[documentation] The handbook organization

[Jason Flatt]

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 23:12, Steven Peck wrote:
>
> So.  What's missing.  The same thing that has always been missing.
> Tutorials.  Site-recipes was an attempt to get people a place to put
> things.  Bits and pieces or complete how to's.  We still need tutorials.
> We still need a beginners manual.  I always thought of a beginners
> manual as a sequential series of steps with links to more expanded
> content in the other books as needed.
> 
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>
> (http://www.blkmtn.org/book/drupal
>

Is this an example of what you are looking for in your above statement? I 
could go through and out line what I do in setting up a new Drupal 
installation, but it won't be as detailed as what you are providing. Mostly 
it would be a step-by-step, with the details left as an exercise for the 
user. It probably wouldn't take to long, and I have a site I need to setup, 
so I can kill two birds.

> On the other plus side my wife is 5 months pregnant with our second, 

Congratulations!

> So.... It's been eight months since I re-did the handbook.... Anyone
> tried 4.8/5.0?  Thoughts, suggestions?  It's a bit different.  I have
> some rather radical thoughts but really want to hear other people's
> suggestions first.

I haven't yet. I've been wanting to with some of the changes I've heard about, 
but it's been difficult to get the time, so I'm waiting until the official 
code freeze.

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