This is the Basic End-User Training Manual I've been meaning to contribute for a while. Thanks to my former bosses at Raised Eyebrow Web Studio for giving me the go ahead to rework it and contribute it back to the community!
As a disclaimer, this was written to work with the specific set of modules and method of site building that was standard for us, and I am well aware that the image and file management is not optimal for many (both use IMCE). You will undoubtedly want to comb through the manual if you wish to use it, and adjust it to fit your own system, it would be great if any modified versions could be reposted with a description of the changes.
This manual is written for Drupal 5 sites, using the following contrib modules: TinyMCE, IMCE, Event, and SimpleNews. I've pared it down from a much larger manual, and intend to post the extended manual when I've finished cleaning it up, possibly in a few different pieces.
It's an OpenOffice .odt file, and some of the screenshots have already been added, but ones that are better taken from finished sites have not. I have attempted to put [square brackets and bold text] wherever there is text that obviously needs to be customized on a per site basis, so you should be able to do a search for all the opening square brackets to make sure you catch them all. Also, wherever the site address is written, it appears as http://www.yoursite.com, so you can do a search and replace for www.yoursite.com and swap in your actual URL.
If anyone has any suggestions for future additions, revisions or catches any mistakes, please post a comment and let me know!
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| Drupal Training Manual-NEW-EN-BASIC.odt | 111.6 KB |
Comments
Thanks for posting that
Hi Ariane,
Thanks for posting the manual. This is a great foundation for putting together a documentation package. I've only scanned the first dozen pages but so far this looks great!
Andrew
What's the license?
Ariane, what license are you / Raised Eyebrow releasing this under? The handbook is Attribution-Share Alike, which is what I would recommend.
Updated w/licensing
Thanks Andrew and Boris!
I've just updated the file with the suggested Licensing info.
A.
thanks ....
Thanks Ariane, thats a useful contribution.
Sree
I've had a few people ask me
I've had a few people ask me lately about using this, definitely go for it, and please, if anyone heavily updates it into a d6 version post it here - I can re-genericize it and contribute it back again! Thanks!
I've updated this
but don't see a way to attach my update.
RE: I've updated this
Unfortunately g.d.o doesn't allow attaching files to comments. You could start a new discussion and reference this thread and also reference the new thread from here. I know it is a little bit of effort, but it is the only way I can think of doing it.
Know what we should actually
Know what we should actually do? Put it somewhere in the handbook! If it's not obvious where a good place for it is, can you make an issue saying as much in the docs queue? http://drupal.org/node/add/project-issue/documentation Might take me a little while to get to it, as I'll have to dig and find the proper place to put such things, but then we'll have a real home where others can also contribute.
Thanks!
I have created an issue as discussed
I wasn't able to upload the document I'd updated due to size restrictions, but have provided a link to it. Of course, I'm willing to change/updated as required.
Issue
@atuline Thanks for posting your work at http://www.tuline.com/dru/content/drupal-training-manual
Heads up your site has a few configuration issues, as pointed out in your comments. Check out Ben and Gabor's talk on securing Drupal at DrupalCon CPH - http://cph2010.drupal.org/sessions/drupal-security-configuration-and-pro...
Thanks!
I've patched up my default input formats for now and am patiently waiting for D7.
New section for end user and
New section for end user and admin guides ahoy: http://drupal.org/node/936482
Please post here with new guides or updates of this old one! :)
Drupal 6 Guide created
Thanks! I've created a page at http://drupal.org/node/936846.
Since I was unable to upload my .doc file (lack of privileges), I've linked it to my own web site for now.
Feel free to either upload yourself or provide me with the privilege of doing so (the document is ~5.5MB in size).
Andrew
Sorry - do you not have
Sorry - do you not have access to the file upload field at all? (It's been a while since my perms were bumped up) - if not, pls upload the file to the issue in the Docs queue and I'll upload it there (and change the instructions).