In a recent thread (http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/acfe180142e9668a/0453acd9acf83754?lnk=gst&q=New+jQuery+release#0453acd9acf83754) the need for volunteer help with the documentation was discussed. I posted a suggestion that maybe a "how-to" type of document may help those who do not like the reference style of the official docs. I took a look at adding to the wiki, but don't know the syntax/formatting needed (yet). But I wanted to do something about this idea while it was more or less fresh in my head.
So, I slapped together a quick Drupal site under a sub-domain to my own domain, and started typing. Actually, I had started typing first, but quickly realized that an approach was needed to allow the community to offer feedback and/or help out. So, a Drupal site sounded perfect for this - for now at least. So, the site is at http://jquery.open2space.com I have some basic items in there right now, and am planning on extending the how-to's as I have time. But I'm only one person and the areas I think would be helpful may be only a small subset of what everyone else thinks is helpful. So feel free to create an account and help out. The actual how-to's are at http://jquery.open2space.com/howto. And if you'd like to contribute, I have some quick instructions and guidelines at http://jquery.open2space.com/node/2. Logged in users can also blog about their jQuery experiences if they'd like. This is a bit of an experiment for me (the community driven site that is). I'd like to see the community grow this idea, and even better - make it so popular that it makes sense to roll back into the official jQuery site. :) My thoughts right now is that this site become a jQuery learning center, with links to pertinent books and blogs, and other resources for learning jQuery. (Yep I have the Learning jQuery blog in the feeds.. any others that should be there? :) Any suggestions on making the site better are much appreciated. And thanks to everyone who helped me get as far in my own understanding of jQuery! Shawn Grover
