[ckan-dev] download link on ckan.org

[Sam Smith]

In case anyone is wondering, I have taken the liberty to move "Docs" into
the "About" menu. While the menu was looking cramped in most browsers, it
was breaking the layout in old versions of IE.


On 23 May 2012 10:31, Toby Dacre <toby.okfn at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 21 May 2012 12:45, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> I would keep the open source there ...
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>> On 21 May 2012 09:54, Sam Smith <sam.smith at okfn.org> wrote:
>> > I like the download link in the header, my only reservation is that the
>> > header now looks a bit cramped.. How would people feel about removing
>> "open
>> > source" from the strapline?
>> >
>>
>
> it does look cramped maybe move docs into about?
> I also think the open source bit is important
>
>
>>  >
>> >
>> > On 21 May 2012 09:36, Irina Bolychevsky <irina.bolychevsky at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> James is right, we need direct download links. The ckan site will be
>> >> reshuffled in future, for now the main menu link Rufus has added
>> should be
>> >> okay, if people are happy with this? We just need to make sure any
>> other
>> >> download links (e.g. on pricing page) point there instead of the docs
>> page.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 21 May 2012 09:20, Sam Smith <sam.smith at okfn.org> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> In the original design there was a download link where the brochure
>> link
>> >>> now is. Ira requested this to be removed, I'm sure she had her
>> reason, so
>> >>> there may be some further discussion to be had here..
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 20 May 2012 16:41, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Really good point James. I've just updated the site and there is now
>> a
>> >>>> download link in the main menu.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Rufus
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On 20 May 2012 16:16, James Casbon <casbon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> > Perhaps you could make the download a little easier?
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > 1. go to google, type in CKAN
>> >>>> > 2. get ckan.org
>> >>>> > 3. scan page for ages to find download link
>> >>>> > 4. try pricing ???
>> >>>> > 5. aha, download link!
>> >>>> > 6. click download link, get a documentation link
>> >>>> > 7. click 'administration ...'
>> >>>> > 8. click 'package installation'
>> >>>> > 9. scroll past pages of stuff on EC2/virtualbox
>> >>>> > 10. find apt server
>> >>>> > 11. no direct link to deb, so have to manually go through
>> repository
>> >>>> > 12. eventually find deb
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > I would think it is not unusual to have a download link prominent
>> on
>> >>>> > the homepage, which gives you a deb or a tgz.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > thanks,
>> >>>> > James
>> >>>> >
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