[documentation] Introduction and Greeting from themacgeek (Jamie)

[Kieran Lal]

Jamie, welcome to the documentation team.  Your DTS sounds very  
interesting and ambitious.

A good place to start would be to help clean up some of the most  
popular pages which have lots of comments.  It's fair to assume that  
if there are lots of comments then this is an area that people want  
training on.  A good place to start is a page like this: http:// 
drupal.org/node/15365

If you want to help train people we still need administration help  
documentation for many of the most popular modules to be added here:  
http://drupal.org/handbook/config/contribmodules

Cheers,
Kieran
On Jan 5, 2006, at 3:03 PM, themacgeek wrote:

> I envision the Drupal Training System as a very structured point A  
> to point B training system.  A good example would be something  
> similar to Sam's Teach Yourself series of books or something from VTC.
>
> The primary idea is to structure a training series where someone  
> can begin at Page 1 and work through step by step like a training  
> manual. This could be something as simple as a  downloadable PDF or  
> a set of interactive videos.
>
> In my opinion the current documentation, though very helpful and  
> thorough does not lend itself to helping new people understand what  
> some of the underlying concepts and theory is behind CMS systems in  
> general and how Drupal can be used to make site management easier.
>
> I should clarify, I am not trying to introduce something to make  
> the documentation development more difficult or add to what I am  
> sure is an already difficult task.  It is my understanding that  
> currently documentation is an area where Drupal needs more  
> contributors.  Being new to Drupal in many ways, I would like to  
> offer my input and help in any way I can.
>
> themacgeek
>
> On Jan 5, 2006, at 4:48 PM, Gabor Hojtsy wrote:
>
>>> My primary interest is helping with Drupal
>>> documentation.  More specifically I would like to help with  
>>> creating a
>>> Drupal Training System(DTS).
>>>
>>> I have no idea if this idea has been tossed around before (I have  
>>> not
>>> had time yet to read the list archives), but I can see where a very
>>> defined training path would help new users.
>>>
>>> After reading much of the handbook documentation provided by the  
>>> Drupal
>>> community, I can see how this would be very easy and in the end  
>>> benefit
>>> the community.
>>
>> What do you mean with this system? A tool built into Drupal, aiding
>> those, who would like to learn Drupal, or a training process, or ...?
>>
>> Goba
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