> > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:44:23 +0100 From: Bart <b...@pleh.info> > To: rt-users <rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com> > Subject: Re: [rt-users] The RT Wiki - Restructure (start using > categories?) > Message-ID: > <cab2d3rakg39ni-3g3h-r0ewteltgsep+djaalk87mlhhwbp...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > Hi, > Jay, thanks for your input. I do feel that approaching it with a blank > sheet of paper will be the best approach. > Though we'll have to use Wikia's abilities/structure, the below is aimed at > just that with a slight eye on "structuring from scratch". > *--- A rough sketch of the idea ---* >
I like it at first glance. > * > * > The idea I have relies allot on the categories within Wikia. > A categorie page can contain content, thus e.g. the contributions page > could instead be a categorie page with some specific information on what > you can expect, maybe some extra links to other stuff, etc. But the > difference would be that since it is now a categorie page, that all > scripts/contributions that have the categorie set to contributions would be > automatically listed on that one page. (alphabetized) > With that in mind you can quite easily create "general" categorie pages for > all major topics and have any page regarding that topic being linked to > that categorie. > The front page would then contain a hierarchical structure with links to > all the "sections" (a.k.a. categorie pages). And obviously information on > what RT is, latest news/updates/etc. Another thing which you can easily add > to the front page is an RSS feed of the Bestpractical blog, and maybe add a > feed of the RT wiki itself showing the latest updates & newest pages. > (should both be doable I think) > Other things that might be nice to add are some Wikia features for the > community to promote the usage of the RT wiki (achievements and other fun > stuff). > *--- The structure (concept) ---* > Since the above shows what categories and categorie pages can do for you > it's important to create a structure (at first on paper) which will make > sure that all major topics regarding RT are covered so that any new article > can add a categorie appropriate for that specific article. (I assume that > the structure will eventually grow naturally) > Since this is just a concept I've sort of just looked at the current wiki > and tried to gather some basic topics, what I want to achieve with this > concept is to get input from others so that we can improve it further: > - RT Basics > - User Manual > - Custom Fields > - Articles > - REST > - RT Tool > - RT Cron Tool > - RT Installation (rough categories so that people can link install > guides to an OS categorie, no more/no less) > - Linux > - FreeBSD > - Other > - Manual > - RT Config: (a categorie for each major release) > - RT 4 > - RT 3.8 > - RT 3.6 > - Plugins: > - A categorie page for all plugins! This way you can link > scrips/configs/other goodies for a plugin to that specific categorie > page. > - Scrips: > - Basically a summary of all scrips available for RT. > - Automation > At this point I'm blank on ideas, I'll just leave it at this and see what > responses there are. I'm pretty sure this list can be better/structured > better, but you have to start somewhere ^_~ > *--- Rough plan of action ---* > This is a rather rough plan for setting up the structure: > - Remove all current categories (double check that the categorie pages > don't contain content of any kind). > - Add every single page currently in the wiki to a new categorie called > "Archive". > Might I suggest instead creating a page called "restructure todo list" and put a list of all the current pages on that page... that way the current structure and organization, to the extent it is useful or familiar, is maintained and yet we have a todo list to work off of? cheers, ram > - This sounds ugly but it's an easy way of keeping track of all the > wiki pages that still need better categorization. > - Basically a todo list, anything still in there needs to be > categorized. > - The idea is to do a few articles each day and eventually everything > will be nicely categorized. > - Create all the categories which have been though of, make sure that > theres's at least some basic information on the categorie page. > - Modify the home page to, at first, also contain the new categorie > structure (keep the old links for now). > - Start categorizing anything that's still in under Archive. > - And last but not least, at a certain point modify the front page to > only contain the new categorie structure. > So, those are some ideas. > Time for everyone to shoot at them ^_~ > -- Bart
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