[Lilypond-auto] Issue 3367 in lilypond: Web/Docs: LilyPond version is not clear on docs web pages

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New issue 3367 by address@hidden: Web/Docs: LilyPond version is not  
clear on docs web pages
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3367

Reported by Paul Morris:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2013-05/msg00040.html

In the docs on the web it is not obvious, especially to new users, which
version of LilyPond any given page is for.  This is particularly a problem  
when
landing on a doc page directly from a web search or link.

For example, a new user does a web search that takes them directly to an old
docs page like this:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/notation/writing-rhythms

The only clue they have that they are not looking at the current docs is the
"2.14" in the URL (which they will probably not notice), and the tiny text
"This page is for LilyPond-2.14.2 (stable-branch)." that is not visible  
until
you scroll all the way down a long page.


SUGGESTION

A simple thing would be to put the version number of LilyPond somewhere at  
the
top of every web page.  For example, it could go at the top of the left hand
column.  Where it says "LilyPond - Notation Reference" it could  
say "LilyPond
2.14 - Notation Reference" instead.

To make it more obvious, you could have "LilyPond 2.14" in a larger font  
size
on its own line, with "Notation Reference" on the next line.

Optionally, to take this a step further, a clear message could appear at the
top of each page in older versions of the docs that says something  
like "NOTE:
This documentation is *not* for the most recent version of LilyPond.  We
recommend using the most recent version which is documented here."  With  
links
to the current version of LilyPond and the docs.


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