# Help with the snaps site - Thread: https://externals.io/message/29749 - Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/29749 - Started by John Mertic on 2007-05-25T12:15:40+00:00 - Messages: 18 - Reply by email to internals@lists.php.net - More for agents: search with https://externals.io/search.md?q={query} · JSON API at https://externals.io/api · documentation at https://externals.io/llms.txt --- ## #29749 — John Mertic — 2007-05-25T12:15:40+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29749 Below is a link to my take on the redesign: http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html (Warning - none of the links on the page go to anywhere) My thinking is keep one set of builds on the main page and then provide a link to previous builds, which we can give an ftp-style listing or make the nicer looking page like above. This keeps the snaps page cleaner since I would think most people would be looking for the latest snap and not necessarily one of the previous 4 ones. Let me know if my approach and design sounds reasonable. -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29750 — Jan Lehnardt — 2007-05-25T12:25:21+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29750 · In reply to: #29749 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Below is a link to my take on the redesign: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html > (Warning - none of the links on the page go to anywhere) > [...] > Let me know if my approach and design sounds reasonable. it does: +1. Jan - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) iD8DBQFGVtWy7KW8t7uWVrARAof6AJ0YYtaV1bn0oSvX1cl4Wmu5IQ1/8gCeMjIK /UU2+gIlyZddkxLaQet7Owk= =4E7D -----END PGP SIGNATURE --- ## #29751 — Hannes Magnusson — 2007-05-25T12:57:30+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29751 · In reply to: #29749 Hi John > Below is a link to my take on the redesign: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html Looks really good. One suggestion: how about removing the left column ("next snapshot") and add that info under each "built on"? -Hannes --- ## #29752 — Edin Kadribasic — 2007-05-25T13:04:28+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29752 · In reply to: #29751 Hannes Magnusson wrote: > Hi John > > > > […] > > Looks really good. Yes, it looks excellent. > One suggestion: how about removing the left column ("next snapshot") > and add that info under each "built on"? I think we should put it as is since that information is vital for people without a windows system to see if their fixes build on win32. I'll put this up over the weekend. Thanks John! Edin --- ## #29754 — John Mertic — 2007-05-25T13:22:56+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29754 · In reply to: #29752 Thanks, Let me know if you need any help getting it up and running. Also, for the "Previous Build" links, do we want to just dump them to a directory or have a nicely formated page similar to this one. Either way shouldn't be a problem. John > Hannes Magnusson wrote: > > […] > > Yes, it looks excellent. > > > […] > > I think we should put it as is since that information is vital for > people without a windows system to see if their fixes build on win32. > > I'll put this up over the weekend. > > Thanks John! > > Edin > -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29755 — Tijnema — 2007-05-25T14:05:20+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29755 · In reply to: #29749 > Below is a link to my take on the redesign: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html > (Warning - none of the links on the page go to anywhere) > > Let me know if my approach and design sounds reasonable. I like the design under Firefox, but I guess you didn't check it out with IE7? It gives me a lot of scrollbars in the page ... Tijnema --- ## #29756 — John Mertic — 2007-05-25T14:19:24+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29756 · In reply to: #29755 Fixed that; IE7 and overflow: auto where the culprits, so I added special CSS just for that browser. Thanks for catching that! > I like the design under Firefox, but I guess you didn't check it out > with IE7? It gives me a lot of scrollbars in the page ... -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29757 — Tijnema — 2007-05-25T14:20:48+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29757 · In reply to: #29756 > Fixed that; IE7 and overflow: auto where the culprits, so I added > special CSS just for that browser. > > Thanks for catching that! Yes, looks cool now, i'd say +1 :) > > > > […] > > -- > -- > John Mertic "Explaining a joke > is like dissecting a frog: you > jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, > but the frog dies in the > process." > > -Mark Twain --- ## #29758 — Zoe Slattery — 2007-05-25T14:34:09+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29758 · In reply to: #29749 John Mertic wrote: > Below is a link to my take on the redesign: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html > (Warning - none of the links on the page go to anywhere) > +1 - looks better and makes getting the latest snap easier --- ## #29767 — Jan Reininghaus — 2007-05-25T19:11:38+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29767 · In reply to: #29749 John Mertic wrote: > Below is a link to my take on the redesign: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html > (Warning - none of the links on the page go to anywhere) > > My thinking is keep one set of builds on the main page and then > provide a link to previous builds, which we can give an ftp-style > listing or make the nicer looking page like above. This keeps the > snaps page cleaner since I would think most people would be looking > for the latest snap and not necessarily one of the previous 4 ones. > > Let me know if my approach and design sounds reasonable. > Although I have actually nothing to say here, I like the approach as well. It seems to be very clear to me. I have already said that I dislike the "Next Snapshot" column on snaps.php.net, but you have made the column far less complex. :) --- ## #29768 — John Mertic — 2007-05-25T19:20:29+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29768 Thanks for the compliments and the suggestion. I've