Thanks for the info, it's greatly appreciated :-) I'd love to be able to help out, but I dunno that I have anything to contribute. I'm 2 weeks into Cake (I've tested it before, but never attempted development until now), and I'm about as lost as most of the other newbies out there, if not more :-)
if you have any tasks that a n00b can help with, let me know On 6/19/07, John David Anderson (_psychic_) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Bakers one and all, > > I think the recent "Commented Version of CakePHP Manual" is a direct > result of me not sharing what's going on with the docs: where we've > been, and where we're headed. Hopefully I can clear this up a bit > right now. > > First, the wiki was a festering pit of misinformation and outdated > information. It caused much more grief than it eased, and I am > forever grateful it is long gone. The bakery is a perfect replacement > - its a way for users to contribute content that we can date, tie to > a specific version of cakephp, and most importantly monitor for > accuracy and quality. To me the bakery is a huge success. > > What we're working on now is a way to make the manual more community > oriented. This includes the ability for community members to: > > - Contribute content > - Correct content > - Translate > - Comment > > This system is already under way, and will also help us convert the > manual to PDF, CHM, and HTML (via the DocBook XML format). > > There are currently *no* official docs for v1.2, nor will there be > until we have a final release. Things are changing (for the good), > things are being added on, and it does me no good to chase a moving > target. That said, we're almost 100 pages into the 1.2 manual, which > is has been greatly updated in the area of helping people see the big > picture with CakePHP (MVC basics, class/file overviews, etc.). > > If you'd like to see the outline of the new manual, check out the > wiki tab on the cakedocs project at cakeforge. > > By the way, the cakedocs team only has about 5 or 6 active members. > I'd love to have any help if you're interested in making the docs > better. If you want to volunteer time, please, please, please come > and talk to someone on the team so we can get you channelled into > something we're working on. We always appreciate community help. We > always appreciate outside efforts - however - if you want to make the > most difference for the most people, contribute to an official project. > > Questions, suggestions? > > -- John > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
