Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 09:28:58 -0500 From: Seth <seth@psychotic.aberrant.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Web page suggestion Message-ID: <20010214092858.A71708@psychotic.aberrant.org> In-Reply-To: <20010214081413.A331@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@freebsd.org on Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 08:14:13AM %2B0000 References: <20010213104922.A70178@psychotic.aberrant.org> <20010214081413.A331@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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--5vNYLRcllDrimb99 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I think it's great. One thing I'd add in the "Current release" box is a link to a page I drafted & set to Jordan yesterday. Under "Announcement/Release Notes/Errata", how about a "Download Now" href? I've attached my original draft; there's some redundancy in there since I had the current version w/ announcement, etc. on the secondary page. Maybe it makes sense to repeat it; if not, trash the top part. Again, please forgive the HTML -- I'm not a web designer. Seth. On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 08:14:13AM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote: > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 10:49:22AM -0500, Seth wrote: > > I'm not suggesting that the information isn't there already -- it is. > > But the release information is completely separate from the downloads, > > and it makes sense to me to have all that relevant information in > > one place, highlighted for quick navigation. > > Attached are two files that implement a first, quick, cut at this. > > The first is a patch to www/en/index.sgml. Apply this and test if you > have a local copy of the www repository. > > The second is the index.html that this generates, for those that don't > have a repo to hand, and just want to see what it looks like (keep in > mind that you won't get any of the images). > > Comments? > > N > -- > Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. > Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, > hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. > Somethings in life you can't buy. 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