This is great advice. I've been an advocate for a wiki interface like hi5 and facebook. Ideally this would reside on opensocial.org, so we've been holding off for the time being while the OpenSocial foundation gets up and running.
A quick solution would be to open up the opensocial-resources wiki for public editing. Thoughts? ~Arne On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:43 AM, justin kruger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yeah, hi5 has their game face on. ;-p > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Aakash Bapna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Even i agree the documentations is not well linked its all scattered > across > > gadgets, orkut, opensocial, opensocial-resource etc.. > > A wiki can solve the problem.. like the Hi5 went for wiki. > > > > Thanks > > > > ~@@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://aakash-bapna.blogspot.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > >> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:32:34 -0500 > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: opensocial-api@googlegroups.com > >> Subject: [OpenSocial] Re: Error Submitting a New Application (Please > Help) > >> > >> > >> Arne, the documentation is a good start, but can you just let it go > wiki? > >> > >> As we find things out, we can update the docs. For example: > >> > >> *articles are not well linked in to from the api calls that are > >> discussed in said articles. I know i have had to point people to the > >> articles a few times. > >> > >> > >> * > http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/reference/opensocial.DataRequest.html#newFetchPersonRequest > >> it claims you get a person object back, and links to it, but you have > >> no idea how to take that until you realize that you need to read the > >> callback. for a first time user, this is confusing. > >> > >> *there needs to be more examples, the jQuery docs do a great job of > >> this, and the wiki even allows you to store script. > >> > >> *many containers are either out of date with 0.7 like ning, or they do > >> not implement the spec fully. > >> for example: many containers do not implement > >> > >> > http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/docs/0.7/reference/gadgets.Prefs.html > >> which is a gadget core object. i have had to replace that > >> functionality with custom code to fetch "onload" user settings that > >> are required to draw the app. it would really be great as we solve > >> problems and create work around, to again have one place to post to, > >> instead of an email list, that even though is indexed, it is not > >> unpalatable as things change for each network. > >> > >> *we should be able to verify functionality of each function for each > >> network and see which networks support it if its a new function, and > >> if it is an old function, which ones don't. kinda a praise and > >> promotion for the leaders, and some encouragement for those social > >> networks that are lagging. > >> > >> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Arne Roomann-Kurrik (Google) > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi Anuj, > >> > > >> > I'm sorry to hear that you don't find the OpenSocial documentation > >> > unfriendly to developers. Can you list the resources you used and > >> > what parts you found unfriendly? We try to improve our documentation > >> > over time and your feedback would be valuable. > >> > > >> > With regard to your application submission, this form is only for > >> > discussing the OpenSocial APIs in general, not specific containers. > >> > If you have orkut questions, please check out > >> > http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > ~Arne > >> > > >> > > >> > On May 20, 9:56 am, Anuj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Yesterday night i was finally going to launch my first orkut > >> >> application after weeks toiling over not so developer-friendly > >> >> opensocial documentation and i was disappointed get another error > >> >> while submitting my application. > >> >> > >> >> On "Submit Your Application" > >> >> pagehttp://sandbox.orkut.com/AppDirectorySubmit.aspx > >> >> i get the following error while submitting my orkut application > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> There was a problem submitting your application. > >> >> > >> >> * Gadget already in directory at URL "http://www. > ..................xml" > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> > >> >> Just wondering if orkut is not accepting any new application or > >> >> something else is wrong. > >> >> > >> >> Please help me!!! > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> -- > >> Justin Kruger > >> http://jDavid.net > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> "If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone > >> gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. > >> Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less > >> fortunate person, just as you were helped." --Melinda Gates > >> > >> > > > > > > > -- > -- > Justin Kruger > http://jDavid.net > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone > gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. > Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less > fortunate person, just as you were helped." --Melinda Gates > > > > -- OpenSocial IRC - irc://irc.freenode.net/opensocial --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenSocial Application Development" group. 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