Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D6FE6327BC for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:12:12 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 68269-07 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:12:05 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2EEC632E2D for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:12:08 -0300 (ADT) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so967492yxm.73 for ; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:12:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.48.20 with SMTP id a20mr6690255ybk.197.1238267527842; Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:12:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49CE7419.9040606@agliodbs.com> References: <49CE7419.9040606@agliodbs.com> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:12:07 +0000 Message-ID: <937d27e10903281212r3beb0b5ap61de5208453cf3c4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Interesting comment on the home page From: Dave Page To: Josh Berkus Cc: PostgreSQL www Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.021 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL=0.021 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200903/201 X-Sequence-Number: 16855 On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > WWW Folks, > > From Bruce's blog: > > ============ > > I would put a simple description on the most visible part of the page, > currently occupied by "PostgreSQL updates released". Ok, that is important, > but to a newbie it looks like "hmm... I don't know what PostgreSQL is but I > need to upgrade it already?" Not sure what can be done about that with the current layout. > I would put a link to the latest documentation (and to the Tutorial and > Installation sections too) on the homepage. Currently the shortest path to > Tutorial is 4 click away. The documentation of the PostgreSQL project is one > of it's strongest sides, and it should easier to access. 1 click to the documentation index, one to the desired version, and one to the tutorial section. It's only a difference of 1, but I don't think we can put everything on the front page. > I would put direct links to the latest packages. The current "Latest > Releases" section is quite baffling - there are links to the notes, but not > to the source/packages? There is a bold 'Download' link, directly under the list of current versions. Because we have different types of packages for different platforms for each version, there's no easy way to do per-version links to 'source/packages' - doing so would lead to horrendous clutter (believe me, I've tried). Instead, the download link (as well as the one on the top level navigation menu) links to the carefully thought-out downloads page which guides people to exactly what they need. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com