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Modified: htdocs index.html.en Log: i asked a friend who does interface design to comment on the "it worked" page. i liked what he had to say. > From: James Home <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > reading over the page, it appears that the primary audience for the > page is the person who's installing Apache. this doesn't really make > sense though; the only information it's necessary to convey to that > person is that the server is working, and the simple presence of the > page does that. sure, there are the links to the Apache homepage and > to documentation, but those don't require much prominence; if someone > is looking for them, they're easy to find. > > I'd say that the primary audience for the *information* on the page > is the poor befuddled user who doesn't know an Apache helicopter from > an Apache web server and wants to know what happened to the website > they've spent weeks working on. > > so how is a user like that going to experience the page? > > - a logo that they don't recognize at the bottom of the page > apparently claiming responsibility for it; > > - some confusing "It Worked!" message at the top of the page; > > - a somewhat threatening and vague message that, despite the fact > that this page is all about this mysterious software called Apache > (note that it isn't explained that Apache is web server software > until the very last line of small text), Apache isn't responsible for > the site, and I should "contact the administrator of the site > involved" (of course, if I was an end user who didn't understand how > web servers work, I would assume *I* was the administrator of my > site, leaving only this mysterious organization to contact). > > - clicking on the most prominent link takes me to another page that > doesn't specifically mention web servers. there's a contact link > though, which takes me to the page with the email address and Sally's > phone number. > > I did a quick mockup to demonstrate how I think this might work better: > > http://www.vagabondage.com/~jim/apache/worked2.html Submitted by: James Home <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Revision Changes Path 1.2 +26 -38 apache-1.3/htdocs/index.html.en Index: index.html.en =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/apache-1.3/htdocs/index.html.en,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- index.html.en 1999/08/27 15:08:02 1.1 +++ index.html.en 1999/11/01 21:48:49 1.2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> - <TITLE>Test Page for Apache Installation on Web Site</TITLE> + <TITLE>Test Page for Apache Installation</TITLE> </HEAD> <!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> <BODY @@ -11,41 +11,29 @@ VLINK="#000080" ALINK="#FF0000" > - <H1 ALIGN="CENTER"> - It Worked! The Apache Web Server is Installed on this Web Site! - </H1> - <P> - If you can see this page, then the people who own this domain have just - installed the <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/httpd";>Apache Web server</A> - software successfully. They now have to add content to this directory - and replace this placeholder page, or else point the server at their real - content. - </P> - <HR> - <BLOCKQUOTE> - If you are seeing this page instead of the site you expected, please - <STRONG>contact the administrator of the site involved.</STRONG> - (Try sending mail to <SAMP><Webmaster@<EM>domain</EM>></SAMP>.) - Although this site is - running the Apache software it almost certainly has no other connection - to the Apache Group, so please do not send mail about this site or its - contents to the Apache authors. If you do, your message will be - <STRONG><BIG>ignored</BIG></STRONG>. - </BLOCKQUOTE> - <HR> - <P> - The Apache - <A - HREF="manual/index.html" - >documentation</A> - has been included with this distribution. - </P> - <P> - The Webmaster of this site is free to use the image below on - an Apache-powered Web server. Thanks for using Apache! - </P> - <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> - <IMG SRC="apache_pb.gif" ALT=""> - </DIV> - </BODY> + + +<P> +If you can see this, it means that the installation of the <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/";>Apache</A> web server software on this system was successful. You may now add content to this directory and replace this page. + +<P><HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="8"> + +<H2 ALIGN="CENTER">Seeing this instead of the website you expected?</H2> + +<P> +This page is here because the site administrator has changed the configuration of this web server. +Please <STRONG>contact the person responsible for maintaining this server with questions.</STRONG> The Apache Software Foundation, which wrote the web server software this site administrator is using, has nothing to do with maintaining this site and cannot help resolve configuration issues. + +<P><HR WIDTH="50%" SIZE="8"> + + +<P> +The Apache <A HREF="manual/index.html">documentation</A> has been included with this distribution. + +<P> +You are free to use the image below on an Apache-powered web server. Thanks for using Apache! + +<P ALIGN="CENTER"> +<IMG SRC="apache_pb.gif" ALT=""> +</BODY> </HTML>
