I wouldn't ask ZDnet until after we've asked Rick Scott.. (If we can track him down) Yay politics..
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:11 PM Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] wish list > I think ZDNet hold the copyright, and the author , Rick Scott. > I guess we'd need permission from ZDNet to host the tutorials on our server, > and from Rick Scott to update the content, but I'm not sure. > Probably the easiest is to send him a mail and see what he says. > > ZDNet have a terrible searchengine, it doesn't return any results for > Dynapi, while they have 6 articles on it there! > > part1 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2688979,00.html > part2 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2695172,00.html > part3 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2703838,00.html > part4 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2712462,00.html > part5 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2712462,00.html > part6 http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2771447,00.html > > his frequent references to "The DynAPI Four" are funny, I imagine them > galloping away into the sunset, or singing songs from under their sombreros > :o) > > Richard. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] wish list > > > > Who owns the one's on ZDnet and What's the location (URL please)? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:47 PM > > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] wish list > > > > > > > Yeah, the documentation would be a good thing. > > > I think what we are missing doc-wise is a starter tutorial. Pascal's > > > tutorials should also be checked, to see if they are still up to date, > but > > > we are missing something that explains the basics, like the directory > > > structure, why you shouldn't use doctypes, why you can't get inner html > > from > > > inline layers, why we use simple, and normal eventlisteners, and when > > etc... > > > Or otherwise a walk-through tutorial, showing how to create, for > instance, > > a > > > dynapi powered chat interface, or something. > > > Another thing, the tutorials on ZDNet contain lots of errors, and are > not > > on > > > our servers, if we get permission, (if needed) we could correct them, > and > > > add them to the docs. > > > > > > just some ideas... > > > Richard. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:03 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] wish list > > > > > > > > > > Well, that's one vote for DynAPI Documentation.. > > > > I gues that makes two votes total and pushes it to the top of the > list. > > > > > > > > Da List: > > > > > > > > 1)DynAPI Documentation: Take what exists and modify it to mach the > > current > > > > state of the API > > > > > > > > 2)Advanced DynAPI tutorial: There is a lot of unharnessed power in the > > API > > > > that I believe should be documented > > > > > > > > 3)Expansion Pack CVS branch and download page/link > > > > > > > > By the way, it would be "...will hesitate to move from... > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jordi Ministral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:52 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] wish list > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you can write the documentation that would be more than enought > to > > > > > get into the most praised contributors around. Most people that > > contacts > > > > > here asks for help and directions on how to use the DynAPI or solve > > the > > > > > most common problems ( I wish I had an euro for each time I've been > > > > > asked about forms inside layers ) rather than requesting new stuff. > > > > > > > > > > I would be nice to have a central page were all external resources > are > > > > > kept but to me documenting is the most important think now. Ok we > > don't > > > > > know what's going to happen with the code Dan's working on, but > since > > it > > > > > is going to be significantly different, there will be lots of people > > > > > that will hesitate from ( is that correct, hesitate from, or is it > > > > > hesitate to or what ? ) moving from the current branch and hence > they > > > > > will need some documentation. > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > I'm about to release a very big website we've been doing for a > Spanish > > > > > company, were I've used DynAPI and almost every DHTML trick I know > and > > > > > faced all problems you can think of. When it is released I plan to > > write > > > > > an extense doc where I explain how it works, the problems I found > > and > > > > > how they were solved, as well as several weird issues I've > discovered. > > > > > > > > > > I hope that if I share the experiences I've gone through with this > > > > > project I can help developers in other ways than just pure code > help. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Doug Melvin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have an offer to the users and developers of DynAPI. > > > > > > In a couple of weeks I will be taking a week's vacation, > > > > > > now I know that I'm not supposed to work on a vacation but, > > > > > > I don't consider DynAPI work.. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > So.. I intend to spend much of that time making up for > > > > > > not having any real impact on the DynAPI for many moons. > > > > > > > > > > > > What I want from you guys is a wish list. > > > > > > Items that I can do over my vacation. > > > > > > > > > > > > If you guys wanbt to play then you should submit your wishes soon > so > > > > that we > > > > > > my determine priorities.. and so that I can tell you all flat out > > what > > > I > > > > > > will and will not take on.. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'lll start the list. These items are in order of my preferences > but > > I > > > > am > > > > > > open to suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Advanced DynAPI tutorial: There is a lot of unharnessed power in > > the > > > > API > > > > > > that I believe should be documented > > > > > > > > > > > > -DynAPI Documentation: Take what exists and modify it to mach the > > > > current > > > > > > state of the API > > > > > > > > > > > > -Expansion Pack CVS branch and download page/link > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Dynapi-Help mailing list > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dynapi-help > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dynapi-Dev mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ Dynapi-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mail-archive.com/dynapi-dev@lists.sourceforge.net/
