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Date:      Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:29:47 -0500
From:      Mikel King <mikel@ocsinternet.com>
To:        Seth <seth@psychotic.aberrant.org>
Cc:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Web page suggestion
Message-ID:  <3A8AB27B.A664CD14@ocsinternet.com>
References:  <20010213104922.A70178@psychotic.aberrant.org> <20010214081413.A331@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <20010214092858.A71708@psychotic.aberrant.org>

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Seth,

    In the interest of making things easier why not create a simple tarball with the kern.flp &
mfsroot.flp, fidimage.exe and a it's docs, as well as the fBSD how to and stuff like that for the
current version. Call it an express intall kit if you like.  Well it's just a thought and really
wouldn't take much to throw that into the mix as well.

Cheers,
mikel


Seth wrote:

> 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.  For everything else, there's MasterCard.
> >   -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery
>
> > Index: index.sgml
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /home/ncvs/www/en/index.sgml,v
> > retrieving revision 1.102
> > diff -u -r1.102 index.sgml
> > --- index.sgml        2001/01/25 22:20:23     1.102
> > +++ index.sgml        2001/02/14 08:11:30
> > @@ -128,8 +128,26 @@
> >         <td bgcolor="#ffffff">&nbsp;</td>
> >
> >         <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="500">
> > +         <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" align="right" bgcolor="#000000">
> > +              <tr>
> > +                <td>
> > +                  <table width="100%" cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=0 bgcolor="#ffcc66">
> > +                    <tr>
> > +                      <td align="center"><b>Current Release: 4.2</b><br>
> > +                        <small><a
> > +                          href="&base;/releases/4.2R/announce.html">Announcement</a>
> > +                          &#183; <a
> > +                            href="&base;/handbook/install.html">Installation
> > +                            Guide</a> &#183; <a
> > +                            href="&base;/releases/4.2R/errata.html">Errata</a></small></td>
> > +                    </tr>
> > +                  </table>
> > +                </td>
> > +              </tr>
> > +            </table>
> > +
> >           <h2><font color="#990000">What is FreeBSD?</font></h2>
> > -
> > +
> >           <p>FreeBSD is an advanced BSD UNIX operating system for the
> >             Intel compatible (x86), DEC Alpha, and PC-98 architectures.
> >             It is developed and maintained by <a
>
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>    newguide.htmlName: newguide.html
>                 Type: Hypertext Markup Language (text/html)



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