[drupal-docs] Where do I start

[Boris Mann]

On 27-Apr-05, at 11:11 PM, Dan Robinson wrote:

> Ok so I'm working on a pretty high level list of Drupal/CS features.
> Basically these would be used as "marketing" materials for us and one 
> of
> our partners (and anyone else who wanted to use it).  What I'm most
> interested in is a better description of the modules.  Right now it is
> like "hint city", more like trying to figure out a puzzle than learn
> about what the product can do.  While some may pooh-pooh this as a
> "Marketing" exercise, I feel pretty strongly that users all up and down
> the food chain will benefit from something like this.  But I don't want
> to talk about, I would like to do it.  Would it make sense for me to 
> put
> the content somewhere where you all can see it?  On the wiki?

Yes, the wiki with announcement of URL is probably useful. We have done 
some work on this at http://support.bryght.com/supported-modules -- but 
did that when we first set up the site and haven't gone back and flesh 
it out. Once completed, these descriptions can be placed in the Shiny 
New Handbook v2 that we are still discussing.

Everything on the wiki is under Attribution-ShareAlike, as is all 
Drupal.org documentation, so hopefully that will work for you.

Also, module descriptions are really only one part: the "stated" uses 
of modules are not necessarily the be all and end all, since they can 
be combined in interesting ways to reach other needs. For instance, the 
article.module is a great substitute for /node for those people that 
don't want to have a river of news style front page. But I digress...

Yes, I am somewhat to blame for kicking off interest in documentation. 
Lots of other people have (luckily) picked up the torch, since my time 
has become constrained of late.

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Boris Mann
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