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On 27.02.2002 at 12:27 Bud Gibson wrote: >Being a newbie, I would say the biggest single positive change you could >make would be to put a link to an easily searchable mail list archive on >the cocoon install page and again as the main link in the mailing lists >page. The one that is featured now is a text archive. Vadim Gritsenko >pointed me to this much better one. > >http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=xml-cocoon-users I don't like this one because I don't like white text on dark background at all. Nevertheless, it's a good archive. BTW - I'm a little bit confused, which install page do you mean? Are you talking about cocooncenter at all? And what about the archive at Real Time? It's searchable too. > > >If cocoon were actually stable, a FAQ would be good, but might well be a >waste of time at this point. Yeah, I want to spend as much time as possible on long-lasting articles. >I would continue the efforts to get a >bulletproof installation and use all of the irritating newbie questions >on the list to help me figure out where people go wrong the most >frequently. Fix the instructions to remove those problems. Now that >tomcat seems to have stabilised in the libraries it includes (minimal), >you won't have the rug pulled out from under you so frequently when they >change. That is a good idea, but if I started to provide installation instructions, I have to answer installation questions to stay credible. And, unfortunately, I don't have the time to do that ... what about you? :) Greetings, Andreas > >The books people keep mentioning are also probably a good idea. Books >and much more developed working examples are keeping the struts project >moving forward at a nice pace. I sense that cocoon is now about where >struts was 6 months to a year ago. > >All in all, I would say that cocoon has advanced sufficiently since the >1.0 days that I am considering using it as a web platform for the second >half of a database course. > >Bud > >Andreas Hartmann wrote: > >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 26.02.2002 at 15:35 Stephen Ng wrote: >> >> Andreas, >> >> >> >> This is great stuff!!! Thank you!!!!! >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks! I'm currently writing a little article about using DocBook, >> >> because that was what I started with and it took me quite a lot of >> >> time to get it work. >> >> >> >> Furthermore, a FAQ about installation problems, error messages >> >> etc. was planned, but I'm afraid this topic too extensive and changes >> too fast. >> >> Maybe I'll start a FAQ with general questions from the mailing list. >> >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> Andreas >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Stephen Ng >> >> Lumigent >> >> -----Original Message----- >> *From:* Andreas Hartmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> *Sent:* Friday, February 22, 2002 1:05 PM >> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Subject:* Newbies: New Tutorial about Request Parameters >> >> Hi Cocoon users, >> >> >> >> I created a little tutorial on using request parameters. >> >> You can find it at >> >> >http://www.cocooncenter.de/cc/documents/resources/request-params/index.html >> . >> >> >> >> If anyone wants to publish other uses for request parameters >> >> - or anything else - just contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .. >> >> >> >> Greetings, >> >> Andreas >> > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Please check that your question has not already been answered in the >FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>