<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Peck</b> <<a href="mailto:sepeck@gmail.com">sepeck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Huh? I've already started implementing it. Or did you mean something else?</blockquote><div><br>That's great news. I am doing a session in Barcelona, <a href="http://barcelona2007.drupalcon.org/node/393">http://barcelona2007.drupalcon.org/node/393
</a>, on the <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> redesign. It would be good if we could explore on a test site how to take what you've started and go a little further using the new book module.<br><br>Cheers,<br>
Kieran<br> </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 9/15/07, Kieran Lal <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org">kieran@civicspacelabs.org
</a>> wrote:<br>> Ok, documentation quality is big issue for the <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> redesign.<br>><br>> I am going to ask if we can make an instance of <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org
</a> that is upgraded<br>> to Drupal 6 to take advantage of some of the new work on the book module.<br>> If that's possible, I'll have one of the teams in my <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> redesign
<br>> session attempt to implement the new categorization below.<br>><br>> Cheers,<br>> Kieran<br>><br>> On 9/4/07, Steven Peck <<a href="mailto:sepeck@gmail.com">sepeck@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >
<br>> > Ok. I went through several edits and misc other stuff but keep<br>> > running into time crunches and distractions....<br>> ><br>> > So let's just toss out broad outlines. The first book will no longer
<br>> > be the existing 'About Drupal'<br>> > We'll start with the base, "Installation and configuration". Yes<br>> > there will be some cross over stuff here but we can deal with it.
<br>> ><br>> > As it is designed to somewhat version specific with parts that are not<br>> > we can sort of split it.<br>> > * Getting Started *<br>> > - Project and features<br>> > - Before you start
<br>> > - Drupal 6<br>> > +- Installation etc<br>> > - Drupal 5<br>> > + - Installation etc<br>> > - Drupal 4.7<br>> > + - This will contain many of the older pages that aren't getting
<br>> unpublished.<br>> > -Concepts<br>> > - - Collected articles etc.<br>> ><br>> > BTW ( Addison's ideas were better then mine so here they are)<br>> > * HowTos and Snippets*<br>> > - HowTos
<br>> > + - The advanced user guide<br>> > + - Site recipes<br>> > + - Theme tutorials<br>> > + - Contrib module HowTos<br>> > - Snippets (partial solutions, bits and pieces)<br>> > + - Introduction to the concept / use / risks
<br>> > + - PHP Snippets<br>> > + - PHP Template Snippets<br>> > + - Contributed modules<br>> > - Videocasts<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > * Theme developers guide *<br>> > -Theming overview - introduce things.
<br>> > + - Engines overview engines with a lean towards phptemplate<br>> > + I get fuzzy on the details after this part. There aare differences<br>> > between 4.7-5.0 and 6.0. dvessel is actually writing theme docs for
<br>> > D6 right now separately so we have a start right there for some what<br>> > versioned docs. How to integrate them in a sane manner still needs<br>> > some thought and response.<br>> ><br>> > * Developing for Drupal *
<br>> > Currently I am not planning on touching this yet. I do have some<br>> > ideas on it but just re-organizing two and integrating a third is<br>> > enough initial scope. There are two main areas in this book though.
<br>> > One is module development, the other is <a href="http://drupal.org">drupal.org</a> project use and<br>> > maintenance of projects/cvs/etc. So it may be good to give it some<br>> > thought for later.
<br>> ><br>> > * Drupal Site Resources * or some such inclusive title.<br>> > This pulls in the stuff that was in About Drupal.<br>> > The About Drupal documentation goes in.<br>> ><br>> > I have more thoughts but am stopping here
<br>> ><br>> > Steven Peck<br>> > --<br>> > Pending work:<br>> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/">http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/</a><br>> > List archives:
<br>> <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/">http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/</a><br>> ><br>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
<br>><br>> --<br>> Pending work:<br>> <a href="http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/">http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/</a><br>> List archives:<br>> <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/">
http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/</a><br>><br>--<br>Pending work: <a href="http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/">http://drupal.org/project/issues/documentation/</a><br>List archives: <a href="http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/">
http://lists.drupal.org/pipermail/documentation/</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.<br>