Re: weird navigation in the mailing lists section

On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Stefan Kaltenbrunner
<stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc> wrote:
> On 08/28/2013 09:22 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:47:45AM +0200, damien clochard wrote:
>>> Hi !
>>>
>>> I got confused this morning while looking for a subscribe form for a
>>> particular psql-* mailing list.
>>>
>>> Here's the scenario:
>>>
>>> 1- I go to: http://www.postgresql.org/community/lists/
>>>
>>> 2- I click on archives first because I want to check the content of the
>>> list I am interested in before subscribing and because I am told "Before
>>> posting to a list, you may wish to search the archives." :)
>>>
>>> 3- Now I am here : http://www.postgresql.org/list/ and from this page
>>> there's no simple way to go back to the subscribe form. The sub-menu on
>>> the left has changed (why ?) and the subscribe link disappeared.
>>>
>>> >From the archives, the best way to accomplish is to click on "community"
>>> in the navbar and then go back in the mailing list section to subscribe.
>>>
>>>
>>> Basically I think it should be easier to subscribe from the archives.
>>> Maybe just put back the subscribe item in the sub menu of
>>> http://www.postgresql.org/list/ or add a specific subscribe link next to
>>> each mailing list name.
>>
>> Yes, this needs work.  Basically, the first URL you show has:
>>
>>       Mailing Lists
>>               Subscribe
>>               Archives
>>
>> When you click on "Archives", "Subscribe" disappears, which is certainly
>> odd.  When you click on "Subscribe", "Archives" does not disappear.
>>
>> I have discussed this with Magnus, and I think he said that area
>> needs work.
>
> yeah - patches welcome...

I've applied one round of fixing which should at least make this
better, I believe.

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