[ckan-dev] download link on ckan.org

Mon May 21 11:45:38 UTC 2012

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?
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> 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.
>>
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>> 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..
>>>
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>>> 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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