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author | Dirk Dougherty <ddougherty@google.com> | 2013-01-28 10:19:06 -0800 |
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committer | Dirk Dougherty <ddougherty@google.com> | 2013-02-21 13:29:07 -0800 |
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Doc Change. Update docs to remove "Preview" from dev console, update screenshots, change key info for licensing/billing.
bug: 8033647
bug: 8033688
Change-Id: Id7b5efd48f8e13ba8c8f4ab0e0f8e5dc736b1691
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diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.jd index 746e180..78883b4 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/distribution.jd @@ -24,17 +24,18 @@ the rollout across your customer base, Google Play also lets users accept automatic updates of your app, so that your updates are delivered and installed as soon as you publish them.</p> + <h2 id="targeting">Reaching the customers you want</h2> +<div class="figure-right" style="width:400px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-countries.png" class="frame"> +</div> + <p>Google Play does more than connect your app with users—it helps you reach the broadest possible distribution across the Android ecosystem, while making sure that your app is only available to the audience that you want to reach.</p> -<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;margin:1.5em;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-countries.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0;"> -</div> - <h3 id="geotargeting">Geographic targeting</h3> <p>You can use controls in the Google Play Developer Console to easily @@ -47,16 +48,15 @@ your targeted countries before downloading your app. You can change your country and carrier targeting at any time just by saving changes in the Google Play Developer Console.</p> +<div class="figure-right" style="width:400px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-supported-dev-requirements.png" class="frame"> +</div> + <p>To help you market to users around the world, you can <a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.html#localize">localize your store listing</a>, including app details and description, promotional graphics, screenshots, and more.</p> -<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;margin:1.5em;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-supported-dev-requirements.png" -style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0;"> -</div> - <h3 id="captargeting">Capabilities targeting</h3> <p>Google Play also lets you control distribution according to device features diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd index 8bafd53..8233a31 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/about/monetizing.jd @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ see <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">Google Play In-app Billin <h2 id="buyer-currency" style="margin-top:1.5em;">Flexible pricing in the currencies of your customers</h2> -<div style="float:right;margin-left:18px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-buyer-currency.png" style="width:240px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:1em;"> +<div class="figure-right" style="width:250px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-buyer-currency.png" class="frame"> </div> <p>Google Play gives you complete control over how you price your products. You diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd index cd1fd80..069b2d2 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/console.jd @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -page.title=The Developer Console +page.title=Developer Console @jd:body @@ -9,41 +9,40 @@ Developer Console, which will be the home for your app publishing operations and tools on Google Play. This sections below introduce a few of the key areas you'll find in the Developer Console.</p> -<div style="width:610px;margin-left:"> -<div style="width:610px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-home.png" style="width:600px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;"> -</div> -<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span -style="font-weight:500;">All applications page</span>: Gives you a quick +<div class="figure" style="width:756px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-home.png" class="frame"> +<p class="img-caption"><strong>All applications page</strong>: Gives you a quick overview of your apps, lets you jump to stats, reviews, and product details, or upload a new app. </p> </div> - -<h3 id="profile">Your Account Details</h3> - -<div style="width:408px;float:right;margin:1.5em;"> -<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-profile.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;"> -</div> -<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span -style="font-weight:500;">Account details page</span>: Specifies your developer +<div class="figure-right" style="width:450px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-profile.png" class="frame"> +<p class="img-caption"><strong>Account details page</strong>: Specifies your developer identity and contact information, accounts for app testing, and more.</p> </div> -<p>Your developer profile identifies you to Google Play and to your customers. -During registration you must provide information for your profile, but you can go -back at any time to edit the information and change your settings. </p> +<h3 id="profile">Your account details</h3> + +<p>The account details page is where you specify basic information about yourself +or your company in a developer profile. The information in your developer profile +is important because it identifies you to Google Play and also to your customers.</p> + +<p>During registration you must provide the information for your profile, but you can +go back at any time to edit the information and change your settings. </p> <p>Your developer profile contains:</p> <ul> -<li>Your developer name — the name you want to show users on your product -details page and elsewhere on Google Play. +<li>Your developer name — the name you want to show users on your store +listing page and elsewhere on Google Play. </li> <li>Your developer contact information — how Google can contact you if -needed (this information isn't exposed to users). -<li>Merchant information, in-app billing information.</li> +needed (this information isn't exposed to users).</li> +<li>Your developer website URL — shown to users on your store listing page +so they can learn more about your company or products.