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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)
  • 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
  • clearly label hacks as hacks so people do not mess their systems unknowingly [1]
  • 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[2]
  • 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




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."

Invited to join the effort:

Found ongoing effort on forum: [4] [

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

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



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