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svn commit: r909189 - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/lists.html xdocs/lists.xml

Author: kkolinko
Date: Fri Feb 12 00:34:46 2010
New Revision: 909189

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=909189&view=rev
Log:
Rearrange the list of mail lists, using a DL list instead of UL list.
Add several notes for the posters to tomcat-users.

Modified:
    tomcat/site/trunk/docs/lists.html
    tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/lists.xml

Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/lists.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/lists.html?rev=909189&r1=909188&r2=909189&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/lists.html (original)
+++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/lists.html Fri Feb 12 00:34:46 2010
@@ -210,27 +210,37 @@
 <p>Formatted archives are available in several places including <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/">the Apache Mail
 Archives</a>, <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/">MARC</a>, 
 <a href="http://www.nabble.com/">Nabble</a>, and
-<a href="http://tomcat.markmail.org/">MarkMail</a>.
-You can also use the mail-to-news <a href="nntp://news.gmane.org/">gateway</a> offered by <a href="http://news.gmane.org/index.php?match=gmane.comp.apache">GMANE</a>
+<a href="http://tomcat.markmail.org/">MarkMail</a>.</p>
+
+<p>You can also use the mail-to-news <a href="nntp://news.gmane.org/">gateway</a> offered by <a href="http://news.gmane.org/index.php?match=gmane.comp.apache">GMANE</a>
 to access most of the lists with a news reader.</p>
 
- <ul>
-  <li>
-<a href="#tomcat-users">User support and discussion</a>
-</li>
-  <li>
-<a href="#tomcat-announce">Low volume announcements including all
-      releases and security vulnerabilities</a>
-</li>
-  <li>
-<a href="#tomcat-dev">Development mailing list, including commit
-      messages</a>
-</li>
-  <li>
-<a href="#taglibs-user">User support and discussion for
-      Apache Taglibs</a>
-</li>
- </ul>
+<p>The following lists are available:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt>
+<a href="#tomcat-users">tomcat-users</a>
+</dt>
+  <dd>User support and discussion</dd>
+
+  <dt>
+<a href="#taglibs-user">taglibs-user</a>
+</dt>
+  <dd>User support and discussion for
+   <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/taglibs/">Apache Taglibs</a>
+</dd>
+
+  <dt>
+<a href="#tomcat-announce">tomcat-announce</a>
+</dt>
+  <dd>Low volume announcements including all releases and security
+   vulnerabilities</dd>
+   
+   <dt>
+<a href="#tomcat-dev">tomcat-dev</a>
+</dt>
+   <dd>Development mailing list, including commit messages</dd>
+</dl>
 
 </blockquote>
 </p>
@@ -271,6 +281,24 @@
 Tomcat questions to Eric or Rick themselves!</strong>
 </p>
 
+<p>
+<strong>Important:</strong>
+</p>
+
+<ol>
+  <li>When asking questions on the list, please state your exact Tomcat version
+  (which is three numbers, usually 6.0.x or 5.5.x), your operating system, and
+  essential bits of your configuration.
+  </li>
+  <li>Note, that Tomcat Documentation is provided on this site (see the links
+  at the left) and is searchable (see an input box above). Add "Tomcat 6.0" or
+  "Tomcat 5.5" to your query to refine your results. The tomcat-users mail list
+  archives (links are below) are also searchable.</li>
+  <li>The <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ">FAQ</a> and
+  <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo">How To</a> pages
+  are available at the <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/">Tomcat Wiki</a>.</li>
+</ol>
+
 <table>
  <tr>
   <td>Volume:</td>
@@ -373,7 +401,7 @@
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Posting announcements to the list:</td>
-  <td>This is only available to Tomcat comitters.</td>
+  <td>This is only available to Tomcat committers.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Getting help with the list:</td>
@@ -434,10 +462,10 @@
 the place to ask about problems writing JSPs, servlets or web applications.
 </p>
 
