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Simple Machines Wants You To Help With Documentation!

Started by codenaught, August 02, 2008, 03:07:15 PM

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brianjw

Hi Jade and akabugeyes,

I am interested in helping with the SMF Online Manual. I could write some docs for mods as well as cool things to do with SMF. :)

I have registered on the OM and my username is brianjw.

- Brian

Jade Elizabeth

I added you to the Documentation help squad and sent you a PM :D
Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

brianjw


Jade Elizabeth

Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

brianjw


ascaland


Jade Elizabeth

There is heaps a noob can do :)

Sign up and I will send you a PM which should explain it all :D.
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Selroth

I'd be interested in helping how I can.  I'm learning SMF, so I'm sure I can offer a novice perspective and can easily kinda "document my learning experience" as I go along.  So, I'll sign up and see what I can offer.

A few quick questions before I go off though, is there a wiki?  And, in dealing with my perspective, when people's questions are answered in the help thread, is there opportunity to include it into the manual or make the answer more obvious?  I feel that a good manual could be linked to answer most questions (a link to a specific section or such, not just a general link as no one likes to read an entire document to answer a simple question).  And, this kind of interface between the manual and the forums ensures better documentation and more volunteers. 
Everything is built from imagination.

Jade Elizabeth

Well those questions can be answered by looking at the Online Manual ;)
FAQ's

There are many FAQ questions that are in demand, however, there is no wiki.

Let me know what your username is on the Online Manual and I will add you to the Help Squad group :D.
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Robinh

I just signed up and will be emailing you shortly.  I do some web development as a hobby and have been using SMF for years.  I'm willing to volunteer some time but travel for a living so my time might be limited to "whenever I can", but that's what volunteering is for.

I'm hoping that there's a way to check on progress so that I'm not going over ground that others have covered.  I mean is there like a group leader who would assign specific review tasks and such who would tell me better where to go and what needs to be reviewed?  Anyway, I'll also post this in my email, I think SMF is great! 

Oh, also have a sandbox where I can test run SMF stuff if you also need someone to trial SMF goodies. Let me know!!!

Jade Elizabeth

Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

Dazed

Sent an email awhile back but have not received a response to it. Just wondering if it was received or not. 
Would love to help out if needed.

:)

Jade Elizabeth

Probably not, I would appreciate it if you would read my blog here: http://blogs.simplemachines.org/team/275357

If you contact me you can get fast access as I am on every day :). So send me the username you chose and I'll set you up right away :D.
Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

KahneFan

In regards to a thread I started HERE it might be good to have instructions on how to start a forum from scratch. This could possibly make SMF extra $$ too. If you were to become affiliated with a host of some sort and include instructions through that host (similar to how I did with GD), then SMF could possibly make monthly affiliate $$ from this "From Scratch" instruction set by new members using the host suggested through your manual. I've just seen a lot of people in the forums asking about pre-install assistance and I think it would be very helpful for these members to have a place to reference.
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Acans

Quote from: KahneFan on December 27, 2008, 01:06:08 AM
In regards to a thread I started HERE it might be good to have instructions on how to start a forum from scratch. This could possibly make SMF extra $$ too. If you were to become affiliated with a host of some sort and include instructions through that host (similar to how I did with GD), then SMF could possibly make monthly affiliate $$ from this "From Scratch" instruction set by new members using the host suggested through your manual. I've just seen a lot of people in the forums asking about pre-install assistance and I think it would be very helpful for these members to have a place to reference.

preety shore THIS covers it all, most people just need to take a look. I dont think theirs a How to get a domain but your free to write one and show jade. She said she was going to be gone for a week from 25 of dec (tho she made a post in the online manual today{Yes jade i seen that ;D}).
"The Book of Arantor, 17:3-5
  And I said unto him, thy database query shalt always be sent by the messenger of $smcFunc
  And $smcFunc shall protect you against injections and evil
  And so it came to pass that mysql_query was declared deprecated and even though he says he is not
  dead yet, the time was soon to come to pass when mysql_query shall be gone and no more

Jade Elizabeth

I'm back now.

I was actually creating a site dedicated to that....but I had to push it to the back burner because the Online Manual needs attention for the moment :).
Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

Acans

Quote from: Jade on January 06, 2009, 08:32:09 AM
I'm back now.

I was actually creating a site dedicated to that....but I had to push it to the back burner because the Online Manual needs attention for the moment :).

Cool, does that mean that you'll get to check out of the updates i made to my doc's, plus a new one i made.
"The Book of Arantor, 17:3-5
  And I said unto him, thy database query shalt always be sent by the messenger of $smcFunc
  And $smcFunc shall protect you against injections and evil
  And so it came to pass that mysql_query was declared deprecated and even though he says he is not
  dead yet, the time was soon to come to pass when mysql_query shall be gone and no more

Jade Elizabeth

I will get to that this weekend. I have to get all of my school stuff sorted out first :).
Once proud Documentation Writer and Help Squad Leader | Check out my new adult coloring career: Color With Jade/Patreon.

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