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Bug 497716

Summary: We need a simple URL to access the Eclipse IDE installation instructions.
Product: Community Reporter: Wayne Beaton <wayne.beaton>
Component: WebsiteAssignee: phoenix.ui <phoenix.ui-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: P3 CC: antoine.thomas, chris.guindon, roxanne.joncas
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 467741, 505921    

Description Wayne Beaton CLA 2016-07-11 17:54:33 EDT
The Eclipse IDE installation instructions are on this page [1], but are only exposed when the user clicks "Find out more". We need to be able to just post a link. i.e. "go here" rather than "go here and click this"

[1] https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages/
Comment 1 Antoine THOMAS CLA 2016-07-12 10:06:46 EDT
Wayne, you opened a few bugs with the same kind of issues (browsing, finding content, ...)

Perhaps we should have a meeting and think about how to improve the structure of eclipse.org in general? With a SEO approach for page titles and URLs, and having the end user in mind?
Comment 2 Wayne Beaton CLA 2016-07-25 15:12:01 EDT
(In reply to Antoine THOMAS from comment #1)
> Perhaps we should have a meeting and think about how to improve the
> structure of eclipse.org in general? With a SEO approach for page titles and
> URLs, and having the end user in mind?

I'm in. Schedule it.
Comment 3 Antoine THOMAS CLA 2016-07-27 10:28:24 EDT
I think we need to have other people working on the websites. Can this wait for september? or do we need to do that asap?
Comment 4 Wayne Beaton CLA 2016-07-27 10:32:11 EDT
Sooner is better than later IMHO.

We're seeing only a small number of requests for installation help, but that is often the "tip of the iceberg".

Installation instructions need to be dead simple to find.
Comment 5 Christopher Guindon CLA 2016-07-27 11:29:57 EDT
Should we post the information on the wiki?
Comment 6 Wayne Beaton CLA 2016-07-27 14:36:36 EDT
(In reply to Christopher Guindon from comment #5)
> Should we post the information on the wiki?

No. The instructions for installing the packages should be on a refined webpage that we maintain.
Comment 7 Christopher Guindon CLA 2016-08-11 10:06:41 EDT
(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #6)
> (In reply to Christopher Guindon from comment #5)
> > Should we post the information on the wiki?
> 
> No. The instructions for installing the packages should be on a refined
> webpage that we maintain.

Agreed and we probably want a standalone page so that we can link to it from /downloads ?
Comment 8 Roxanne Joncas CLA 2017-03-02 04:17:02 EST
Yes, linking from download page "Problems installing?" would be nice.

I also just found out the 6 steps to install Eclipse links no longer work on the wiki: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation
Comment 9 Christopher Guindon CLA 2017-03-02 09:44:44 EST
(In reply to Roxanne Joncas from comment #8)
> Yes, linking from download page "Problems installing?" would be nice.
> 
> I also just found out the 6 steps to install Eclipse links no longer work on
> the wiki: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation


I fixed the redirect on eclipse.org and also updated the url on the wiki.
Comment 10 Roxanne Joncas CLA 2017-03-02 09:59:08 EST
(In reply to Christopher Guindon from comment #9)
> (In reply to Roxanne Joncas from comment #8)
> > Yes, linking from download page "Problems installing?" would be nice.
> > 
> > I also just found out the 6 steps to install Eclipse links no longer work on
> > the wiki: https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation
> 
> 
> I fixed the redirect on eclipse.org and also updated the url on the wiki.

awesome, thanks Chris.
Comment 11 Wayne Beaton CLA 2017-03-02 10:58:31 EST
The link text says that there are "6 steps", but the page only lists five. :-)

I've updated the link text.
Comment 12 Christopher Guindon CLA 2017-06-05 14:05:54 EDT
(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #11)
> The link text says that there are "6 steps", but the page only lists five.
> :-)
> 
> I've updated the link text.

Good! I think everything was addressed.

Closing this bug!