> -----Original Message----- > From: John Mertic [mailto:jmer...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:59 AM > To: Hannes Magnusson > Cc: Ruslan Yakushev; John Mertic; PHP Documentation ML > Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] Re: [PHP-WIN] 32bit PHP on 64bit Vista. > > Ruslan, if you want to send me your suggested edits I can review them > and update the manual ( I created the original pages related to the > MSI based Windows installer ). > > John Mertic > jmer...@gmail.com > > > > On Sep 14, 2009, at 2:49 PM, Hannes Magnusson wrote: > > > Couple of "rules" :) > > - Please do not top-post (makes the post hard to read) > > - Always CC the mailinglist (phpdoc@lists.php.net) > > - Preferably tell your mail client to wrap lines after ~80 chars > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 19:35, Ruslan Yakushev > > <rusl...@microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Hi Hannes, > >> > >> I have written and have been maintaining all the PHP related > >> documentation on http://php.iis.net/. I can help out with updating > >> the windows/IIS specific docs on php.net. > >> > >> Here are some of the ideas I have about the updates. The following > >> are the existing topics under > http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php > >> that can be updated as well as new topics that can be added: > >> > >> 1. http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.installer.msi.php - > >> For this article it would be good to change the title to "Windows > >> Installer (Thread Safe PHP 5.2 and later)" and update the content > >> > > > > Sounds good. John (CCed) could probably help you out there (as the > > author and maintainer of the installer). > > > >> 2. Add new article "Windows Installer (Non Thread Safe PHP 5.2 and > >> later)" > > > > I didn't know we had a non-thread-safe installer? > > > > > >> 3. http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.manual.php - Update > >> the content > >> > >> 4. Remove this: http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.iis.php > >> > >> 5. Add "Microsoft IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0" - this will list manual > >> installation steps to configure IIS; similar to what is described > >> here: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/247/using-fastcgi-to-host-php- > applications-on-iis-60/ > >> > > > > Since the "What is FastCGI", "configuring FastCGI" and those sections > > aren't specific to installing PHP on Windows and therefore shouldn't > > be part of the Windows install guide. Its however a great idea to > make > > it its own generic section in the top-level-install guide. > > > > As for the download section in the article, the notes and links to > > zend platform are inappropriate for the manual > > > > The phpBB sections are obviously out-of-scope for the PHP manual. > > > > > >> 6. Add "Microsoft IIS 7.0 and later" - this will list manual > >> installation steps to configure IIS; similar to what is described > >> here: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php- > applications-on-iis-70/ > >> > > > > Looks good. There is a slight information overlap with the previous > > chapter. If you chunk it out into "best practices" (or something) and > > cross link it.. I think that would be awesome. > > > >> What do you think? Do these make sense to you? > >> > > > > Sounds like a great plan. > > > > > >> I have couple of questions: > >> > >> 1. I can provide the content for the updates. Is it possible for me > >> to get an account to be able to check in the updated content? > > > > Yes. Once you have "something to show for it" (i.e. patches) you can > > request for an SVN access and documentation karma at > > http://php.net/svn-php (make sure you read the page carefully, > > especially the form questions). > > > > > >> 2. If the content of the existing article is changed or removed, > >> what happens to all the user contributed notes for that article? > >> > > > > We have a system on master > > (https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php) which can reallocate > > them, modify and/or delete user notes. Everyone with php.net (SVN) > > account has access to it. > > > > -Hannes >
Ok. Sounds good. I will start working on preparing the content patches.
