Hi !
>On 8 Jan 2001, at 6:21, Joe Cooper wrote:
>
> For what it's worth, I'm not at all a newbie in many regards, but in
> CMS and Midgard, and PHP, and even Apache to some extent, it's all new
> to me. The general stuff (compiling, tweaking, patching, packaging,
> etc.) I have no trouble with.
The installation of the Midgard packages and the documentation
accompanying it has greatly improved in the last weeks. I guess its
just easier to edit configuration files than to use PHP for the first
time. Especially since the daily RPM'S are available for Mandrake
7.2 and Redhat the installation process on those systems is a
breeze.
>
> At this point, I can't even figure out what to do first. Do I create
> a new SiteGroup, then some users, then some pages....how? And what is
> a Realm in a SiteGroup? And then what? The icons are almost
> meaningless and only labelled on the frontpage...I need a few
> pointers. I thought if I pointed and clicked and read the manual long
> enough a page would appear--but it didn't happen.
>
> I guess the point that I'm trying to make is that I've made my way
> through a good part of the documentation (Chapter 8) and still don't
> know what the heck I'm doing! ;-) I don't want to seem like I'm
> attacking the documentation, as it is mostly very concise and well
> written. It just doesn't tell me what I need to know, which is how to
> make a basic website "Go" with Midgard in a couple of hours.
>
I had the same problems once i got Midgard up and running.
Where do i start ? Only after Armand helped me along and
studying the FAQ (-> http://www.midgard-
project.org/manual/faq.using.htm) i was able publish my first two :-
) articles. As Joe was saying, the documentation for the
commands and the reference is very good and to the point,
including the examples. What is needed in my opinion is an
introduction for beginners to Midgard on how to build their first
pages. This includes the real basics on how to use styles, pages
and the topics. What do you need to do to see your first article
displayed. Only after fiddling with Midgard -> creating an active
subpage->creating new element "code-init"->editing active subpage
->i got it. It was difficult to grasp the mechanism of Midgard.
This is just my "newbie to Midgard" opinion. As much as i would
like to write an introduction for beginners, i don't feel up to the task
yet. I need to understand the system and PHP more thouroughly
before i would dare publishing anything worthy to read.
Andreas
Andreas Alvarez
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer
Auswaertige Politik e.V.
Systemadministrator
Rauchstr. 17-18
10787 Berlin
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Tel.: +49 30 254231-43
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