I've changed the home page to include a box highlighting the latest
releases. Let me know if it seems ok
- Venkat
On 5/31/07, haleh mahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I made the following updates:
> Tuscany Download page, 'SCA Java' is linked to [1]
> on [1], Other release DOWNLOAD is linked to the old Java SCA
Download page
> (old releases)
>
> To do:
> [1] could be renamed to SCA Java Latest Release. This page could always
> hold
> info about the latest release.
> [2] could be renamed to SCA Java previous Releases.
> [2] needs to be updated to the format that we discussed earlier on this
> thread
>
> If this looks OK, I go ahead and make the changes for the 'to do' list.
>
>
> [1]
>
>
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Java+0.90-incubating
> [2] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Downloads
>
>
> On 5/31/07, ant elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I've added a new download page for the SCA Java 0.90 release
which
> > hopefully isn't to far away from whats been talked about:
> >
> >
> >
>
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Java+0.90-incubating
> >
> > Its not linked to from anywhere yet as I'm not sure after all this
> > discussion where to put it. The main things I think would be good
are to
> > not
> > have to click through many links to get to the actual download
link for
> a
> > latest release and for it to be quite obvious what the current latest
> > release is of something and its not obscured that with lots of old
> > download
> > links.
> >
> > I wondered if the download page pointed to from the "General" menu
box
> > could
> > be expanded to have links to each of the current download pages (the
> > above
> > SCA+Java+0.90-incubating etc) and at the bottom another link to a
page
> > with
> > all the old downloads?
> >
> > ...ant
> >
> > On 5/30/07, Venkata Krishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > What we are attempting to do now it really far better than
cluttering
> > all
> > > the downloads together on one page. Here is what I think about
this
> > >
> > > - for every Release (SCA / SDO / DAS) have a separate page whose
first
> > > section talks about what comprises of that release (including spec
> > levels
> > > etc.) and then have a next section that is titled 'Downloads'.
> > > - then have a single page titled 'Releases' where we list all the
> > releases
> > > and each entry is a link to the separate Release page. Here
again we
> > > could
> > > choose to have SCA Releases, SDO Releases, DAS Releases on diff.
pages
> > or
> > > just have all in one under diff sections.
> > > - Finally from the global home page and the home page of the
> subprojects
> > > have a menu item 'Releases' that will point to the 'Releases' page.
> > >
> > > This way, with every release we simply have to go an make the
specific
> > > release page and add a link to the Releases page. I had created a
> > > Release
> > > page for the recent SDO Release without the Downloads section
> > > though. Here
> > > it is just for people to get an idea of what I mean
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SDO+Java+1.0-incubating-beta1
> > >
> > > When creating these Release pages my request is that we maintain
the
> > page
> > > hierarchies. For example the release page for the SCA 0.90 release
> > should
> > > be
> > > added under Home->SCA Overview->SCA Java->Releases->SCA 0.90
Release.
> > >
> > > By the way there is a SCA Java and a SCA Java Subproject page -
can we
> > > merge
> > > these two into one.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > - Venkat
> > >
> > > On 5/30/07, haleh mahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I am including tuscany-users to get their opinion if interested.
> > > >
> > > > Here are my thoughts influenced by your comments :)
> > > > - Separate the download information for latest release from
the old
> > > > releases.
> > > > - Having the text of the change file/read me on the front
page of
> the
> > > > download page is good. This makes it easier to identify what
is in
> the
> > > new
> > > > release. So, added a section called 'what's new in this release'.
> > > > - It is good to have download information for at least the
back 2
> > > > releases.
> > > >
> > > > - It is useful to know what level of spec is supported by each
> > release.
> > > > For
> > > > example, for SCA there are several specs. A release can be at
> Assembly
> > > > 1.0level and an older version of Client spec.
> > > > - Having a page that takes user to all the downloads[2] is good.
> > > > - Having a download page per subproject is good since the
audience
> > for
> > > > each
> > > > download page may be different. For example, someone using SDO
may
> not
> > > > necessarily want to download SCA.
> > > >
> > > > Here is an attempt for a sample download page which incorporates
> your
> > > > feedback [1]
> > > > User will reach[1] from [2] (not linked yet)
> > > >
> > > > [1]
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/Java+SCA+Download+Page
> > > > [2]
> > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/Tuscany+Downloads
> > > >
> > > > Does it look OK?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5/29/07, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > The idea of a single download page sounds good, but if we are
> > thinking
> > > > > about tracking page visitors to correlate to the number of
> > downloads,
> > > > > we won't be able to identify if the person is visiting the
page to
> > > > > download SCA, SDO or DAS.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/29/07, ant elder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > I agree it would be good to not duplicate things for each
> > > downloadable
> > > > > > artifact associated with a release. Not sure it really
needs the
> > day
> > > > of
> > > > > the
> > > > > > release or the assembly spec info either.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And +1 to having old release downloads on a separate page.
I'm
> not
> > > > sure
> > > > > if
> > > > > > this is the proposal but could there be a single download
page
> > that
> > > > has
> > > > > the
> > > > > > current latest release of each of SCA, SDO and DAS?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...ant
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 5/29/07, Luciano Resende <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My understanding is that you moved the release name and
date
> > from
> > > > the
> > > > > > > "download section" to the "download table". If they are
> always
> > > same
> > > > > > > for a group of downloads, won't it take space from the
page by
> > > > > > > repeating it on each table row ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Also, do we want to keep all past releases available on the
> main
> > > > > > > download page ? Maybe we could have an separate archive
page,
> > and
> > > > only
> > > > > > > the latest release available in the main download page,
this
> > would
> > > > > > > encourage people to always use the latest stable stuff ?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 5/29/07, haleh mahbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 1) Would [1] be a better format & content for each
download
> > > page
> > > > > > > of than
> > > > > > > > what we have today [2]?
> > > > > > > > If yes, I'll start upgrading the pages.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > 2) We currently use the same page to record download info
> for
> > > > > > > technologies.
> > > > > > > > For example, SCA Native and Java download pages are the
> same.
> > > > > > > > It would be cleaner if we separate the pages. For
example, a
> > > Java
> > > > > SCA
> > > > > > > and a
> > > > > > > > Native SCA download page which gets linked to from a
common
> > > > > > > > download page entry point [3]
> > > > > > > > Does this seem reasonable?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/Java+SCA+Download+Page
> > > > > > > > [2]
> > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/SCA+Downloads
> > > > > > > > [3]
> > > > >
> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/TUSCANY/Tuscany+Downloads
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Haleh
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Luciano Resende
> > > > > > > Apache Tuscany Committer
> > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~lresende
> > > > > > > http://lresende.blogspot.com/
> > > > > > >
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