made the whole section underneath each branch in the light blue highlighted color. I agree it makes it much easier to read now. John > John Mertic wrote: > > […] > > Looks really nice. > > I like the next snap column on the LH side. > > My only improvement would be to change the horizontal background shading > so it encompasses the heading of each section as well as the content, > and/or encompasses the "Previous Builds" line. > > When I look into the middle section of the page my eyes read from the top > of each color band, e.g. I see > > Previous Builds > 5.2.x-dev > Source Distribution. > > Chris > > -- > Christopher Jones, Oracle > Email: Christopher.Jones@oracle.com Tel: +1 650 506 8630 > Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad > -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29793 — John Mertic — 2007-05-26T04:05:02+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29793 Hi Chris, I can see where you are coming from. I put together another version of this that entirely uses the PHP CSS templates: http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html It looks and feels more like the main PHP.net site. I also went ahead and changed the branch names to PHP 4, PHP 5, and PHP 6, instead of 4.4.x-dev, etc. I'm curious now which one everyone prefers, the previous one ( http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html ) or the one listed above. John > On reflection, now I've had lunch, the intent/risks of the snapshots > isn't so clear. Maybe a simple change such as making the headings > "4.4 Development" spelling out "Development" (no need for the ".x" > anyway), or maybe a brief paragraph description is needed. > > Also adding a link to http://www.php.net/downloads somewhere might > help the googler who lands on the snaps page but wants something > stable to use. > > A problem even with the current snaps page is that the PHP logo doesn't > link to php.net. And I'd prefer the snap page had the stand php.net header > links. > > Chris > > John Mertic wrote: > > […] > > > -- > Christopher Jones, Oracle > Email: Christopher.Jones@oracle.com Tel: +1 650 506 8630 > Blog: http://blogs.oracle.com/opal/ Book: http://tinyurl.com/f8jad > -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29795 — M. Sokolewicz — 2007-05-26T07:04:41+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29795 · In reply to: #29793 Hi John, I actually kind of liked the branch names instead of just "PHP4/PHP5". "PHP5" doesn't mean squat to me, I'd prefer to see the branch names as they barely take any more space and yet provide a lot more info. - Tul John Mertic wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I can see where you are coming from. I put together another version of > this that entirely uses the PHP CSS templates: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html > > It looks and feels more like the main PHP.net site. I also went ahead > and changed the branch names to PHP 4, PHP 5, and PHP 6, instead of > 4.4.x-dev, etc. > > I'm curious now which one everyone prefers, the previous one ( > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html ) or the one > listed above. > > John > > > > […] --- ## #29796 — Michael Wallner — 2007-05-26T07:23:27+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29796 · In reply to: #29793 John Mertic wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I can see where you are coming from. I put together another version of > this that entirely uses the PHP CSS templates: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html I like it, but how about using "BZip2 Tarball" and "Zip Package" etc instead of "php5 (...)"? -- Michael --- ## #29797 — Raghubansh — 2007-05-26T07:28:19+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29797 · In reply to: #29793 > > Hi Chris, > > I can see where you are coming from. I put together another version of > this that entirely uses the PHP CSS templates: > > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html New one looks better, I would prefer this. It looks and feels more like the main PHP.net site. I also went ahead > and changed the branch names to PHP 4, PHP 5, and PHP 6, instead of > 4.4.x-dev, etc. Would like to see the branch name 4.4.x-dev , 5.5.x-dev, etc. and not PHP4, PHP5. I'm curious now which one everyone prefers, the previous one ( > http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index.html ) or the one > listed above. > > John > > > > […] > shading > > […] > top > > […] > > > -- > -- > John Mertic "Explaining a joke > is like dissecting a frog: you > jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, > but the frog dies in the > process." > > -Mark Twain > > -- > > > > -- with Regards, Raghubansh --- ## #29809 — John Mertic — 2007-05-26T15:33:52+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29809 · In reply to: #29797 > Would like to see the branch name 4.4.x-dev , 5.5.x-dev, etc. and not > PHP4, PHP5. Changed the titles back. Any other comments on this version (http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html), or should we go ahead and put it up there? -- -- John Mertic "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you jmertic@gmail.com understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." -Mark Twain --- ## #29813 — Edin Kadribasic — 2007-05-26T16:13:23+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29813 · In reply to: #29809 Way ahead of you :) http://snaps.php.net/newsnaps.php Edin John Mertic wrote: > > > […] > > Changed the titles back. > > Any other comments on this version > (http://files.edin.dk/php/installer/snaps-html/index-phptemplate.html), > or should we go ahead and put it up there? --- ## #29814 — Edin Kadribasic — 2007-05-26T16:39:03+00:00 URL: https://externals.io/message/29749#29814 · In reply to: #29813 The new snaps site is up and running. I want to thank John Mertic for the nice work the design and everyone for coming with helpful suggestions. Edin P.S. this file is in the cvs as systems/snaps_index.php so any modification suggestions would be best sent as patches to this file. Edin Kadribasic wrote: > Way ahead of you :) > > http://snaps.php.net/newsnaps.php > > Edin > > > John Mertic wrote: > > […]