562686 - Apply new firstrun page design to whatsnew page

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

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

Description

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

There's a fan-C-pants new design being implemented on the firstrun page in Bug 555098. This bug will track the application of this design to the whatsnew page.

Comment 1

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

While the firstrun page is exists only once for the major version # (3.6), a new copy of the whatsnew page is created for each release. We've got:

/en-US/firefox/3.6/whatsnew/
/en-US/firefox/3.6.2/whatsnew/
/en-US/firefox/3.6.2rc/whatsnew/
/en-US/firefox/3.6.3/whatsnew/
/en-US/firefox/3.6.3plugin1/whatsnew/
/en-US/firefox/3.6.4rc/whatsnew/

Should we update all of the 3.6.* whatsnew pages, or just the first (3.6 proper) and most recent?

Comment 2

[Blake Cutler]

Perhaps we should wait to see whether the new design performs better than the existing design before implementing it on both the First Run and What's New pages.

Comment 3

[John Slater]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Perhaps we should wait to see whether the new design performs better than the
> existing design before implementing it on both the First Run and What's New
> pages.
Why not implement the new design and test it against the existing one? Seems like we could learn a lot that way.

Comment 4

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

If it makes a difference in the decision, the whatsnew pages share a lot of resources with the firstrun page, so applying the new design to the whatsnew pages will not be a major project.

Comment 5

[Blake Cutler]

Okay, in that case it doesn't matter.  Just thought I'd try to save you some work.

Comment 6

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Could I get a final decision on which versions of the whatsnew page should get this treatment? (see comment #1).

Comment 7

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

I say we implement the design on 3.6.4rc and beyond.

Comment 8

[LegNeato]

This would just be for final releases, correct?

The rc's have the beta/robot look:

    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.2rc/whatsnew/

And the finals have the look this bug wants to revamp:

    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6.2/whatsnew/

Also, for final releases the content doesn't change. I'm planning on redirecting any final build's whatsnew to the general one for the release (3.6.4/whatsnew -> 3.6/whatsnew, 3.6.4rc/whatsnew no redirect). There are similar ones in place for firstrun already (http://viewvc.svn.mozilla.org/vc/projects/mozilla.com/tags/production/.htaccess?view=markup#l177).

Comment 9

[Laura Mesa [:lmesa] [:lvmesa]]

Christian is right.  3.6.4 version release and every final version after that.

Comment 10

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Done in trunk in r67006 to en-US/firefox/3.6/whatsnew/

Comment 11

[raymond [:retornam] (inactive)]

looks good on http://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/whatsnew/

Comment 12

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

I know I'm late to the party, but we should be using our CDN as much as possible (see bug 545548); this is something that probably shouldn't block this page, but should be done eventually.

Comment 13

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

Please add the add-on src parameters and links mentioned in the firstrun page bug (bug 555098) to this page as well, except change the src from fxfirstrun to fxwhatsnew.

Thanks!

Comment 14

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

The featured add-ons, src parameters, and wording have been updated here on the whatsnew page to match the firstrun page updates from Bug 555098.

Comment 15

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Use CDN for scripts in header and new jquery-based input-placeholder script in r67242.

Comment 16

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

(In reply to comment #15)
> Use CDN for scripts in header and new jquery-based input-placeholder script in
> r67242.

What about the static images (Firefox logo, other non-Personas graphics); can you do those too?

Comment 17

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

(In reply to comment #16)
> What about the static images (Firefox logo, other non-Personas graphics); can
> you do those too?

They were done as well. The image now either have the static-prefix or are embedded directly in the CSS with the data URI scheme.

Comment 18

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

A few more images using the static-prefix in r67292.

Comment 19

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

I've taken another look at both this page and the First Run page over in bug
562686, and it looks good (validated doctype, checked links, Persona hovers,
etc.)

Comment 20

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

Merged to stage in r67318.

https://www.authstage.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.6/whatsnew/

Comment 21

[John Slater]

Thanks Steven. Are the files in r67318 the only ones I need to push live?

Comment 22

[Steven Garrity [:sgarrity]]

(In reply to comment #21)
> Thanks Steven. Are the files in r67318 the only ones I need to push live?
Yes, that's it.

Comment 23

[John Slater]

Pushed the files - should be live soon. Thanks all!

Comment 24

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED; John, when you push live, please remove "push-needed" from the keyword field; thanks!