I agree that this is a good idea, it could also be modelled along the lines of a document for users migrating from IIS to apache/different terminology etc.
I wouldn't classify it as hand-holding but you would have to be careful not to go to far with being helpfull. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Doran - Fasthosts Internet Ltd." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:57 AM Subject: RE: Virtual hosts and bind > Hi all, > > As a bit of an outsider to the Apache Docs project, my 2 euros are: > What kind of docs are we/you trying to write? Docs for penguin heads so that > they can squeeze out a few more features from Apache, or docs for numpties > who just want to get a webserver up and running? > > To write a single document to appeal to both is essentially impossible; so, > do you write two separate documents? Sounds like the work load is doubling > with this option. How about a few 'scenarios' which will cater for the bulk > of people who just want to do the basics. > eg. "I'm running an intranet and want to share docs internally" > "I want to set up a simple public webserver with no script support" > "I want an all singing and all dancing, cgi-enabled, Virtual Hosting > environment with .htaccess and frontpage support". > > Too much hand-holding? I'll leave that up to you to decide. Oh yes, please > don't shoot me down (unless you can do it in a funny way). > > Andy > > > So I'm just saying thanks for forwarding this, and everyone > > should feel free > > to forward such comments in the future --- even if we then > > immediately shoot > > them down. > > > > Joshua. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
