[documentation] Videos for Drupal 6

Mon Jan 28 20:23:28 UTC 2008

The only problem with just "Drupal 6" etc, is that folks will expect  
all D6 videos to be there. The existing proposal is only moving the  
intro type stuff and not all versioned videos (like from modules,  
theming, config, etc.) So, we should either name the version sections  
to indicate that they only cover the basics OR we need to put all  
versioned vids into sections together.

This is all sort of related to the larger "versioning the handbook"  
kind of issues we have. If we make a section for each drupal version,  
then do we recreate the entire structure for each too? Sort of like...

Drupal 6
- Introduction
- Core Config
- Modules
- Theming

same for Drupal 5, same for older versioned stuff and then something  
for non-versioned. It starts to feel a bit more unwieldy...

Hmm, thoughts are welcome.
Addi (aka add1sun)

On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Joshua Brauer wrote:

> What if we either drop the "Introduction to" and just call them  
> Drupal 6, Drupal 5, Drupal 4.7 etc. Or they could be Drupal 6 videos  
> etc. which might be a bit redundant on the listing page but make for  
> better page titles.
>
> The archive idea is great too.
>
> I think the proposed videos are the most important. If there is one  
> more to be added I'd vote for a general "features" video for  
> newcomers who are interested in both the new features and the long- 
> standing features of Drupal
>
> Josh (aka JBrauer)
>
> On Jan 28, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Addison Berry wrote:
>
>> Yep, I am cool with this reorg. Talked with Greg on IRC and my only
>> suggestion is to have an "archive" section (maybe Older versions)
>> where we can put the Introduction to Drupal 4.7 section right now and
>> then as new versions come out the oldest top level will get moved  
>> into
>> the archive. That way we only have the latest 2 versions' intro
>> sections on top level and the rest are kept for posterity in the
>> archive area.
>>
>> My only other thought is maybe an even more generic term than
>> "Introduction" I'm not sure I would immediately look for upgrade
>> videos in an intro section - but maybe that's just me and I don't  
>> feel
>> strongly on it.
>>
>> Re: videos to be made, I think that covers the basics we should have
>> for a D6 launch.
>>
>> Addi (aka add1sun)
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Steven Peck wrote:
>>
>>> Talk to and coordinate with Addison.  She took over the organization
>>> of that section.
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>> On Jan 28, 2008 11:10 AM, Greg Knaddison - GVS
>>> <Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:
>>>> Howdy Documenters,
>>>>
>>>> I have two topics I want to discuss.  First - organization of the
>>>> Videocasts section of the D.o handbooks - http://drupal.org/
>>>> videocasts
>>>>
>>>> I think it would make sense to re-organize this by major release of
>>>> Drupal.  I.e. a top level page for 5.x, 6.x, and 4.7 and earlier.
>>>> Gabor and I discussed this in IRC today as a way to help make it  
>>>> easy
>>>> to find the 6.x videos that will be linked form the 6.0 release
>>>> announcement ( http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0 if you want to help
>>>> editing it).  Some of the pages in that section are "timeless" like
>>>> how to create or apply a patch - that is valuable regardless of
>>>> Drupal
>>>> version.  But some are very specific to version (upgrading) which
>>>> makes me think that we should split the version specific videos  
>>>> into
>>>> book pages for each version and then "general videos" will stay at
>>>> their current locations.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the current hierarchy:
>>>>
>>>> -Videos
>>>>
>>>> -- Overviews
>>>> --- New Features in Drupal6
>>>> --- New i18n and l10n features in Drupal 6
>>>> --- Drupal 5 Features
>>>> --- What's new in Drupal 5
>>>> --- Drupal Features and Overview
>>>>
>>>> -- Installation and Upgrading
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 6
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 5
>>>> --- Upgrading to Drupal 5
>>>> --- Dudertown Installing 4.7
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 4.7
>>>>
>>>> My proposed hierarchy:
>>>>
>>>> -- Introduction to Drupal6
>>>> --- New Features in Drupal6
>>>> --- New i18n and l10n features in Drupal 6
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 6
>>>> --- Upgrading to Drupal6
>>>>
>>>> -- Introduction to Drupal5
>>>> --- Drupal 5 Features
>>>> --- What's new in Drupal 5
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 5
>>>> --- Upgrading to Drupal 5
>>>>
>>>> -- Introduction to Drupal4.7
>>>> --- Dudertown Installing 4.7
>>>> --- Installing Drupal 4.7
>>>>
>>>> The rest of the handbooks are less complete on a "per version"  
>>>> basis
>>>> and I think should be left as-is.  There's also less that changes
>>>> about, for example, blocks from 4.7->5.x->6.x
>>>>
>>>> Second, I want to coordinate on making sure that we get them all
>>>> done.
>>>> 1. Installing Drupal6 - done by Addi -
>>>> http://www.lullabot.com/videocasts/installing-drupal-6
>>>> 2. New features of Drupal6 - done by me (will redo this week) -
>>>> http://www.masteringdrupal.com/screencast/new-features-drupal-6
>>>> 3. i18n and l10n features of Drupal6 - done by me -
>>>> http://www.masteringdrupal.com/screencast/new-i18n-l10n-features-drupal-6
>>>> 4. Upgrading from Drupal 5.x to 6.x - I believe I will be doing
>>>> this one
>>>> 5. Anything else specific to the release?
>>>>
>>>> I know there are plenty of other ideas related to videos for Drupal
>>>> in
>>>> general - I'm just trying to make sure we've covered the most
>>>> important videos for the new release process.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Greg
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Greg Knaddison
>>>> Denver, CO | http://knaddison.com
>>>> World Spanish Tour | http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg
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