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==Before we get started==
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Documentation tasks that need doing!
  
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Administrative type stuff that needs to get done first.
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==FAQs==
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* Expand User Icons FAQ category -- <dwuser>batdina</dwuser>
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* Add expanding comments to the list on FAQ 4
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* Add a "how do I leave a community" FAQ
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* Add number of tags available to different account levels to FAQ 23
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* Create new FAQ for how much paid accounts cost, split out this info from FAQ 4, and link to the new one from there instead.
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* Document custom comment pages as per [http://dw-docs.dreamwidth.org/20719.html]
  
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* [http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85 Contributor License Agreement]: Everyone who's going to be writing or editing documentation or site copy of any sort needs to sign one of these and return it to [[user:Denise|Denise]] before they can do so.
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==Guides==
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* Relationships Guide -- <dwuser>snakeling</dwuser>
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* Newbie Guide -- <dwuser>liv</dwuser>
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* Feeds Guide
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* Communities Guide
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* Icons Guide
  
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* '''FAQ categories''': We need to decide what the overall structure of the FAQ is going to be. What categories are we going to have? How are we going to order them?
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==Site Copy==
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* create.bml needs a "would you like to create a community instead" option
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* Clarify the "mutual" options at the bottom of the manage profile page to be less confusing.
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* Expand on the OpenID page to try to be less confusing [http://caramel-betty.livejournal.com/147145.html]
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* Redo OpenID registration landing page as per [http://bugs.dwscoalition.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034]
  
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* [[Documentation related zilla items|Zilla items]]: These include minor updates to the FAQ and translation system. Ideally, we don't want to start writing anything until these updates are in place.
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==Copy Editing==
  
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* '''Guide to the FAQ and translation systems''': It would be nice if someone who is familiar with these from working with them on LJ could write up a guide to using them for our volunteers who will be coming into this without any of that familiarity.
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==Pushing Live==
  
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* [[Consistency in naming]] and [[proposed terminology]]: We need to decide what we're calling everything before we start writing about them!
 
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* '''Mock up design for guides''': With guides especially, we want consistency in appearance, especially since we're incorporating back/forward/top navigation which we'll be applying manually. Ideally, we should find someone with design skills and ask them to help create a consistent and non-ugly look for these (within the confines of the FAQ system. Possibly consider simple graphics for the navigation? -- <ljuser>phoenixdreaming</ljuser> is working on this.
 
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* [[Guides ideas]]: We need to decide which guides we want to write, and -- more importantly at this point -- which ones should be our priority to get done before open beta launch.
 
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==Before open beta==
 
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The first stages of actually writing stuff.
 
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* '''FAQ''': We want to have the broad skeleton of categories in place, together with answers to basic questions, at least.
 
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* '''Guides''': We want to get some of the most important guides written early.
 
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* '''Knowledge bases''': None of these need to be written at this point.
 
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* '''Site copy''': We want to get all of this rewritten at this stage.
 
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* '''Copy editing''': All site copy and user documentation written in this stage needs to be proof read as wel.
 
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==Long term==
 
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Everything that can wait until after we're launched.
 
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* '''All other documentation'''
 
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* '''Complete overhaul of doc back end'''
 
  
 
[[Category:documentation]]
 
[[Category:documentation]]

Latest revision as of 17:14, 10 December 2010

Documentation tasks that need doing!

FAQs

  • Expand User Icons FAQ category -- [info]batdina
  • Add expanding comments to the list on FAQ 4
  • Add a "how do I leave a community" FAQ
  • Add number of tags available to different account levels to FAQ 23
  • Create new FAQ for how much paid accounts cost, split out this info from FAQ 4, and link to the new one from there instead.
  • Document custom comment pages as per [1]

Guides

  • Relationships Guide -- [info]snakeling
  • Newbie Guide -- [info]liv
  • Feeds Guide
  • Communities Guide
  • Icons Guide

Site Copy

  • create.bml needs a "would you like to create a community instead" option
  • Clarify the "mutual" options at the bottom of the manage profile page to be less confusing.
  • Expand on the OpenID page to try to be less confusing [2]
  • Redo OpenID registration landing page as per [3]

Copy Editing

Pushing Live

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