[sword-devel] Site nav changes?

[DM Smith]

I seem to remember the discussion was that the visitor to crosswire.org is one of three types: user, module developer or code developer. The user was served by the change that was made. The module dev and the code dev were to find what they need in the wiki.

Regarding the tar balls, is that really the appropriate distribution of source these days? Do we want to encourage people getting an aging tarball, perhaps ancient?

On the wiki we have: http://www.crosswire.org/wiki/Tutorial:Compiling_%26_Installing_SWORD
I think that it is sufficient for someone who actually wants to get to the code. Does it need to be a big, shiny DOWNLOAD button?

Perhaps there needs to be a link for the ftp folder containing the tarballs?

In Him,
	DM


On Mar 18, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:

> But how do I get to the page I linked - the /sword/software/ landing page, which is distinct from the /sword/software/biblecs/ page that you're talking about? The last time I visited the site (I forget when) the Software link on the Sword section led to the /sword/software/ landing page from whence I could download the Sword engine itself. At the moment, I cannot find any discoverable links to this page on the site and just received a complaint in IRC from a visitor who could not figure out how to download the Sword API tarballs.
> 
> --Greg
> 
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> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:47 AM, DM Smith <dmsmith at crosswire.org> wrote:
> I think it was a long time ago. Software in the banner consistently leads to www.crosswire.org/applications.
> 
> When you get to the applications page, scroll to the software you want and click on it's link. When I scroll to The SWORD Project for Windows and click on its link it goes to the download page.
> 
> In Him,
> 	DM
> 
> On Mar 18, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Greg Hellings <greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Have the nav links at the top of the site changed, recently? If memory serves, I used to navigate to www.crosswire.org/sword and click 'Software' at the top of the page and be taken to a page where I could find the download for the engine, yes? Now that leads me to www.crosswire.org/applications/ and I am unable to find the download URL for the engine's tarball. Is my memory just slipping, or has this changed recently? I can't seem to find a way to actually navigate to the URL http://www.crosswire.org/sword/software/ which probably should have a direct link with a big, shiny "DOWNLOAD" off our main Sword page.
>> 
>> --Greg
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