[Bf-docboard] A blender FAQ

[Ewout Fernhout]

Nobody is against a FAQ I think, but the point was that what you put on the
wiki is not a FAQ but a huge list of questions. I think a FAQ should never
have more than 20 (max!) questions in it, otherwise they're not "frequently
asked" IMO.

Ewout

On 12/5/05, Alastair Mason <alabandit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding to emails I have am off-line on
> weekends were i'm currantly stationed, will be back on-line full next
> week.
>
> S68
> 1) I cannot access a IRC channel till next week. The network I'm on
> does not allow for it, and i really like my job so i'm not going to
> force it.
>
> 2) I request it to the doc bord on Nov 24, 2005 4:20 PM (GMT +2) an i
> quote
>
> "Greetings all
>
>      is it their a reason their is no FAQ? can it be add? And where
> best to add it?
>
>      Thank you (short and sweet)
>      alabandit"
>
> I recieved no coment or responce so I assumed that their was no
> objections or that at least nothing that giving a propsoal would be
> objected to and give people a beter idear of whats going through my
> head and heance the fact that I never post more pages.
>
> If that approach was in correct I appoligise.
>
> LetterRip
> I must argee that that amount of updating would be a head ache,
> especial on a regular bases. The aim would be to keep answer short
> nothing more that 5 lines exept in the case of things not covered by
> the the currant documentation (eg. network rendering). The answers
> should genrally be link back to the documentation so as long as the
> structure is constant minimal up dates will need to be made. The
> challenge is alot of new user don't want to read the whole
> documentation to find a simple answer, especialy one that is a bit
> hidden. Take for instance network rendering, if you search the wiki it
> gives 10 results the only one in the documentation that comes close is
> a refrences to rendering "Portable Network Graphics", not what i had
> in mind.
>
> The layout I'm using, but not sure were to load a demo page, would
> allow editing of each question indervidually to aid updating or
> correcting.
>
> The offical FAQ is severly date and strong on srtain points and
> totally lakes in others. The second link you gave i never found in my
> search and will still have to look at in more deapth.
>
> Gene Gordon
> I Don't know what you are saying, could please repeat, sorry.
>
> all the best
> al
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