[documentation] Redesign discussion from docs point of view

[Addison Berry]

Yeah, I've been thinking about the best way to sort of consolidate  
"docs" redesign ideas. I definitely agree that trying to keep it on  
the list is too limiting. Everyone should definitely check out the  
threads that catch pointed to, but I'd also like to try to have a more  
distilled brainstorm list like Hilde is shooting for I think.  Perhaps  
we should create a doc-specific wiki page on the redesign group (which  
is easy to cross-post to the docs list)? Or should we have a  
discussion (like revive http://groups.drupal.org/node/10223) and then  
distill that conversation into a list that can be posted?

We should also take part directly in the open redesign discussion that  
is happening more than anything. Things like the discussion of a  
separate site are already happening (http://www.disambiguity.com/drupalorg-one-site-or-many/ 
) and folks can (should) give direct feedback.

Also, I would really, really encourage folks to work up some  
wireframes around the handbook (http://www.disambiguity.com/drupalorg-come-wireframe-with-me/ 
), especially ones that include new feature ideas. Things like  
versioning the docs (how would that look in order to use it?) and how  
to add more prominent info on what you can and cannot do a page ("how  
to make this page better!" or whatnot.)

- Addi (add1sun)


On Sep 16, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Nathaniel Catchpole wrote:

> I think the redesign group is the best place for this to happen -  
> where documentation fits into everything else, affects everything  
> else as much as it affects documentation :)
>
> There's also a couple of discussions which include documentation on  
> there already from earlier this year: http://groups.drupal.org/node/10223 
>  and http://groups.drupal.org/node/10003 -  might worth looking at  
> for people who haven't already seen them.
>
> Nat
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Hilde Austlid <zirvap at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> Hi!
> There are a lot of interesting discussions going on right now about
> the redesign of drupal.org. I'd like to do some brainstorming on the
> redesign from a docs point of view: What do the doc team want from the
> redesign? Do we want docs.drupal.org as a separate site? New
> functionality? New ideas for navigation? What works well and
> not-so-well in the current docs?
>
> This discussion should be in a place where it's easy to find both for
> doc team members and for the people doing the redesign. I suggest that
> a discussion is started and cross posted in
> http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-org-redesign-analysis and
> http://groups.drupal.org/documentation-team. If we keep such
> discussions on the mailing list, it's much harder to find and follow
> for others.
>
> Hilde
> (zirvap)
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