[ckan-dev] download link on ckan.org

Wed May 23 09:31:59 UTC 2012

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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