Here's an update on our efforts to improve the uPortal Documentation from Laura McCord of Southwestern University, Jasig's uPortal Documentation Coordinator:
Yes, I know…you thought it could never get done… but it's happening! The documentation is coming along very nicely thanks to many of you who have been sending me feedback. You may have already noticed each week I am sending the community mailing-lists emails on special topics to keep on task and focused. Please continue sending me content, ideas, screenshots, or pin-pointing bad grammar and misspellings (which is equally important) as the documentation will be most successful if built by the community. The main goal of the documentation, besides content, is the organization. We really wanted to create a manual that can be followed by EVERYONE….a developer/programmer should not be required to get uPortal up and running. The manual is being created to be a step-by-step process that builds from the requirements of uPortal all the way up to "Yea, I have uPortal installed….Now What?!" . Well, the next phase of the manual "Configuring uPortal" will be based on configuring uPortal for YOUR institution, which will house different customization options such as Authentication, Themes, and Layouts. Other manuals including, Site Administration, Systems Administration, and the Developer's Manual will also be worked on once the core of the manual has been completed. Take a sneak peak at a couple pages of the manual below: https://wiki.jasig.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=29133275 https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPM32/Requirements You'll see from the manual pages that we're working to give you a document that is focused on readability. On another note, the Unconference is being planned and is something you should definitely try to attend. We will be including a new documentation track where you can participate in creating or editing content. This event will be a really great way to get together with other uPortal users and tackle a subject. Don't worry you don't have to be a developer…we'll find work for you ;) In fact, we want the documentation to be less developer-centric so editors are desperately needed. Many Thanks, Laura McCord (Southwestern University) uPortal Documentation Coordinator -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
