IRC office hrs tomorrow!
Hey Team -
I'll be holding "Office Hours" on IRC tomorrow from 1-2pm PST. Anyone who's working on the April Sprint or anything else that you need feedback on, I will be hanging out on IRC to answer questions and do reviews (or facilitate peer reviews).
If you need more info on IRC, there's a bunch on the Drupal.org IRC page, and we'll be in the #drupal-docs channel.
Hope to see you then!
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Idea for an untapped documentation resource
I am a member of the Web Managers group on LinkedIn. A new subgroup is self-forming for Drupal Web Managers by request of several web managers of Drupal sites, with the comment by several that they don't find answers to their questions about managing Drupal websites on drupal.org
It occurs to me that most web managers create documentation, workflows and web governance documents during the course of their work. I know I do. So, as the group develops, I can see definite possibilities for encouraging participation in documentation here on drupal.org
Read moreTrying to get my feet wet.
Hi. After Drupalcon, trying to get my feet wet addressing some doc tickets. I don't have irc at work, so I can't hang out on it. I posted on the doc IRC and contribute IRC yesterday and got no response. So I am getting a little frustrated, because I really do want to help.
Can someone tell me who to talk to in order to confirm this: http://drupal.org/node/1087102
I gathered up some facts, and need to know if they are indeed true and if I left anything out. If the facts are true, how would I edit the page that the ticket refers to. Thanks.
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Documentation is not just for angels
Our current d.o documentation is maintained by angels: highly altruistic people who give without expecting to receive much. We love our angels, but this is not how it's supposed to be, documentation is just as important if not more than code.
In this BoF we'll explore how we could make documentation modular and reusable so that every single page of documentation you write for a project in the future becomes a potential source for reusable, contributable documentation on drupal.org.
Read moreDrupalCon Chicago Docs Sprint
Friday there will be a Docs Sprint parallel with the Code Sprint at the conference center. I think we'll try and get going around 9am (sprint rooms should be open at 8am but I think everyone will be dragging by the end of the week, so 9am should be plenty early!)
Read morePre-DrupalCon update
Hi Docs Teamsters!
Just wanted to drop a quick update here as we ramp up to DrupalCon Chicago, which is now in a couple short weeks!
Read moreDocs topic sub-groups
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Questions about documentation management
Hello,
My name is Anastasia Cheetham. I'm a developer with and the documentation lead for the Fluid Project (http://fluidproject.org). We're beginning the process of restructuring and redesigning the documentation for our Infusion framework. Part of that process will include migrating to a new platform for the creation and distribution of documentation, and we're interested in learning about the experiences of other open source projects, including Drupal.
Read moreCore Conversations on documentation at DrupalCon?
Hey all -
DrupalCon Chicago's Core Conversation proposals need to be in by next Friday. Jennifer (jhodgdon) and I have been pondering whether and what might make a good topic or two to pitch.
Please post with ideas and whether you'd be interested in attending a docs focused session, it'll help us gear our proposal towards something everyone will be interested in!
Thanks!
Read moreContributed Module Code Reviews
Code review of existing contributed modules is frequently cited as a means to improving the quality of existing contributed modules. However, the task of performing a code review falls somewhere between documentation, writing and reviewing patches, reviewing CVS applications, and creating new modules.
This is a proposal to elevate the visibility of module review, and make it easier for newcomers to perform module reviews.
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