On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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 ;-) > > Regards, > > -Rob > > These pages are interesting. I may be able to help with Linux. But...platform specific features? Not sure about this one. > > > > >> > >> > > >> > -Rob > >> > > >> > 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. > >> >> > >> >> -Rob > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>> Regards, > >> >>> Andrea. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." > > > -- > > Aesop > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -- Aesop