</li> </ul> +<p>On the account details page you can also register for a merchant account, set +up test accounts for Google Play licensing, and more. </p> <h3 id="user-accounts">Multiple user accounts</h3> @@ -55,6 +54,13 @@ have access to. For example, an owner can grant users access to publishing and app configuration, but not access to financial reports. </p> +<div class="figure-right" style="width:450px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-details.png" class="frame"> +<p class="img-caption"><strong>Store listing page</strong>: Lets you upload your +graphic assets, description, support information, and other information to +create the store listing page for a specific app.</p> +</div> + <h3 id="merchant">Linking your Merchant Account</h3> <p>If you want to sell apps or in-app products, you can link your Google @@ -62,17 +68,6 @@ Checkout Merchant account to your developer profile. Google Play uses the linked Checkout account for financial and tax identification and monthly payouts of sales. </p> -<div style="width:410px;float:right;margin:1.5em;"> -<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-details.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;"> -</div> -<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span -style="font-weight:500;">Store Listing page</span>: Lets you upload your -graphic assets, description, support information, and other information to -create the product details page for a specific app.</p> -</div> - - <h3 id="details">Your store listing details</h3> <p>The Developer Console lets you set up a colorful storefront page for your app @@ -86,15 +81,14 @@ what's great about your app, and you can provide a localized description, add notes about the latest version, and more. You can update your store listing at any time, even if you don’t have a new version of your application.</p> - <h3 id="uploading">Uploading and publishing</h3> <p>From the Developer Console you can quickly upload a release-ready APK and publish it when you're ready. The app is a <em>draft</em> until you publish it, -at which time Google Play makes your store listing and app available to +at which time Google Play makes your store listing page and app available to users. You can unpublish the app at any time.</p> -<h3 id="controls">Distribution Controls</h3> +<h3 id="controls">Distribution controls</h3> <p>In the Developer Console you can manage what countries and territories the app is distributed to and, for some countries, you can choose what carriers you @@ -103,8 +97,7 @@ want to target.</p> <p>You can also see the list of devices that your app is currently available to, based on any distribution rules declared in its manifest file.</p> - -<h3 id="profile">Selling and pricing your Products</h3> +<h3 id="selling">Selling and pricing your products</h3> <p>The Developer Console gives you tools to set prices for your apps and in-app products. Your app can either be free to download or priced (charged before @@ -149,17 +142,18 @@ time, just by saving changes in the Developer Console.</p> <a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</span></a> developer documentation.</p></div></div> -<p><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</a> is a Google Play service that lets you monetize your apps in more ways by selling in-app products and subscriptions. In-app products are one-time purchases, while subscriptions are recurring charges on an monthly or annual basis.</p> +<p><a href="{@docRoot}google/play/billing/index.html">In-app Billing</a> is +a Google Play service that lets you monetize your apps in more ways by selling +in-app products and subscriptions. In-app products are one-time purchases, while +subscriptions are recurring charges on an monthly or annual basis.</p> <p>From the Developer Console you can create product lists for in-app products and subscriptions, set prices, and publish.</p> -<div style="width:410px;float:right;margin:1.5em;"> -<div style="width:410px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-reviews.png" style="width:400px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;"> -</div> -<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span style="font-weight:500;">User -reviews page</span>: Gives you access to user reviews for a specific app. +<div class="figure-right" style="width:410px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-reviews.png" class="frame"> +<p class="img-caption"><strong>User +reviews page</strong>: Gives you access to user reviews for a specific app. You can filter reviews in a number of ways to locate issues more easily and support your customers more effectively.</p> </div> @@ -182,7 +176,7 @@ performance of your app. </p> <p>You can view installations of your app measured by unique users, as well as by unique devices. For user installations, you can view active installs, total -installs, daily installs and uninstalls, and metrics about the user reviews. +installs, daily installs and uninstalls, and metrics about user ratings. For devices, you can see active installs as well as daily installs, uninstalls, and upgrades.</p> @@ -197,12 +191,8 @@ other factors. You can even focus in on data inside a dimension by adding specific points (such as individual platform versions or languages) to the timeline.</p> -<div style="width:610px;margin:1.5em;margin-left:0"> -<div style="width:610px;border:1px solid #DDD;"> -<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-stats.png" -style="width:600px;padding:4px;margin-bottom:0em;"> -</div> -<p class="image-caption" style="padding:.5em"><span style="font-weight:500;">App -statistics page</span>: Shows you a variety of statistics about a -specific app's installation performance over time.</p> +<div style="width:530px;"> +<img src="{@docRoot}images/gp-dc-stats.png" class="frame"> +<p class="img-caption"><strong>App statistics page</strong>: Shows you a variety +of statistics about a specific app's installation performance over time.</p> </div> diff --git a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd index 406d412..0925f3c 100644 --- a/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd +++ b/docs/html/distribute/googleplay/publish/preparing.jd @@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ and add it to a localized version of the promotional graphic.</p> started on creating them and localizing them well in advance of your target publishing date. </p> -<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Localized promotional graphics and videos are supported -only in the new Developer Console design.</p> +<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Localized promotional graphics and videos +are supported only in the new Developer Console design.</p> <table> <tr> @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ and reviews, or any other channel available.</p> <h2 id="final-checks">16. Final checks and publishing</h2> <p>When you think you are ready to publish, sign in to the Developer Console and take a few moments for a few -final checks:</p> +final checks.</p> <p>Make sure that: </p> |