Hi Carren! In message mid:71738660.20021019151858@;myrealbox.com on Friday, October 18, 2002, 9:18:58 PM, you wrote:
CS> Sometimes I really think that we expect *way* too much here of TB! CS> beginners! Even though your explanation above is correct and clearly CS> set out, I think that for a total beginner to TB! and especially to CS> template construction, it can be enough to send them on their merry CS> way back to OE! CS> I am not criticising you Nick, but maybe there really *is* a need for CS> a "total newbie's" help file of some sort. When I first set TB! up, CS> these kinds of explanations simply blew me away and I had no idea what CS> anyone was talking about. If it were not for Melissa's ongoing CS> patience and her frequent emails containing "re-written for newbies" CS> instructions, I would never have made it off the ground. For someone CS> who has perhaps come straight from OE ( or worse still, something like CS> Incredimail) - template instructions may very well look like a foreign CS> language! JMHO. How about this: we sit down and agree on a set of templates, etc., that should be offered to newbies, and perhaps ask that they be included in the TB! distribution. For example, I have an address book group for mailing lists, which includes a template for the mid: line, cleans up the subject line, and so forth, and I have an address book group for the several TB! lists that's very similar, which includes the computer and TB! details at the bottom of the message. I put these templates together as a result of scrounging through old list messages and FAQ pages; they don't seem to be readily available all in one place, although I need to finish looking through the info available at http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBFAQ.html. -- --Scott. mailto:Wizard@;local.nu Using The Bat! 1.61 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 on an AMD Athlon XP 1900 (1.6G real, 1.9G effective) with 512MB. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
