4 Mar
2016
4 Mar
'16
9:48 p.m.
Hi Caty,
On 4 Mar 2016 at 21:25:43, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
(valicac@gmail.com(mailto:valicac@gmail.com)) wrote:
This proposal follows the [VOTE] New governance rule
for xwiki.org: hosted
XWiki options
http://markmail.org/thread/ktf5dvlmsnwc7lho
The proposal is here:
http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/XWikiOrgTry
Changes:
- Change the current position for the 'Download' button and place it in the
header, for more easy access
- Besides the 'Download XWiki' button add a new 'Try XWiki' button
- Create a 'Try' page that shows how XWiki can be used in the Cloud or as a
hosted solution
- List professional Cloud offers along with playground.xwiki.org and
myxwiki.xwiki.org
Let me know what you think.
Thanks for the proposal!
Some comments:
* Nice overall! :)
* I don’t like too much having 2 buttons: Try + Download. I would prefer having a single
one that would lead to a page offering 2 options: Using XWiki Hosted or Downloading and
install XWiki. 2 reasons for this:
** it’s completely not obvious which one to use without explanations. If I want to try
xwiki by downloading it locally, which button do I click?
** we currently link to the download page in lots of places. This means that everywhere
we’ll need to have 2 buttons. That’s a pain
* I don’t like the word “Try” used with the 2 buttons because it implies it’s a test. Some
users may want to test xwiki but they can do so by downloading the standalone packaging
for example. However if I don’t want to try XWiki but use it (using a hosted solution),
which button do I use?
==> I’d prefer having a single button. Now the complexity would be in choosing the name
for that button. I have proposed “Use XWiki” in the past, which then would offer the 2
options: Have an XWiki hosted for you to use, Download and install XWiki to use. Even
though I don’t like “Try XWiki” too much, at least having a single button is more correct
since you’d be presented with the various options to “try" XWiki.
* XWiki SAS is offering several options: cloud with XCS but also hosted.
* I’d put the number of active committers next to each company name, as we do on the
download feedback page.
* Small detail: the term XWiki shouldn’t be used by other companies as is since it
conflicts with the XWiki distribution but I guess you put that just as an example. However
other companies may not have a product. They could simply be offering hosted services for
XWiki. We’ll see when the time comes.
* For myxwiki.org, we probably need to mention that it’s a real life test instance for the
xwiki devs and comes with no warranty of uptime and no support.
WDYT?
Thanks
-Vincent
Thanks,
Caty