Re: [xwiki-devs] Redesign of Download page (was Re: [Proposal] Optional Contact Form in the download page)

Hi Caty, On 03/04/2011 07:53 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote: Looks good overall but I have a few remarks: * there is too much orange for me * the 3D effect suggested by the "Stable"/"Latest" flags doesn't make much sense to me * I don't like that much the current download icon; I think the previous one was better

* the "file" word is redundant in the "Type" column The orange background for "Other downloads" and "Development builds" looks inconsistent for the rest of the download pages. Hope this helps, Marius > > Please vote on this versions. > > This variant deprecates xwiki:Main.Download and will need also a change in > Panels.Download that will relate to the local Main.Download instead of the > global xwiki: link. > > The feedback form is activated so we will receive the messages, but there is > only one general form and the messages are redirected just to one email > address. Some developer needs to fix this in order for the companies > checkbox to work. > > Thanks, > Caty > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 16:05, Vincent Massol<vincent(a)massol.net> wrote: > >> Hi Caty, >> >> That's good to me. I believe it's a good first version that we can tune >> later on. >> >> I'm +1 to implement it like this for now. >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent >> >> On Feb 16, 2011, at 5:40 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> *Design proposal:* >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownloadRe… >>> >>> *Mockups:* >>> XWiki Enterprise Manager Download Page >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownlo… >>> >>> XWiki Enterprise Download Page - Part 1 >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownlo… >>> >>> XWiki Enterprise Download Page - Part 2 >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownlo… >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Caty >>> >>> P.S.* Prototypes* (with incubator style): >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownloadMa… >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownloadEn… >>> >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/XWikiOrgDownloadEn… >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:17, Vincent Massol<vincent(a)massol.net> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Thanks for your feedback on my previous mail on this topic. I've >> discussed >>>> it more with Gregory and Emilie and here's what we'd like to propose >> now: >>>> >>>> * Add a Profesional Services heading on the download which would contain >>>> ** Some text explaining about community support and linking to >>>> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Support (which already >> describes >>>> community support) >>>> ** A livetable containing companies offering professional services for >>>> XWiki. The columns would be: >>>> *** Logo >>>> *** Company name >>>> *** Number of active committers >>>> *** Link to the correct anchor on the Support page ( >>>> http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Support) >>>> ** The livetable would only show 3 entries >>>> ** The livetable would be sorted by active committers by default >>>> ** A text that explains how to add a new company to the list and which >>>> would point to the Governance page ( >>>> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Governance) >>>> >>>> * We will remove the current XWiki SAS support link since that >> information >>>> will be moved to the livetable >>>> >>>> * Rework the download page so that when a download link is clicked, it >>>> opens a new page containing the feedback questionnaire while the >> download >>>> happens >>>> ** Note that for this to be technically possible I propose to remove the >>>> link to the OW2 mirrors and instead link to the only existing mirror >> (OW2 >>>> seems to have only 1...). If not, we would need some code to compute >> which >>>> OW2 mirror to use based on the location. >>>> >>>> * The feedback questionnaire page would contain the following: >>>> ** The following questionnaire: >>>> >> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/SatisfactionSurveyProducts(let&#… the questions together) >>>> ** The questionnaire would start with a first question asking to which >>>> companies it should be sent to. We would list all companies offering >>>> professional support (using checkboxes) with a special text for the top >> one >>>> ("Top contributor") and in parenthesis listing the number of active >>>> committers. For example: >>>> >>>> [ ] XWiki SAS - Top contributor with 15 active committers >>>> [ ] Softec - 1 active committer >>>> >>>> ** A text explaining that it's optional and what the questionnaire will >> be >>>> used for, i.e. that >>>> *** it will be published anonymously on xwiki.org to improve the >> product >>>> *** it will be sent to the companies for which the user has checked the >> box >>>> >>>> >>>> We've tried to design this proposal with taking 2 ideas into account: >>>> 1) that it's fair and that all companies can have a fair visibility >>>> 2) that it's visible which companies contribute the most (to reward >> their >>>> contributions) >>>> >>>> WDYT? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> -Vincent >>>> >>>> On Jan 10, 2011, at 11:02 AM, Vincent Massol wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi devs and everyone, >>>>> >>>>> Emilie has proposed the following content to be added to the Download >>>> page (http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download): >>>>> >>>>> http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Drafts/TextDownload >>>>> >>>>> The idea is twofold: >>>>> 1) to get feedback about what people think about our software. >>>>> 2) some people who download the XWiki software from xwiki.org don't >> know >>>> that XWiki SAS has a commercial offerings and could be interested by it >>>>> >>>>> The pros for the community are: >>>>> 1) XWiki SAS will publish back the result of the feedback it receives >>>> from the download form which will allow us to fine tune and improve the >>>> software >>>>> 2) XWiki SAS could get more business (from people who want to buy >>>> support, dev work, hosting, etc) which will mean accrued budget for >> paying >>>> developers and resources to work on the XWiki project >>>>> >>>>> Note 1: the form would be of course optional >>>>> Note 2: in the future I'd like to see a not for profit foundation to >>>> handle xwiki.org, the xwiki open source project, donations, etc. When >> this >>>> happens we could elect from member for the foundation and have the >> feedback >>>> form sent to that foundation for example, with members of the foundation >>>> having access to the data (for example). >>>>> >>>>> WDYT? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> -Vincent Massol, acting as both CTO of XWiki SAS and XWiki open source >>>> developer