[drupal-docs] Styleguide

Anisa mystavash at animecards.org
Sun Apr 24 13:02:32 UTC 2005


Addition, as per: http://drupal.org/node/15595

Use 'your' not 'my' when refering to the user's drupal site. 

Anisa.

Anisa wrote:

> Currently established style guide (http://drupal.org/node/15289):
>
>     * Don't use the words 'Drupal' or 'Handbook' in page titles
>     * Use ordered lists for step by step instructions.
>     * When directing someone to a place in their Drupal install, use
>       this format: destination (<i>path &gt; to &gt; item &gt;
>       destination</i>) (which will look like this: destination (path >
>       to > item > destination))
>     * When directing someone to a place in their drupal install, do
>       not abbreviate.
>     * If you refer to a module/theme/whatever, link to it once, but
>       not too many times.
>     * Enclose code samples within <code> tags.
>     * Links should be embedded within normal descriptive body text.
>     * Links should use this format: <a href="node/1234567"
>       title="information">
>     * Always spell check
>
> I would add the following:
>
>     * When refering to a place in a drupal install, always include the
>       actual drupal path. (ex. not just path > to > item >
>       destination, but also admin/node/configure)
>     * Include references to relevant or related pages as much as possible.
>     * Keep to the topic in the document.  If you are writing on topic
>       C, and C requires knowing about A and B, make seperate pages for
>       A and B.
>
> Anisa.
> sleepy.
>
>
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