On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> > Sorry for top posting, but I think we've discussed this enough to have >> > a sense of what our constraints are. >> > >> > A quick proposal: >> > >> > Let's start from this page: >> > >> > http://www.openoffice.org/product/ >> > >> > That is linked to prominently from the homepage and the top navigation >> bar. >> > >> > I propose adding a new section to the left navigation panel, between >> > "Products" and "More". The new section will be called "Platforms" and >> > will link to four pages: >> > >> > 1) Windows >> > >> > 2) Mac >> > >> > 3) Linux >> > >> > 4) Ports >> > >> > The first three will be new landing pages. The last one will link to >> > the existing /porting page. >> > >> > Each of the platform pages will have basic system requirements and a >> > link to the download page. They pages can grow to contain (or link to) >> > other platform specific instructions or FAQ's. >> > >> >> As an example, here is what the windows page might look like: >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/product/windows.html >> >> We could try to keep the other platforms in a parallel form. >> >> -Rob >> > > good idea! I like it! >
OK. I've uploaded template pages for MacOS and Linux: http://www.openoffice.org/product/mac.html http://www.openoffice.org/product/linux.html I really need help on filling in the details there. I don't think I've touched a Mac since 1989. And even then I was confused looking for the "on" button ;-) Regards, -Rob > >> >> > >> > -Rob >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Rob Weir wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> I could see /platforms/mac if we imagine creating in the future >> >>>> similar landing pages for Windows or Linux. >> >>>> Note that today, a query of "OpenOffice for Linux" has this ancient >> >>>> page as a #1 hit: >> >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/setup-linux.html >> >>>> And the #1 hit for "OpenOffice for Windows" is not even at our >> >>>> website. It goes to CNet's download.com page. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Very interesting. Indeed this could also be the way to catch users who >> look >> >>> for "OpenOffice Portable", for example, and should know that we do >> have a >> >>> (third-party, from winPenPack) version available; they are now offered >> an >> >>> ancient version since OpenOffice Portable has not been updated yet. The >> >>> updated version is not on the first page of search results. >> >>> >> >> >> >> Exactly. >> >> >> >> In the last month we've seen the following related queries: >> >> >> >> openoffice portable 2,500 >> >> open office portable 1,000 >> >> openoffice portable italiano 150 >> >> apache openoffice portable 16 >> >> portable 90 >> >> openoffice portable download 16 >> >> portable openoffice 12 >> >> openofficeportable <10 >> >> office portable <10 >> >> openoffice portable日本語版 <10 >> >> openoffice portable 3.4 <10 >> >> openoffice 3.4 portable <10 >> >> openoffice portable deutsch <10 >> >> openoffice.org portable 日本語版 <10 >> >> portable open office <10 >> >> openoffice.org portable <10 >> >> openoffice portable 日本語 <10 >> >> >> >> For many of these queries the #1 page is the German page: >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/de/downloads/oooportable.html. That is not >> >> the optimal page for most of these queries. >> >> >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Andrea. >> > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > MzK > > "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." > -- > Aesop
