Hey Just a thought, but most of us are web developers here.
I'm not really one for reinventing the wheel, but surely it wouldn't be hard to produce a markdown-content-driven faq where it's easy to add and remove articles and the "published" ver of the faq is processed markdown. Just a thought, i'd even have a go at writing it, if i wasn't so crazy busy that I barely find time to read the group :) Gareth On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 4:55 AM, kangax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > GGroup-based FAQ sounds like the way to go. I absolutely don't mind > maintaining it regularly. I'm not quite sure about having an > "official" FAQ on a prototypejs.org - home page could simply be > pointing to the one on GGroup (where one could both read FAQ and ask > questions) > > - kangax > > On Jun 17, 10:44 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not everybody can achieve Wikipedia quality. > > > > Indeed not. :-) And even though MediaWiki is fairly easy to install, > > that's just the beginning of the process. > > > > > Perhaps we could find some moderated system to contribute to FAQ pages > > > on the GGroup itself, in addition to a general FAQ on prototypejs.org? > > > > That's why I was thinking we'd use a Google Group "page" for this: > > We'll already have a user list in place, managers volunteering to > > handle new members, etc., etc. We can either leave the FAQ page open > > for edits by all members until/unless there's a problem, or we can > > only let managers modify the page. Google Groups has those options > > available (on a per-page basis, with defaults). > > -- > > T.J. Crowder > > tj / crowder software / com > > > > On Jun 17, 2:38 pm, Christophe Porteneuve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > T.J. Crowder a écrit : > > > > > > At the end of the day, I'll happily use what's there. :-) For me, > > > > it's more important that it be fairly (but not completely) open than > > > > that it be actually on prototypejs.org; if we can have both without > > > > too much effort, great, but otherwise I'd go for the quick and easy > > > > solution for now. > > > > > Not everybody can achieve Wikipedia quality. Closer to home, the wiki > > > for Scripty went pretty rough over the years, ending up > > > incomplete/obsolete/inconsistent/rogue… > > > > > Perhaps we could find some moderated system to contribute to FAQ pages > > > on the GGroup itself, in addition to a general FAQ on prototypejs.org? > > > > > In that case, I'd be leaning towards the dual-FAQ approach you > > > mentioned, with a general-purpose, fairly static one @ prototypejs.org > > > and a common-questions FAQ moderated on the GGroup. > > > > > -- > > > Christophe Porteneuve aka TDD > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
