Hi Hylton, On Dienstag, 15. Mai 2007, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > > Sorry for the delay in replying.
Not a problem. :) > > On Dienstag, 8. Mai 2007, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: > >>> Have you looked into the Lessons for Lizards project? It might > >>> be an excellent way to get the information you consider > >>> important into an easily-accessible format..... > >> > >> I have, and find that it is not categorised and as structured as > >> I would have expected and the menu is faar too long as I am > >> almost sure many of the subheadings could be grouped under a > >> single parent heading. > > > > We have started it only a few months ago so it takes time > > everybody get used to it. It might look a bit unbalanced. > > OK, although I think with a better structure of what topics ned > writing on would be better as then writers can choose and be > allocated to a writing/contributing to a task. We have a template that each topic should use, see here: https://forgesvn1.novell.com/svn/lfl/trunk/common/xml/topic-template.xml The idea was to create chapters that deal with certain topics like Installation, Networking, System Administration, etc. If someone writes a topic it is easier to include it under an available category. I think the structure of the above template should be sufficient for many topics. Do you think there is anything missing? > > Do you have something special in mind? I am very interested in > > listing to your suggestions. Could you elaborate your ideas a bit > > more? Is it the structure itself or the content of some articles, > > or anything else? > > Thank you for taking the time to listen. > As I said earlier, I think it is the structure itself. The online > book/manual is going to be an ever changing and growing, so readers > need to know where to look for help on the problem they are > experiencing, as opposed to having to basically scour the whole > manual. Ok. Do you have an example that illustrates your problem? I am not sure if I understand your issue completely. > > [...] For more details look here: > > > > http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Lfl/Tasks > > I had a look and seem to fit in as a designer but more for the > layout/structure of the LFL book. If you want to improve the stylesheets or need a place for your ideas I can give you access to the Subversion repository. Send me a private mail with your login name. > [...] > > Well I think i would be more use in helping design the base > structure or Contents that the various writers are going to write > articles for. With the structure in place it can also give the > writer a little guidance on how technical or newbie they have to > write. Everybody can participate in this project. In the end there should be consensus of what you propose. You can write a "Request for Improvements" and discuss it with others here on this mailinglist. :) > > [...] > > > > Thanks for asking! :-) > > Sorry, What did I ask ? :) Well, that was a over-simplification on my side. :-) Bye, Tom -- Thomas Schraitle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX GmbH >o) Documentation Specialist Maxfeldstrasse 5 /\\ 90409 Nuernberg _\_v http://en.opensuse.org/Documentation_Team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
