I think taking a note from the php.net site (the PHP manual) is a good idea. The search feature in the php.net is incredibly useful and helps you target any part of PHP with a simple search for function, feature or class names. Having some "sitewide" search functionality for a specific part of symfony such as being able to track down "Forms", as an example, and having it go to a section that discusses the various components of the forms framework. Or Authentication, things like that. I know the API documentation exists but to have that wrapped in a section that deals with everything related such as examples etc.
Allowing comments would also be great. Often the php.net description of a function or feature isn't that clear but then the user comments help clear things up. Just my 2 cents. On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:10 PM, fakingfantastic <lakatos.fr...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I recently had a discussion with Fabien about this topic, and he > suggested it would be best if I stage the debate here. > > Has anyone ever felt like the information they needed to get on > Symfony was hard to find? Do you find that the information you need is > very-well documented on the site, but it takes a while to search for? > These are very big issues for me that over the last 6 months of me > learning the framework, have made it quite difficult. > > Do not get me wrong: I am not say "Symfony isn't well documented" (I > made that mistake when talking with Fabien). What I am saying is > Symfony-Project.org, for whatever reason, is always very difficult for > me to search through to find what I am looking for. I feel that it has > to do with the way the content is organized on the site. It doesn't > feel very compartmentalized to me. When I need to find out some > information on the framework, I seem to always have the same 3 issues: > "What am I trying to find out", "Where do I search to find the > information", and "Is this information outdated"? > > For now, I was to leave what I am asking a little vague, in hopes to > see what that naturally brings out in people about this. My ultimate > goal would be trying to put together an initiative to re-organize and > enhance the site to make it more "intuative" (if that's the right > word) for new-comers and seasoned users alike. > > Feel free to irc me at fakingfantastic aswell, i'm usually in #symfony. > > > > -- Gareth McCumskey http://garethmccumskey.blogspot.com twitter: @garethmcc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to symfony-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to symfony-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
