Wow, the much neglected 'New Users' page looks great Jeff and Howard. Let me know if you want me to contribute.
David. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard Butler Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 12:40 AM To: [email protected] Cc: mapserver-dev Mailing List Subject: [mapserver-users] Update: MapServer Documentation Effort All, I wanted to let you know that we are on track to migrate the current MapServer website from its host at UMN to a server at TelaScience (provided graciously through TelaScience's relationship with OSGeo -- the same machine that hosts http://www.gdal.org and http://grass.osgeo.org ) next week (Dec 30th). On the 30th, the alias for mapserver.gis.umn.edu will be changed to point at the alias for http://mapserver.osgeo.org, which will be the new permanent home for the site. A preview of the site is already at http://mapserver.osgeo.org , and we'll be continuing to make additions as we build up to the 30th switchover. Some of the improvements and additions include: - A PDF containing all of the docs (nearly 600 pages worth!) http://mapserver.osgeo.org/MapServer.pdf - Updated glossary http://mapserver.osgeo.org/glossary.html - Significant work on the "New Users" doc (now called "An Introduction to MapServer") by Jeff McKenna http://mapserver.osgeo.org/introduction.html - A lot more internal referencing. Links and notes and annotations have been placed throughout the documentation (and more are being continually added) that provide more context, more depth, and more related content. - Better styling, faster static website, and the promise of more up-to- date docs. The new site works much better with our documentation writing workflow -- making it easier for people who write docs to write them. This will ultimately mean better docs in the long run. - (Hopefully) better organization Thanks, Howard _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
