[documentation] Videos for Drupal 6

Mon Jan 28 20:42:55 UTC 2008

OK I misunderstood (and thought all the D6 videos were going to end up  
in that section)... That would create an unwieldy structure.

So Perhaps 'Drupal 6 - Overview, Installation & Updating' ... it's a  
little long but covers the bases.

Josh

On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:23 PM, Addison Berry wrote:

> 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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