[consulting] Basic doc for consulting clients

[Michelle Cox]

On 10/26/2006 9:58:33 AM, Jakob Persson (jakob at jakob-persson.com) wrote:
> 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.

That's  because I haven't written the pre-installation section, yet. :) That 
section is up for grabs. I've been focused on the customizing and theming 
section as I'm actively immersed in that for a site right now.

>
> 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.

That would be a great start to the new user's guide.

>
> 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.

Yeah, I'm far from finished, too. I hope to get enough done to move it to 
drupal.org before what I'm writing is completely out of date, though. LOL

Thanks,

Michelle