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This issue is intended to capture feedback for the new design and content implemented on /download in #2987842: Improve clickpath for Downloading Drupal.
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#2 | Download_Drupal___Drupal_org.png | 129.97 KB | grasmash |
Comments
Comment #2
grasmash CreditAttribution: grasmash at Acquia commentedFeedback has been largely very positive. Two constructive pieces of feedback from twitter include:
Attaching a screenshot that would add the Composer command.
I've also changed the text in the bottom panes to "Demo Drupal" and "Getting Started" to more narrowly define the scope of the pane content.
Comment #3
drummComposer instructions should come with a link to Composer-related documentation.
Comment #4
svettes CreditAttribution: svettes at Acquia commentedLike the new format, just a few comments!
- It's definitely easier to get going. You have 2 clear paths: download & get started, or try out some hosting options. +1
- Get started link takes you to ch3.3 about installation, any reason we don't start them at the beginning? For example, someone might not know what "drush" is and this page references it w/o any preamble.
- Grey bkg could use a header of some kind, like "Learn more"
- Like the footer
Comment #5
hansfn CreditAttribution: hansfn commentedComment #6
gabesulliceThis just tripped me up:
curl -SO {link address}
tar -xvzf tar.gz
(the resulting filename)That's because the links lead to a
302 Redirect
socurl
didn't download anything.Perhaps there can also be a copyable
curl
command with the-L
option for CLI junkies like me.That could eventually become the copyable composer command when the Drupal + Composer story is all buttoned up.
Comment #7
grasmash CreditAttribution: grasmash at Acquia commentedThis will be in both the Evaluator and Getting Started guides that we're working on publishing ASAP in #2996033: Set up feeds to import Official Docs .asciidoc files as Drupal.org nodes
Also see #2993155: Draft "Evaluator Guide" Outline & Guide, #2993153: Draft "Getting Started" Outline & Guide
Comment #8
rszrama CreditAttribution: rszrama at Centarro commentedI have a few points of language / consistency feedback:
That's all that comes to mind. Thanks for simplifying the page! It makes me wonder, too, if "Translations" doesn't need to be added to the "Download & Extend" menu in the footer.
Comment #9
dsnopekWhen I first came to this page, my initial impression was, "Whoa, there's nothing here! How is this helpful?"
My brain was interpreting the grey rows (with super useful info like "Demo Drupal" and "Getting Started") as a footer, and I completely ignored them.
It wasn't until I re-read the blog post here and saw it specifically mention "Demo Drupal" and "Getting Started" and then went back and searched for that specific text, did I finally actually notice that it was there! It was kind of weird experience, actually, like suddenly seeing the sailboat in a magic eye picture. :-)
I'd recommend changing the visual style of those sections so they don't look like a footer. I don't consciously ignore footers, but I guess years of internet usage have caused my brain to develop some kind of "not-my-problem field" where I don't consider them actually useful content. I suspect I'm not alone in this.
Comment #10
Andrej Galuf CreditAttribution: Andrej Galuf commentedIn addition to #8, two things are missing imo:
If I want to evaluate a project in this day and age, I won't bother with zips and tarballs. I'll spin up a container image and composer-install whatever I want.
Comment #11
hansfn CreditAttribution: hansfn commentedThe screenshot in comment 2 should probably be moved to the issue summary ;-)
composer create-project
is there already.A standard Drupal container is discussed in some other issue and might be listed here when settled.
Comment #12
gabesullice+1
I only just saw them after reading your comment and going back to look again.
Comment #13
thamasIf I see "Try a hosted demo" on a button I think I'll be guided to a demo installation of Drupal, or a page where I can find the username / password to log in and a link to a demo installation.
But if I'm guided to a page instead where I find info about hosting providers who "can help you try a demo installation of Drupal in 20 minutes" then I feel fooled and I think the button was a lie…
Comment #14
Wim LeersLooking at the screenshot in #2, my suggestions would be:
download tar.gz
. Anybody who knows what that is, and how to extract it, also knows how to extract a zip. It's unnecessary noise. (Same goes for every project page btw, for example https://www.drupal.org/project/cdn.)Make a clear visual vertical hierarchy. Make every bit of information displayed count. Anybody who's been through one of the previous steps will automatically skip it, simply by scrolling further downwards. Hell, even I would find that page useful!