[csw-maintainers] Blogger says installation instructions are unclear

Peter Bonivart bonivart at opencsw.org
Tue Jan 31 17:15:18 CET 2012


2012/1/31 Maciej (Matchek) Bliziński <maciej at opencsw.org>:
> I found this post today:
>
> http://computersimplified.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/addind-softwares-on-a-click-in-solaris-11/
>
> The poster says:
>
> "Unfortunately the instructions for setting up opencsw is not so clear
> on the website."
>
> ...and then proceeds to explain how to install:
>
> "Basically you add (...)"
>
> It was posted 11 days ago, so it refers to the current layout of the
> website. On the main page, we have the download link. On one hand I
> can't see how it can be made simpler. On the other hand, I accept that
> the user was looking for these instructions and couldn't find them.
> Can we improve the installation instructions (or their
> discoverability) in any way?

I've always thought it was overkill to have both announcements and
news, one should be enough. We could then move the text from "Get
started" right onto the first page in its own box. Most similar sites
have bootstrap info right in your face, we should as well.

/peter


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