[consulting] Basic doc for consulting clients

[Jakob Persson]

I see. I still think the tutorial I'm working on doesn't overlap. 
There's still a gap of sorts in the current docs. Users are assumed to 
already have a good understanding of what Drupal essentially is. A lot 
of people have heard that it is a CMS, but they do not know what a CMS 
is or what it can do, more importantly, do for them. The documents never 
talk about what Drupal is and how it's actually used. The only text 
remotely similar to an introduction to how Drupal's components can be 
used to build an actual application or site is the list of terms.

I've been trying to write in such a way that any John Doe can read, 
understand and apply it and quickly get a sense of how Drupal works and 
how it can be used by seeing how Drupal's concepts and terms apply to 
real life examples of common website features.

I intend to write my text in such a way that it can added to the 
handbooks eventually, and it won't be available only on my site. I'm far 
from finished though.


Jakob

Michelle Cox wrote:
> On 10/26/2006 6:20:01 AM, Jakob Persson (jakob at jakob-persson.com) wrote:
>   
>> As to the question, well the handbooks
>> aren't very low level generally,
>> they assume a lot of basic knowledge such as understanding what a node
>> is and how taxonomies work. There's
>> a gap at the entrance level,
>> something
>> I've tried to bridge by working on a tutorial in several steps
>> that will cover all the Drupal site administration basic.
>>
>> So far part one is done, I plan to write part two soon:
>> http://www.jakob-persson.com/myblog/drupal_for_solid_lifeforms
>>
>> I'm
>> not sure if it's what Rob's looking for but
>> it's aimed at total newbies.
>>     
>
>
> I'm working on new site admin docs... There's some overlap, there, though 
> it's not quite the same audience.  You can see my efforts here:
>
> http://shellmultimedia.com/drupal-documentation
>
> If you're interested in documenting, please join the docs mailing list so we 
> can coordinate our efforts. I fear there's a lot of duplication of effort 
> out there with tutorials and such scattered on different sites. I'm guilty 
> of that, too, having it on my site, but my goal is to put it in the Drupal 
> handbook when we're done, not keep it on my site forever.
>
> Michelle
>
>
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