Difference between revisions of "User:Mcefan"

Revision as of 05:46, 1 October 2012

So far, I gather that these need to be addressed:

• document claims and capability of the system, provide step by step instructions
• updates, separate current info from legacy (add version info as category)

• Draft Page Status: a stab at what the page status should look like

• completeness
• removal of obsolete articles
• editing for readability/simplicity
• new users centered additions (such as Networking structure & how-to, Basic system architecture - understandable descriptions of the software, Simple step-by-step tutorials for the most basic functionalities, Present a user-friendly image)
• technical level centered organization (basic, intermediate, advanced, expert & developer)
• categorization, indexing/organization

• try to generalise what we already have out there. In no particular order...

- Hardware pages eg motherboards, z-wave device

- User pages

- Overview pages eg this is an MD, this is a core, the network must be set up like this because...

- Instructional pages eg the procedure for adding a light, NOT hacks

- hacks

- source on the Task | Identify structure of wiki | reqruiting / assessing thread

- proposed list

• a table of hardware compatibility connecting to corresponding linked articles
• consistent favorites navigation (News, About, Documentation, Forum, Download, Contact Us)
• uniformity, standardization of articles
• front page redesign

We have to redo the manual / frontpage wiki, the important part about this that it needs to be maintained.

Task | Frontpage wiki | assessing

DragonK[1]

• redo the youtube video source
• provide project news that affects users
• provide entry to the Forums and the Wiki
• appoint a dedicated documenter and one programmer to whom the documenter can ask questions

• create and document method of communication between authors and users that have questions regarding an article
• encourage notes taking on user page?

To create a user page, register on the wiki (now requires an active forum account, I understand, & which you have). Then search for your user name, and when it says there's no page for that, chose the option to create one.source

Proposed Color Scheme

• Text: #000000
• Highlight: #123456

Ongoing

Forum thread, latest post

• clean templates - users created templates instead of pages
• 1. Where do I start?
• Contributing to LMCE
• Help:Editing advanced
• Help:Article categories. Delete: Article categories which is in wrong namespace.
• Help:Namespace
• Add a page to the wiki
• Help:Hyperlinks

To complete:

• Contacts
• read pages with :user
• catalog working equipment from user pages
• So, how does it work?
• What do I need to run LinuxMCE?
• What to buy?

My objectives

• organize and make information manageable
• increase accessibility and findability
• help users find information and complete their tasks (fulfill their information needs)
• build information structures that allow others to understand
• make the information useful
• improve user experience, usability, and user interface
• provide an effective presentation and use of information
• help people share information

Abstract the essentials from this complex body of information, and make those essentials easily accessible to a user in a clear and esthetically pleasing presentation that creates meaning or understanding.

Miscellaneous notes

http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Software_components

from twodogs on forum dicussion:
"Wiki articles should be written with beginning users in mind. Readers should be provided an overview of what they are doing before being given a laundry list of steps to perform. If the overview already has already been covered elsewhere, a link to that source would be helpful. If no overview exists, then an introductory paragraph might eliminate repeated cries for assistance in the forums."

• [[2]]
• discussion on categorization/classification: Task | Draft Page Status Task | Draft Page Status
• front page needs intro as suggested in Draft_Main_Page

Invited to join the effort:

• members search

• perspectoff
• sourcery
• seer
• Morpheus
• Zaerc

Found ongoing effort on forum: [3] [

Found Wikiworkgroup: can't make sense of the purpose of the page, nor the title.

Read brononius' personal documentation of linuxmce (link currently broken)