[rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
There are some very very very long pages in the wiki. If we do add screenshots and stuff they will get even longer. In addition, many of the sections within pages would benefit from direct linking elsewhere in the site. http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/ManualAdministration in particular. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
It's a wiki. One ought to simply do as one likes (within reason), yes? -- Cambridge Energy Alliance: Save money. Save the planet. ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:10:00AM -0800, Jo Rhett wrote: There are some very very very long pages in the wiki. If we do add screenshots and stuff they will get even longer. In addition, many of the sections within pages would benefit from direct linking elsewhere in the site. http://wiki.bestpractical.com/view/ManualAdministration in particular. The ManualFoo pages were from an attempt to have a techwriter write a proper manual a good few years back. The intent had been that it was going to be a for-money item, but we ended up posting the content instead of charging for it. I'd be 100% ok with splitting the pages into logical sections, though I'd probably say that cutting to less than a couple screens is probably too fine-grained. But that's handwavey and I'm happy to be overruled by a volunteer who's actually doing the work. Thanks! -jesse ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Jerrad Pierce wrote: It's a wiki. One ought to simply do as one likes (within reason), yes? It's also a colaborative effort and it has a primary owner, so I tend to try and figure out what changes they would be happy with and which they would prefer not to have before making a structural change like that. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Jesse Vincent wrote: The ManualFoo pages were from an attempt to have a techwriter write a proper manual a good few years back. The intent had been that it was going to be a for-money item, but we ended up posting the content instead of charging for it. I'd be 100% ok with splitting the pages into logical sections, though I'd probably say that cutting to less than a couple screens is probably too fine-grained. Sounds like we are on the same page. I'll see what I can do. Would it be okay if I dropped Manual from the front of the new page names? Every time I see ManualApache I think configuring Apache by hand... etc. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:16:18AM -0800, Jo Rhett wrote: On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Jesse Vincent wrote: The ManualFoo pages were from an attempt to have a techwriter write a proper manual a good few years back. The intent had been that it was going to be a for-money item, but we ended up posting the content instead of charging for it. I'd be 100% ok with splitting the pages into logical sections, though I'd probably say that cutting to less than a couple screens is probably too fine-grained. Sounds like we are on the same page. I'll see what I can do. Would it be okay if I dropped Manual from the front of the new page names? Every time I see ManualApache I think configuring Apache by hand... etc. Certainly. Will you leave the old page names as indexes to where the content went, since there are folks outside the wiki who deeplink to those pages today. ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
Re: [rt-users] wiki -- break very long pages up into short pages?
On Jan 27, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Jesse Vincent wrote: Would it be okay if I dropped Manual from the front of the new page names? Every time I see ManualApache I think configuring Apache by hand... etc. Certainly. Will you leave the old page names as indexes to where the content went, since there are folks outside the wiki who deeplink to those pages today. As do I, so yeah ;-) -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness ___ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com
