One other thing we might consider, as Kenneth said 5 million monthly page views, we could cut that by providing a download version of the reference manual, so that us that frequent it aren't racking up on the page views.
On Jul 11, 8:39 am, Kenneth <[email protected]> wrote: > I´m intrested in helping setting up a reference manual, I have never > done anthing like this before so help is needed, I´m neither so deep > into web2py yet that I know where to start. > > I guess we need to start and agree on three things: > > a) type of manual, wiki or "php forum style". I think wiki sounds > better for this as there are so many contributors, I think we get a > better manual, easier to read. > > b) hosting, I have never used GAE so no idea what it would cost, on > GAEs page is stated that you get "around 5 million monthly pageviews > for free". Is this enough? If a CentOS box with Python 2.5 and Apache > is better then I might be able to offer a hosting environment at least > to start with. > > c) structure of the reference manual, is there somebody how could > start sketching a structure of the reference manual, I don´t think we > need a) and b) to start with sketching. > > On Jul 11, 1:27 am, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Pepe, that's exactly what I was thinking. I haven't done anything like > > this myself, so I have no experience. However, my assumption is that > > should the number of hits get large enough, then whoever sets up the > > app will have to start paying Google for bandwidth, etc. I have no > > idea how expensive this would get long term. If Massimo supports the > > doc, then it would make sense for all of us to chip in to support the > > site, yes? > > > On Jul 10, 6:12 pm, Pepe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > can cube2py run in google app Engine?? > > > > if yes: why not run it on GAE to start from?? > > > > regards! > > > > Pepe > > > > On Jul 10, 2:01 pm, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > No, I don't think Pyforum is the answer. I am calling for a reference > > > > manual. The existing documentation is slanted a little more towards a > > > > tutorial form. I'm looking for a very dense, concise, and heavily > > > > cross-indexed document/database of web2py statements and their > > > > attributes, along with examples. I don't think a forum format lends > > > > itself to that kind of knowledge base. Consider this group, which acts > > > > as a forum. Many questions have been answered over the years, but the > > > > data are hard to dredge up unless you come up with just the right > > > > query. > > > > > On Jul 10, 1:47 pm, Bruno Rocha <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >http://www.pyforum.org/Pyforum, could be a start! > > > > > > with little changes and putting it running on Google App Engine. > > > > > > 2010/7/10 weheh <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > How shall we do the hosting? Who should administer the site? What to > > > > > > call it? Shouldn't it be under web2py.com/reference_manual or some > > > > > > such? > > > > > > > On Jul 10, 12:26 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> You can but set > > > > > > >> plugin_wiki_level=1 to disable embedded widgets for security > > > > > > >> On 10 Lug, 10:28, weheh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > Why not use cube2py as the > > > > > >> > wiki?http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/5b8481c484... > > > > > > -- > > > > > >http://rochacbruno.com.br
