656721 - Create 'out-of-date' replacement page for beta/RC versions of firstrun/whatsnew pages

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

In an effort to clean up the whatsnew/firstrun pages that have been left around behind the beta/RC releases of Firefox (mostly 4.0 betas), we're going to create a fall-back page that we can redirect any out-of-date firstrun/whatsnew pages for Beta or RC builds of Firefox.

This will be similar to the out-of-date page we redirect people to for final releases: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/out-of-date/

Rather than a download button for the final release, this page will point people to the /firefox/channel/ page where they can get a more recent beta or Aurora build.

Perhaps it should also offer a download of the current final release?

Will need Matej's help for the text.

lforrest/lmesa, are we ok reusing the general layout/design from the existing /firefox/out-of-date/ page?

Comment 1

[John Slater]

Good idea. I think the main CTA should direct people to the channels page rather than the current final release...our general thinking is that we want to grow these new channels, so past beta users should become future beta users, if that makes sense.

Also, would you mind filing a separate copy bug for Matej? https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Marketing (component: copy)

Comment 2

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

This page is set up in trunk in r89145.

Please review: http://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/out-of-date/beta

Comment 3

[raymond [:retornam] (inactive)]

qa-verified-trunk http://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/out-of-date/beta

Comment 4

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

This has been merged to stage along with the changes from Bug 651167 in r89439.

Comment 5

[raymond [:retornam] (inactive)]

qa-verified-stage http://www.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/out-of-date/beta

Comment 6

[James Long (:jlongster)]

pushed to production r89669

Comment 7

[raymond [:retornam] (inactive)]

verified fixed http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/out-of-date/beta