Thanks Lorelle. I appreciate the feedback. I agree with you about the need for it to be quicker and shorter. The audience I had in mind actually is a non-WordPress audience -- people totally new to WordPress. I'll work on shortening it and let you know when I have a revised version.
Tom On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Lorelle VanFossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The article is very good and covers some points really well. I like the > general flow. > > However, this duplicates articles already in the Codex. I like the idea of > a Quick Start Guide, but it needs to be that: a quick reference guide. > > Following the Codex guidelines is critical, and there are some things that > need to be fixed in accordance with those guidelines. Please review them and > correct the article accordingly. > > Primarily, the article needs to get to the point fast, keeping > point-by-point steps short and sweet. There is a lot of editorial content, > which is fine for explaining WordPress to a non-WordPress audience, but by > the time people get to the Codex, they have already made some decisions and > have information including the decision to go self-hosted or not. They are > on the WordPress Codex, so they do not need to be told that the Codex is a a > wiki manual. :D > > By calling it a Quick Start Guide, it needs to be QUICK. Step by step and > point by point. We have a variety of articles that take users through the > process with more explanations, and this article duplicates much of that > work. I'd link to those as a lead in for more information and get right to > the quick in the start part. > > I recommend that the article be shortened to the key points so someone can > go through and check off the list of each of the steps. Also, until we can > get the designer to remove the third, unnecessary sidebar, the table of > contents squishes everything over, so please keep the section titles short. > > It's a great start and I look forward to watching it evolve into a > valuable addition to the Codex. I'll let you whack away at it first before > we send the troops in. :D Good work and thank you so much! > > Lorelle > > _______________________________________________ > wp-docs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-docs > > -- --------------------- cell: 801-822-2241 blog: www.idratherbewriting.com twitter: www.twitter.com/tomjohnson1492
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