--- In [email protected], Dennis Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Once again I have ticked all of your points. > I have been involved in efforts like this before. They seem to > succeed only when the company supports the idea and either hosts the > site or provides active links to it. Yes, Tomasz is considering hosting the site at amibroker.org >Since AB is a dynamic product, > keeping documentation up to date is an ongoing effort. Look for > example at the Wikipedia. It would actually be possible to put the > index I want in Wikipedia, along with extra documentation. The > problem will be keeping the links up to date. A more modest purpose > built site would of course be preferable. Herman is the leader for the project (elected in absentia). Tomasz and Herman have discussed Wiki sites etc. I believe that WordPress will be used as it offers some advantages over Wiki sites and also maintains compatibility with Ami's KnowledgeBase. Compatibility provides easier management for AmiBroker and seamless transition for users from AmiKB to User'sKB. I can't see your vision for the index in the way that you do so I am not sure where it would fit in. Also I don't know what the final outcomes for the UserKB will be or what WordPress is capable of. Documentation at WordPress could clarify that for you: http://wordpress.org/ If you want to do something I am sure there would be a place for it. If you are interested in helping why not scope your idea and talk it over with Tomasz. He is a good filter to see if it is worth the effort in the long run. Herman is away for a week. He can provide more info later. His idea is that the UKB members will provide ongoing maintenance and/or development to make the site as dynamic as possible. > The most important thing is not the knowledge base (this list is a > great knowledge base), but the means to make the specific piece of it > available to the inquiring user. The way the information is indexed > is the true measure of its usefulness. You want to be able to drill > down a tree from general to specific topic. That is the real > challange. Right now, the associative index is in the minds of the > knowledgeable helpers here. That will always be needed at some > level, but half the frustration of new users could be removed with > the right indexing. Agreed. A lot of knowledge is shared in the forum and some of it gets lost or devalued amongst the discussion. That was where my initiative started from; a desire to have an AmiBroker owned site with some structure that allowed easy file access in and out. WordPress has an underlying database structure so it is fully searchable etc. It is also extendable with plugins and can accommodate more advanced publishing for those with the skills. It also provides for Categories and sub-Categories, although to my mind they are somewhat academic when a site can be searched by keywords. Articles can belong to several categories etc which IMO makes for better indexing than a hierarchical folder structure. > Now I want to say this about Tomasz. He has done a fantastic job on > AB. Thanks for providing some balance. It is a very fine line we walk between not stifling debate, accepting feedback and gathering suggestions for improvement while at the same time keeping things in perspective and avoiding offence. I don't think anyone can imagine what it is like to answer to several hundred users via public sites and the demands that places on the person sitting in the chair. Brian.
