Godoy de Castro Guerra Cc: doudoulinux-dev Subject: Re: [Doudoulinux-dev] Redesigning our download page/links I agree with you and think the 3rd should be implemented. It is even simpler than the 2nd. Moreover in a quite near future, we will have a single file for both the CD and the USB version. This is a new feature brought by Debian Squeeze and called “isohybrid”. As a result we won't have to change our links when the switch from Lenny to Squeeze will be achieved :). I'm going to create a ticket on Gna for this task. JM. > hello, > > I prefer the 3 or the 2. I think for our user, the 3 is better. > > We need to put too a short release notes for each new release. > > Elisa > > > 2011/3/20 < [email protected] > > > > Hello, > > As mentioned in a former newsletter, we've been discussing with Elisa > the need of redesigning our download page and download links (in the > page header, above the side menu and in the homepage body). The idea > is to have people download the CD as quickly as possible and to avoid > them wondering about what to do to get DDL. Moreover, as we are adding > more and more languages, our download table is becoming quite > difficult to read. > > Currently all download links are redirecting visitors to the download > page, which proposes all downloads available with a large explanation > text. What we discussed with Elisa is the following: > > * the download link could just propose to start the download (in the > language of the page you are visiting of course) > > * the download page could be split into a short page and a detailed > page, the short page would just propose the ISO/USB images of the page > language, the detailed one the full download table with all languages > and versions (officially supported and demo versions). > > As we want our visitors to be able to look for CD's of their language > even if there is no web page in their language, all download links > should be accompanied with a link to the detailed download page. Note > that we may not need the short download page if download links are > offering to download the CD and/or the USB version. In my mind there > are then currently 3 alternatives: > > 1. Download links are redirecting to a simple download page with the > CD/USB images of the page language only (English CD/USB in the English > pages) > * Links say “Download in LANG now” → the short page, “Other languages” > → the detailed page > * The short page just contains 2 links to the ISO/USB image files + > one link to the detailed page + few explanations > * The detailed page is somewhat similar to the current download page > with full tables > > 2. Download links allow to directly download the CD/USB images of the > page language > * Links say “Download the CD in LANG now” → the CD file, “Download the > USB key in LANG now” → the USB file, “Other languages” → the detailed > page > * The detailed page is somewhat similar to the current download page > with full tables > > 3. Download links allow to directly download *only* the CD image of > the page language > * Links say “Download the CD in LANG now” → the CD file, “Other media > or languages” → the detailed page > * The detailed page is mostly similar to the current download page > with full tables but the USB image file of the page language should be > put alone on top of the page > > The main drawback of the latest 2 solutions is that there is no > explanations with the direct download links. People who don't know how > to write an ISO won't know what to do with this file. The main > drawback of the first solution is that visitors still have a step > before actually downloading: the short download page. > > I'd now like to have your opinion so please let me know your feeling. > > Cheers, > JM. > > _______________________________________________ > Doudoulinux-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Doudoulinux-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev _______________________________________________ Doudoulinux-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev _______________________________________________ Doudoulinux-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/doudoulinux-dev
