Re: weird navigation in the mailing lists section

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...

Stefan