Re: Drafting the documentation page

John Schinnerer <john-/Gao9/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.documentation
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Aloha,

> Israel Saeta Pérez wrote:
>>
>> Hey,
>>
>> Nicolas Vasseur has been working on a cleaner plone.org/documentation
>> page. Please check:
>>
>> http://plone.org/documentation/helpcenter_ploneorg2
>>
>> and tell us what you think. We want something clean and simple, pointing
>> to our best manuals, as agreed before, and with links to other sections
>> like the KB, error reference, faqs...
>>
>> Any comments appreciated!

So far so good overall, I would say. Seems pretty obvious where to go 
for what, and there's not so much at once that it's overwhelming.

The "by topic" sidebar is a good thing to have.
And I would suggest put newest stuff first, oldest stuff last in what is 
displayed via those sidebar links.
For example when I click on 'visual design' under 'Customizing Plone' in 
that sidebar, the second item displayed under "creating theme products" 
is "Creating a new theme for Plone: a real-world example (Plone 2.1, 
2.5)". I suggest it ought to be down at the end of that section with the 
link to the old DIYPloneStyle 2.x item.
In short, list Plone 4 and/or non-version-specific, and then 3.x, and 
then 2.x.
Also, some indication as to what the gold stars next to an item mean.

For the main Documentation page a few more words of explanation under 
the link to "Theme reference" in the getting started section might be 
helpful to those new to Plone and its' terminology. Something drawn from 
this perhaps:
"A theme is a collection of page templates, style sheets, components, 
and configuration settings that go to make up the individual look and 
feel of a Plone site" (the first sentence of "What's a Plone Theme?" page).

Thanks for all the great work!
cheers,
John S.

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