[drupal-docs] Usability experiment for Drupal documentation-please
review
Kieran Lal
kieran at civicspacelabs.org
Thu Apr 28 02:22:49 UTC 2005
Hi, the usability experiment I will be conducting will help us to
identify how users think the documentation should be grouped.
You can see the experiment here:
http://www.websort.net/dev/sort.php?studyname=drupaldocumentation.
Sign in with the name test if you want to check it out.
The latest thread has us down to 5 categories:
-Getting Started and Using a Drupal Website
-Administering a Drupal Website
-Developing for Drupal
-About Drupal
-About the Handbook
I am going to suggest we add the Wiki as a major documentation group
based on feedback from the survey.
I have a list of 61 items which I believe is too long, but is based on
feedback that I have gotten in two rounds of user interviews and mining
the drupal-docs list. I would appreciate it if someone would help
review it to narrow the number of items they think are redundant, but
still reflect the needs of users. If the experiment is good for users
then I will launch it.
Cheers,
Kieran
List of document instances to be sorted.
Event tutorial
General info
Drupal Distribution comparison chart
system-level docs
system level tasks needed to install
System Requirements
Installation Process
Installation best practices
Core vs contributed applications/modules
How to install a contributed module
How to upgrade Drupal core.
How to upgrade Drupal with modules and themes.
How to back up a site
How to restore a site
How to move a site
What settings are where
Initial configuration
Advanced configuration
Blocks
What are the core applications?
What do the core applications do?
Configuring core applications
Installing new applications
Description of contributed applications
Core theme documentation
Explanation on theme engines
Installing a new theme
How a theme affects your site
Making a new theme
Trouble shooting guide
Trouble shooting FAQ
Development on Drupal
Learning how Drupal is put together?
How to make blocks
How to make modules
How to make themes
Translator
Marketing
User Experience, usability, user testing
Security
Performance
Testing
Drupal core concepts
Drupal walkthroughs
Theme developers guide
Handbook for using application(module)
Common tasks
Beginner tutorials
Data relationship diagram
Step by step page view generation
Module dev troubleshooting guide
Theme tutorial
Architecture overview
Walkthrough of example sites
Flash tutorials
Taxonomy tutorial
Translator guide
Advanced module development tutorial
Guide to combining modules
What can I do with Drupal?
How does Drupal work?
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