Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-02-02 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 12:52 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: [snipped] > I think the section on "How you can help our project" should also > go into the "Contributing" part of the page. Put the *user* stuff > at the top and the contributor stuff at the bottom. I'm fa

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-02-01 Thread Frank Peters
Jean, I would make a new front page for everyone's consideration, and correct the Contributing page, but I have been unable to get into CVS from Linux and haven't had the time to try to figure out why and fix it... so downloading the current version and uploading a suggested replacement is a nui

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-02-01 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: Gosh we redid the webpage to do just that. Now you are saying that it is not enough. Pictures and words outline each of the categories. Even the most naive user should be able to navigate the front page. Having the On-line Help Project where it is, between User Docs

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread Scott Carr
Frank Peters wrote: Wiki is an excellent idea. Should we build on http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Documentation First let me apologize for not snipping. I think the thread deserves preservation. :-) To answer your question, Scoot was looking into doing this. I think there

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread Scott Carr
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 15:53 +0100, Frank Peters wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: [snip] Wiki is an excellent idea. Should we build on http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Documentation First let me apologize for not snipping. I think the th

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread Frank Peters
Wiki is an excellent idea. Should we build on http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Category:Documentation First let me apologize for not snipping. I think the thread deserves preservation. :-) To answer your question, Scoot was looking into doing this. I think there is a wiki for the FAQ

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 15:53 +0100, Frank Peters wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > >> From a *contributor's* point of view, it makes sense to present > >> documentation split up by presentation channels, like Guides, > >> Howtos, FAQs, Setup Guides, Online Help and whatnot. > >> > >> As a

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread Frank Peters
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: From a *contributor's* point of view, it makes sense to present documentation split up by presentation channels, like Guides, Howtos, FAQs, Setup Guides, Online Help and whatnot. As a *user* looking for help, I don't care *where* my information is, I just want to f

Re: [documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 11:45 +0100, Uwe Fischer wrote: > Hi, > > this was part of another thread in this list (titled "New member - > Trouble accessing CVS"). I want to bring it forward with an appropriate > subject line to enable some discussion. > Frank Peters wrote: > > ... > From a *contri

[documentation-dev] Structure of documentation project home page

2007-01-30 Thread Uwe Fischer
Hi, this was part of another thread in this list (titled "New member - Trouble accessing CVS"). I want to bring it forward with an appropriate subject line to enable some discussion. Frank Peters wrote: ... From a *contributor's* point of view, it makes sense to present documentation split u