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Too much work. I would rather like to link to the last post in the "Future history of TrackerV3 and BETA version" thread. But I never found a way to do that with phpBB.... help me!sklain wrote:As a nice little added convenience, on the home page, where you show the link to the "latest BETA version" would it be possible to also indicate the specific version number? That would eliminate folks possibly downloading and installing the same version that's they're already running. Or am I missing something?
With suggestion #2, when you create a new Zip archive that has the new version number as part of its name, wouldn't you automatically delete the previous Zip archive containing the obsolete beta? So where's the clutter?#2: will clutter up my web space with obsolete versions
If I delete the previous Zip archive then I leave a dead link in the forum, which I don't want to.sklain wrote:With suggestion #2, when you create a new Zip archive that has the new version number as part of its name, wouldn't you automatically delete the previous Zip archive containing the obsolete beta? So where's the clutter?#2: will clutter up my web space with obsolete versions
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I think it's okay because it provides the small text about how to install. And also: sometimes the last post is not my recent upload but some user comment, in which case it will be confusing to link there directly.sklain wrote:... The "BETA version" forum message, which evidentially also gets to the same place but by a roundabout way, is now superfluous, isn't it?
I think it's extremely nasty to open a new browser window.admin wrote:...that the link opens a new browser window is not very nice...
I want to go via the forum because I can then follow the history of any changes / additions and why they have been made. Besides I want to know what is in the latest beta because there may be :sklain wrote:The "BETA version" forum message, ... is now superfluous, isn't it? (Although you might want to keep it for folks who are just browsing through the forum and don't use the home page link.)
Yes. But phpBB does not allow me other.Gandolf wrote:I think it's extremely nasty to open a new browser window.admin wrote:...that the link opens a new browser window is not very nice...
So you mean to say that the home page BETA link should lead directly to the last BETA post?Gandolf wrote:I don't want to be linked to downloading something and then finding that I didn't really want the changes.
If by the last BETA post you mean the post that gives the version number, date and code - yes. Not the last post in "Future history of TrackerV3 and BETA version" because that may well be replies by users or by yourself. I don't know if you would want to have a "BETA versions" only page and any replies / comments on another page - I think that would make it more complicated.admin wrote:So you mean to say that the home page BETA link should lead directly to the last BETA post?