Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-11-16 Thread Nonreality
Skunk;359790 Wrote: > I deleted your A-C index and started a more browsing-friendly one. Since > the info is all presented logically already, though not in one place, I > thought it would be nice to add links to noteworthy forum posts for > each section as well, in a new article fore each section

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-11-13 Thread Skunk
Nonreality;316419 Wrote: > I probably over spoke when I said "everything a SC can do" when I meant > it as "everything on the Wiki now" in an easier way to access. I deleted your A-C index and started a more browsing-friendly one. Since the info is all presented logically already, though not in

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-07-01 Thread Nonreality
MrSinatra;316399 Wrote: > > obviously this will be one big page, if it is to cover all manner of > possible things to do with slim, it strikes me as a glossary linked to > the necessary info. the worth of it as i see it, would be as a > clearinghouse of abilities, meaning that it would be a sin

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-07-01 Thread MrSinatra
i might be ok at adding some content here or there, but i have yet to get a grasp on wiki formatting and so on. i just don't have the time lately. however, i can say that in general for your guidepage, i would setup broad categories and then set subtopics, and assign lil descriptions/highlights

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-07-01 Thread Nonreality
MrSinatra;316222 Wrote: > nonr, > > if i understand you correctly, you want something akin to a table of > contents or an index page in the back of the book, meshed together, as > a kind of all in one guidepage to link to various topics? > > i think thats a great idea, and worthy. more than ju

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-07-01 Thread MrSinatra
nonr, if i understand you correctly, you want something akin to a table of contents or an index page in the back of the book, meshed together, as a kind of all in one guidepage to link to various topics? i think thats a great idea, and worthy. more than just a page listing, it would have headin

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
JimC;315872 Wrote: > No, I understood your point and wasn't offended at all. > > The problem I wanted you to address was how *you* thought MusicIP > should be "browseable"... Frankly, I think it's a pretty advanced > feature and not one that I would recommend to just anyone (especially > since

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
erland;315844 Wrote: > I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. > > If you really want ALL pages in the index, doesn't the "All Pages" do > the job good enough ? > > If you don't want all pages in the index, it seems like a bad idea to > add things to it automatically. > > If you r

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread JimC
Nonreality;315716 Wrote: > This wasn't supposed to be a bitch session and I didn't mean it that way > at all. I wanted to point out that the Wiki wasn't very user friendly > for someone that isn't used to using it. I have already said one idea, > a good index from the first page. Something tha

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread erland
Nonreality;315828 Wrote: > Erland is there a way to make these pages self populate after we get > them done? If we do an A-Z and a Category index is it possible to have > any new pages show there like it does in the All Pages area? I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to do. If you re

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Erland is there a way to make these pages self populate after we get them done? If we do an A-Z and a Category index is it possible to have any new pages show there like it does in the All Pages area? -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Nonreality
Skunk;315801 Wrote: > I couldn't edit that particular page, not being a wiki administrator. > > It looks like you're making an A-Z index, which isn't that much better > than the 'all pages index', IMO. > http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Old_Man%27s_Index . > > Having the 'all pages index'

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread erland
Skunk;315802 Wrote: > It looks like the Plugins wiki is mirrored on the main nav bar under > Community>Plugins, so that must be why it's not editable. > > If anyone who can change it agrees it should be there could you please > add it? The MusicIP plugin isn't a "third party" plugin, it's bundle

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Skunk
It looks like the Plugins wiki is mirrored on the main nav bar under Community>Plugins, so that must be why it's not editable. If anyone who can change it agrees it should be there could you please add it? -- Skunk http://www.last.fm/user/TheSkunk/

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-29 Thread Skunk
Nonreality;315723 Wrote: > Yes I think that it at least needs to be included there. I'm having my > son also look at some ideas as he's worked on some Wiki's before and > agrees that this could be improved for browser types. Maybe we'll have > an Old Man's Index :) > Thanks for taking a look at

