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

+1, Great ! but... Should not the feedback form be also accessible without triggering a download ? I can imagine that you can want to came back to it later, and it will trigger the download again, which is not expected.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 18:53, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <valicac(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: > Hi, > > I've implemented the proposed version > > enterprise > http://enterprise.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > manager > http://manager.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > watch > http://watch.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > xeclipse > http://xeclipse.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > xoffice > http://xoffice.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download > > 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&#… 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