On 3 Oct 2013, at 14:34, dbclinton <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the details. > I wonder if a how-tos menu link might not fit somewhere towards the bottom of > the Contents menu in > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications (perhaps > before or after FAQ).
That was more or less my idea. > The bigger question might be whether it's possible to add a link to a single > hub page linking to some of the orphaned material (like Reference Cards and > Video Tutorials, along with how-tos) in > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/ - perhaps there could be a > link beneath "Other books coming soon" to a page that, in turn, links to > "Other Documentation" That's certainly possible and indeed has been one of the ideas I've been considering. It's always a toss up between "too long a page" and "too many clicks to get to a page". I've also been considering trying out some additional pages of collections, grouped by component, to supplement the pages grouped by document type. However, it's not a good idea to have too many pointers that need to be manually added or updated, so I need to look up how to embed (include) a page of info into several display pages. I've done this before, but not for several years. Or perhaps someone here is familiar with that technique? Clayton, perhaps? Anyway, it's not solely my decision, or my job to do, so if someone wants to take an idea and run with it... It's a wiki. If you muck it up completely, we can always revert the changes. :-) --Jean > David >> On 13-10-02 08:58 PM, Jean Weber wrote: >> We have a process, which mostly isn't followed due to too few people >> to do the work. I try to go through work by new contributors and then >> turn them loose if they don't need or want supervision. In practice, I >> generally publish everything, often because people are waiting for >> others to review or edit and I decide to just publish anyway, ready or >> not. >> >> I (and Hazel, and Peter, among others) try to edit and enforce some >> consistency among chapters in the users guides (particularly in a book >> which is not all being done by the same person), but authors of >> stand-alone documents are welcome to deviate from the "voice" of the >> user guides. You are also welcome to publish your docs whenever you >> feel they are ready; if I or anyone reviews it and finds anything that >> needs improvment, we'll suggest changes to the author or simply make >> the changes (typos etc) and replace the published version. >> >> David, I'm working my way through your first how-to, mostly using it >> as an opportunity to point out how we do things in the user guides, >> which you can choose to follow or not. >> >> I've not had a chance to consider what's the best place to list >> how-tos on the wiki. Quite a lot of the available material is poorly >> organised and difficult for people to find. Suggestions welcome. As >> longer-term members of the team know, we keep attempting to improve >> the organisation of the wiki; it's definitely an ongoing process. >> >> --Jean >> >>> On 1 Oct 2013, at 10:01, dbclinton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks. I appreciate it. >>> What is the process we follow for moving a doc to actual publication? It's >>> rather obvious from looking around the site that Jean somehow manages to be >>> involved in an awful lot what happens here (not to take away from the >>> contributions of many others), but even she probably can't steward every >>> doc through every step of its journey... >>> David >>> >>>> On 13-09-30 07:44 PM, Tim Lloyd wrote: >>>> I can only reinforce what Jean said in another email. >>>> >>>> I don't have all that much experience of draw so I just followed the the >>>> steps in the doc. These were easy to understand. Well laid out and easy to >>>> follow. Nothing else to say really. Well done. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>>> On 09/27/2013 10:46 AM, Jean Weber wrote: >>>>> I've created a suitable folder and moved the file there: >>>>> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/how-tos-tutorials >>>>> >>>>> I probably won't find time to look at, edit, or comment on the >>>>> contents until next week, though. >>>>> >>>>> --Jean >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:46 AM, dbclinton <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I've uploaded a first draft of a how-to doc: >>>>>> "How to Create Ad Posters Using LibreOffice Draw" >>>>>> As there is currently no /libreoffice/english/howto/ folder (and I didn't >>>>>> feel I'd been around long enough to create one), I just dumped the doc in >>>>>> /libreoffice/english - anyone who wants to find a better home for it is >>>>>> welcome. >>>>>> Also welcome are any edits, criticisms, and comments. >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> David Clinton > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