-<note>Configuration and support questions should be addressed to the
+<p>Configuration and support questions should be addressed to the
 <a href="#tomcat-user">user mailing list</a>.  This development list is only
 for discussion of changes to the Apache Tomcat source code and related
-issues. Other questions will be ignored.</note>
+issues. Other questions will be ignored.</p>
 
 <table>
  <tr>

Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/lists.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/lists.xml?rev=909189&r1=909188&r2=909189&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/lists.xml (original)
+++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/lists.xml Fri Feb 12 00:34:46 2010
@@ -30,21 +30,30 @@
 href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/">the Apache Mail
 Archives</a>, <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/">MARC</a>, 
 <a href="http://www.nabble.com/">Nabble</a>, and
-<a href="http://tomcat.markmail.org/">MarkMail</a>.
-You can also use the mail-to-news <a
+<a href="http://tomcat.markmail.org/">MarkMail</a>.</p>
+
+<p>You can also use the mail-to-news <a
 href="nntp://news.gmane.org/">gateway</a> offered by <a
 href="http://news.gmane.org/index.php?match=gmane.comp.apache">GMANE</a>
 to access most of the lists with a news reader.</p>
 
- <ul>
-  <li><a href="#tomcat-users">User support and discussion</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#tomcat-announce">Low volume announcements including all
-      releases and security vulnerabilities</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#tomcat-dev">Development mailing list, including commit
-      messages</a></li>
-  <li><a href="#taglibs-user">User support and discussion for
-      Apache Taglibs</a></li>
- </ul>
+<p>The following lists are available:</p>
+
+<dl>
+  <dt><a href="#tomcat-users">tomcat-users</a></dt>
+  <dd>User support and discussion</dd>
+
+  <dt><a href="#taglibs-user">taglibs-user</a></dt>
+  <dd>User support and discussion for
+   <a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/taglibs/">Apache Taglibs</a></dd>
+
+  <dt><a href="#tomcat-announce">tomcat-announce</a></dt>
+  <dd>Low volume announcements including all releases and security
+   vulnerabilities</dd>
+   
+   <dt><a href="#tomcat-dev">tomcat-dev</a></dt>
+   <dd>Development mailing list, including commit messages</dd>
+</dl>
 
 </section>
 
@@ -63,6 +72,22 @@
 with guidance on using Apache Tomcat! <strong>Note: Do not send your Apache
 Tomcat questions to Eric or Rick themselves!</strong></p>
 
+<p><strong>Important:</strong></p>
+
+<ol>
+  <li>When asking questions on the list, please state your exact Tomcat version
+  (which is three numbers, usually 6.0.x or 5.5.x), your operating system, and
+  essential bits of your configuration.
+  </li>
+  <li>Note, that Tomcat Documentation is provided on this site (see the links
+  at the left) and is searchable (see an input box above). Add "Tomcat 6.0" or
+  "Tomcat 5.5" to your query to refine your results. The tomcat-users mail list
+  archives (links are below) are also searchable.</li>
+  <li>The <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/FAQ">FAQ</a> and
+  <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/HowTo">How To</a> pages
+  are available at the <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/tomcat/">Tomcat Wiki</a>.</li>
+</ol>
+
 <table>
  <tr>
   <td>Volume:</td>
@@ -136,7 +161,7 @@
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Posting announcements to the list:</td>
-  <td>This is only available to Tomcat comitters.</td>
+  <td>This is only available to Tomcat committers.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Getting help with the list:</td>
@@ -173,10 +198,10 @@
 the place to ask about problems writing JSPs, servlets or web applications.
 </p>
 
-<note>Configuration and support questions should be addressed to the
+<p>Configuration and support questions should be addressed to the
 <a href="#tomcat-user">user mailing list</a>.  This development list is only
 for discussion of changes to the Apache Tomcat source code and related
-issues. Other questions will be ignored.</note>
+issues. Other questions will be ignored.</p>
 
 <table>
  <tr>



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