On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: > Am 01/15/2013 09:43 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Kay Schenk<kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Rob Weir<robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Rob Weir<robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for top posting, but I think we've discussed this enough to have >>>>> a sense of what our constraints are. >>>>> >>>>> A quick proposal: >>>>> >>>>> Let's start from this page: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/product/ >>>>> >>>>> That is linked to prominently from the homepage and the top navigation >>>> >>>> bar. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I propose adding a new section to the left navigation panel, between >>>>> "Products" and "More". The new section will be called "Platforms" and >>>>> will link to four pages: >>>>> >>>>> 1) Windows >>>>> >>>>> 2) Mac >>>>> >>>>> 3) Linux >>>>> >>>>> 4) Ports >>>>> >>>>> The first three will be new landing pages. The last one will link to >>>>> the existing /porting page. >>>>> >>>>> Each of the platform pages will have basic system requirements and a >>>>> link to the download page. They pages can grow to contain (or link to) >>>>> other platform specific instructions or FAQ's. >>>>> >>>> >>>> As an example, here is what the windows page might look like: >>>> >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/product/windows.html >>>> >>>> We could try to keep the other platforms in a parallel form. >>>> >>>> -Rob >>>> >>> >>> good idea! I like it! >>> >> >> OK. I've uploaded template pages for MacOS and Linux: >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/product/mac.html >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/product/linux.html >> >> I really need help on filling in the details there. I don't think >> I've touched a Mac since 1989. And even then I was confused looking >> for the "on" button ;-) > > > At the moment my time is a bit limited for read/write the ML. > As it seems we have a consesus I can help much more on the coming weekend. > > So, it depends on how patient you (we all?) are. ;-) >
No rush, I won't add the links to the leftnav until we have the content pages ready. -Rob > Marcus > > > > >>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Rob Weir<robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Andrea Pescetti<pesce...@apache.org> >>>> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rob Weir wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I could see /platforms/mac if we imagine creating in the future >>>>>>>> similar landing pages for Windows or Linux. >>>>>>>> Note that today, a query of "OpenOffice for Linux" has this ancient >>>>>>>> page as a #1 hit: >>>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/setup-linux.html >>>>>>>> And the #1 hit for "OpenOffice for Windows" is not even at our >>>>>>>> website. It goes to CNet's download.com page. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Very interesting. Indeed this could also be the way to catch users >>>>>>> who >>>> >>>> look >>>>>>> >>>>>>> for "OpenOffice Portable", for example, and should know that we do >>>> >>>> have a >>>>>>> >>>>>>> (third-party, from winPenPack) version available; they are now >>>>>>> offered >>>> >>>> an >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ancient version since OpenOffice Portable has not been updated yet. >>>>>>> The >>>>>>> updated version is not on the first page of search results. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Exactly. >>>>>> >>>>>> In the last month we've seen the following related queries: >>>>>> >>>>>> openoffice portable 2,500 >>>>>> open office portable 1,000 >>>>>> openoffice portable italiano 150 >>>>>> apache openoffice portable 16 >>>>>> portable 90 >>>>>> openoffice portable download 16 >>>>>> portable openoffice 12 >>>>>> openofficeportable<10 >>>>>> office portable<10 >>>>>> openoffice portable日本語版<10 >>>>>> openoffice portable 3.4<10 >>>>>> openoffice 3.4 portable<10 >>>>>> openoffice portable deutsch<10 >>>>>> openoffice.org portable 日本語版<10 >>>>>> portable open office<10 >>>>>> openoffice.org portable<10 >>>>>> openoffice portable 日本語<10 >>>>>> >>>>>> For many of these queries the #1 page is the German page: >>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/de/downloads/oooportable.html. That is not >>>>>> the optimal page for most of these queries.
