On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Shane, > > I agree that this is something we Attickers should look into. > > > On Jan 14, 2017, at 7:08 AM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > For example: Googling for "Continuum software", the second hit for me is > > continuum.apache.org, and the description for the site shown is: > > > > ---- > > Feb 2, 2015 - Open Source - Continuum is a continuous integration server > > for building Java projects. It supports Maven 1.x/2.x, Ant, and Shell > > scripts. > > ---- > > > > This makes it seem from the search results that the project might still > > be active. > > > > Question: Why doesn't the red Attic banner show up in common search > > engine descriptions? > > It’s not obvious to me how to make a red banner show up in search results. > There doesn’t seem to be much html on the search result page. > > > > Question: Should we attempt to change the Attic banner so it does show > > up in common search engine descriptions? > > Rather than trying to do this, I’d suggest changing the text of all > projects in the Attic to make it clear that they are not currently being > developed. > > Perhaps some standard first paragraph like > > Apache Continuum has been retired. For more information, please explore > the Apache Attic http://attic.apache.org > > The re-indexer should pick up this as the summary for the project. > > > So two steps when retiring: 1) Update the boilerplate for the project's home page to state it has been retired. 2) Add a banner to all pages. ? Hen
