Community: Forums category change for 5.6 VS 5.7+
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We are far enough along in the change to Concrete5 version 7 (5.7+) that I feel a change is necessary in the Forums Categories.
When the Category "5.7 Discussion" was created, this wasn't the case.
Unfortunately, now it's very unclear where to post and everything is getting mixed up.
Because of this, many people are putting EVERYTHING related to Concrete5 version 7 in the "5.7 Discussion" category.
In other words, many of us are exclusively posting related to 5.7+ at this point in time (and the trend will only increase moving forward). So if I have a "Editing with concrete5" post, where should I (currently) put it? In "Editing with concrete5", or in "5.7 Discussion"? Same with any other category!
I'm not sure of the best solution because of the current mess, but moving forward perhaps we flip the whole thing around, and make a "Legacy 5.6 and earlier" category, so that everything for 5.6 can go there, and everything for 5.7+ can go in the appropriate existing categories (rather than being dumped into "5.7 Discussion").
At the same time, perhaps we should Close down the "5.7 Discussion" category from any new posts.
When the Category "5.7 Discussion" was created, this wasn't the case.
Unfortunately, now it's very unclear where to post and everything is getting mixed up.
Because of this, many people are putting EVERYTHING related to Concrete5 version 7 in the "5.7 Discussion" category.
In other words, many of us are exclusively posting related to 5.7+ at this point in time (and the trend will only increase moving forward). So if I have a "Editing with concrete5" post, where should I (currently) put it? In "Editing with concrete5", or in "5.7 Discussion"? Same with any other category!
I'm not sure of the best solution because of the current mess, but moving forward perhaps we flip the whole thing around, and make a "Legacy 5.6 and earlier" category, so that everything for 5.6 can go there, and everything for 5.7+ can go in the appropriate existing categories (rather than being dumped into "5.7 Discussion").
At the same time, perhaps we should Close down the "5.7 Discussion" category from any new posts.
Or create a parent category for 5.6 Discussion with with a few sub-forums in it (to help distinguish it a bit better) it's still widely used, even though new developments won't use it, the majority of existing c5 sites do, and will often need improvements made.
Agreed. Some reorg here, and some rethinking of the marketplace landing & presentation of "version 7 vs. legacy" is in the works.
@frz
I think this would be useful.
This would help reduce the number of "What version of concrete5 are you using?" questions when responding to forum posts.
I think this would be useful.
This would help reduce the number of "What version of concrete5 are you using?" questions when responding to forum posts.
+1
I agree, but can we please be careful to add 301 redirects so there aren't too many broken links. I've noticed a lot of 404's on this site in the past.
Totally. Even more annoying (and detrimental to c5) is the fact that many Google searches index the main https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums... but by the time it gets indexed the results have changed.
So I guess the next best thing (other than regular forum software) would to have a noindex on that page so the permalinks get indexed instead.
Might as well throw in the two spaces before and after a hyperlink if you want it to not 404 problem for over 2 years a problem... (-10)
So I guess the next best thing (other than regular forum software) would to have a noindex on that page so the permalinks get indexed instead.
Might as well throw in the two spaces before and after a hyperlink if you want it to not 404 problem for over 2 years a problem... (-10)
