On Nov 12, 2009, at 7:18 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
I have made some progress with my proposals.
To see the intermediate result, surf to:
http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/index.phtml
(Just ignore the php safe mode warnings. They are caused by my hosting
provider but not relevant for the changes and will not appear on the
official
GnuCash website.)
What I did so far:
* Added a new page for downloading. While trying to organize all the
different
download mechanisms I came to the conclusion there are too many to
fit on the
start page. So instead I have created a new page where all the
possible
download/installation options are grouped together. This page has
- direct one-click links to the installers we have available,
- information on how to install on linux using the native install
tools
- links to the source files
- general links to the sourceforge download page (for those that
want to
download something not explicitly listed on this new page)
These links are grouped in stable and unstable, with a small
introduction.
* On the start page, I added a highly visible floating box with
download links
for GnuCash. Windows and MacOS X users can download the latest
stable release
installer for their platform with a single click. For all other
downloads, I
refer to the newly added download page.
* In the navigation menu, I removed the separate download options
and instead
the Download item itself is now a link to the download page. I
figured it
didn't make much sense to duplicate this information again.
* PACKAGE MAINTAINERS, this bit is important for you. To minimize
the amount
of changes required when a new download is available (either a new
stable
release or in case of MacOS X a new stable subrelease), I have
extracted the
version information into a separate file: externals/
global_params.php. This
file contains a number of php variable declarations that are used
extensively
on the download page and in the download section on the startpage.
Whenever a
new GnuCash is released, please update the relevant variable in this
file.
What I have not done yet:
* Fix the release news items
* Translations. The new elements are gettextized though, so ready to
be
translated. I prefer to wait with this until I have had some
feedback on the
actual texts. They may still change.
Some questions/remarks:
* General: please have a look at http://www.kobaltwit.be/gnucash/
phtml and
give your feedback (again: just ignore the php safe mode warnings).
* I'm not a native English speaker (Dutch is my mother tongue), so
my phrasing
and choice of words may be suboptimal. Suggestions for improvements
are
welcome.
* The original site had links to a USA and a European sourcecode-
only "mirror"
(for the lack of a better word). I have added those to the source
code section
on the download page, but not quite as they were before. I have
added direct
links to the source tarball for the latest stable release, instead
of showing
the full directory listing. Is such a directory listing still
required ? I
could add it to the "Other" section at the end of the page. Note
that the
European mirror still has issues in that case as I mentioned in a
previous
mail.
* As for generating a patchset later on: I have added a new page, a
new php
script and two new icons and I have changed two existing files. What
is the
best way to deliver this to someone with svn access ? svn diff
doesn't seem to
handle binary files.
* I have added short descriptions on how to install GnuCash for a
number of
Linux distributions via their native software installer tools. The
ones that
are there are those I use myself (plus the line Tim provided for
Ubuntu).
There are still some popular distros missing like openSUSE, Kubuntu,
Gentoo,
Debian,... I don't know about the installer tools in those distros.
If anyone
wants to add a line for another distro, just let me know.
Very nice.
Can the link to the OSX Readme be made just a link so that it displays
directly without the intermediate download page?
I take it that externals/global_params.php will be accessible via svn
when the page is made live. Correct?
Regards,
John Ralls
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