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Nonreality
Skunk;315714 Wrote: > While I don't know exactly what MusicIP is, I'd expect to find it under > Third Party Squeezecenter Plugins I suppose. I'd then be presented with > about ten categories of plugins. I chose 'PluginsAudio- Extras for > finding, playing, or managing music', but it wasn't one of

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Nonreality
JimC;315698 Wrote: > It would be better if YOU answered that question... how would you expect > to find MusicIP? That way, we can look into implementing it. As > Michael pointed out, there's an automatic index of all pages, as well > as a search box. Browsing is, unfortunately, in the eyes of

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Skunk
While I don't know exactly what MusicIP is, I'd expect to find it under Third Party Squeezecenter Plugins I suppose. I'd then be presented with about ten categories of plugins. I chose 'PluginsAudio- Extras for finding, playing, or managing music', but it wasn't one of the ~50 listed, so I agree t

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread JimC
Nonreality;315694 Wrote: > Michael just for fun, how would you find out about MusicIP if you didn't > know it existed by using the Wiki. It would be better if YOU answered that question... how would you expect to find MusicIP? That way, we can look into implementing it. As Michael pointed out,

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Nonreality
mherger;315542 Wrote: > > I don't know about you folks out there but the Wiki is in bad shape > to > > find anything. I finally was able to find the MusicIP page and it > was > > finding in a sub menu through show all pages. > > Hmm... when I enter "MusicIP" in the search field I get the follow

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Michael Herger
> No worries Michael Great. > you just don't get it I tried. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Nonreality
No worries Michael you just don't get it, and it might be an age thing. Erland the all pages is as close as I guess it will be and that's fine for me. Hopefully it enough for others. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/use

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Michael Herger
> Well I guess I'm the only one that doesn't want to think up a keyword You already have the keyword, you named it yourself in the original posting: MusicIP. I'm really sorry you felt lost finding the information you were looking for. We really want this information to be as easily accessible

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread erland
Nonreality;315560 Wrote: > Well I guess I'm the only one that doesn't want to think up a keyword > and would rather browse and learn. Judging by complexity complaints in > the forum I would think you would want to make it as easy to find stuff > as possible. But it looks as though I'm wrong on

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Nonreality
mherger;315552 Wrote: > > My point was it need a proper index > > There's a link called "All Pages". Doesn't this cover your needs? > > > and yes there are various ways to search anywhere. > > I find searching so much easier, I almost have given up > bookmarks/favorites. If I need some infor

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-28 Thread Michael Herger
> My point was it need a proper index There's a link called "All Pages". Doesn't this cover your needs? > and yes there are various ways to search anywhere. I find searching so much easier, I almost have given up bookmarks/favorites. If I need some information about XY, google will find it s

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread Michael Herger
> I don't know about you folks out there but the Wiki is in bad shape to > find anything. I finally was able to find the MusicIP page and it was > finding in a sub menu through show all pages. Hmm... when I enter "MusicIP" in the search field I get the following articles right away: 1. MusicIP

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread Nonreality
erland;315530 Wrote: > What is the problem with the nice little search box on the left side of > the wiki page ? > > Don't you get to where you want by entering "musicip" in it and hitting > the search/go buttons ?My point was it need a proper index and yes there are > various ways to search a

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread erland
What is the problem with the nice little search box on the left side of the wiki page ? Don't you get to where you want by entering "musicip" in it and hitting the search/go buttons ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread Nonreality
Yeah so you could replace any site then right? Now for me to remember it. I've been using a firefox addon called Hyperwords and it allows you to click on any work and run it in various searchs and research sites and would be nice to figure out how to add this. Usually you just click on a search

Re: [slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread whicken
As a workaround, Google does a great job searching - if you do something like this: musicip site:wiki.slimdevices.com It will find whatever you're looking for (replace musicip with your own search phrase, the point is to add site:wiki.slimdevices.com to your google search). This trick can be a h

[slim] The Wiki needs big help.

2008-06-27 Thread Nonreality
I don't know about you folks out there but the Wiki is in bad shape to find anything. I finally was able to find the MusicIP page and it was finding in a sub menu through show all pages. What index's there are are usually alphabetically B and N. So good luck finding anything starting with anyt