[documentation] D7 core docs sprint #1

[Peter Dowling]

Ilyse (and anyone needing it).  Here is a quick document showing step by
step how to set up Chatzilla which is an IRC client that works as a
Firefox add-on.  That is probably the easiest way to start since it is
free and should work on any machine you have firefox on.  It includes a
cheatsheet of basic commands to get you started at the end.

http://bit.ly/FN5ck

Much more information about using IRC to connect with the Drupal
community can be found here...

http://drupal.org/irc

The specific channel you'll need to connect to for documentation sprints
would be #drupal-docs so in the document I attached just substitute
#drupal-docs where it says which room you want to connect to.

Regards,

Peter (winstond on IRC)


On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 17:18 -0400, adept digital evolution wrote:
> Thanks Addi, i just signed up for both sprints! (now i just have to 
> learn All About IRC if I have time beforehand)
> 
> Further, I would LOVE to help on the install instructions for 7.
> 
> Downloading 7.x-dev now. It will take me a bit to ramp up since I don't 
> have a test site set up. But I should get to this by tomorrow.
> 
> ilyse
> 
> 
> On 08-04-2009 4:31 PM, Addison Berry wrote:
> > Hi ilyse,
> >
> > Actually working on developer documentation is something new and 
> > rarely done by our documentation team or discussed in this list. :-) 
> > We have a ton of end user documentation work that needs to be done as 
> > well. This is just one particular initiative we are working on at the 
> > moment. The Docs team works on *all* documentation for Drupal and so 
> > we have a number of projects running at the same time in different 
> > areas. If you would rather work on end user docs, we currently need 
> > help with the upgrade and installation guides. Here are the issues 
> > where these are being discussed:
> > http://drupal.org/node/536854
> > http://drupal.org/node/538054
> >
> > In particular we still really need someone to step up and start the 
> > review/revision process for the Installation guide and find out if 
> > there are improvements to be made and what changes are needed for 
> > installing Drupal 7. Of course, you can also just dive in to begin 
> > editing just about most anywhere in the handbooks.
> >
> > I also want to point out that core docs is *not* just developer 
> > documentation, but also the help text that is displayed throughout a 
> > Drupal installation, so you don't have to be a developer to help with 
> > core docs.
> >
> > Welcome aboard, we'll be able to find plenty for you to work on. ;-)
> >
> > - Addi
> >
> 
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